OJ Simpson died on 10 April 2024. (Getty)
An article within the Day by day Mail describes OJ Simpson’s father, who was reportedly a homosexual drag queen who died of Aids, as one among quite a few “darkish truths” behind the previous NFL legend’s “murderous rage.”
Simpson, a former American soccer star, actor and defendant in one of many most-watched trials in US historical past died on Wednesday (10 April) after a battle with prostate most cancers.
His household broke the information on X/Twitter, saying: “Our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with most cancers. He was surrounded by his youngsters and grandchildren. Throughout this time of transition, his household asks that you simply please respect their needs of privateness and style.”
In an article on the historical past of OJ and his notorious 1995 homicide trial, by which he was controversially cleared of murdering his spouse, Nicole and her pal Ron Goldman, the Day by day Mail argued that his “drag queen father who died of Aids” was a purpose behind his “murderous rage.”
OJ was later jailed for his half in an armed theft.
The Day by day Mail headline seemingly claims that Simpson’s dad, Jimmy Lee Simpson, who’s believed to have been homosexual and to have died of an Aids-related sickness, was a component within the “making of a monster.”
Detailing Simpson’s upbringing, the article said: “The kid of a damaged dwelling, he grew up on a grim housing challenge in San Francisco, so poor that he developed rickets and needed to put on metal braces on his skinny legs.
“His father was reportedly a widely known drag queen who later introduced he was homosexual and died from Aids.”
Jimmy Lee’s sexuality was reportedly first famous within the e book The Lies of OJ Simpson, by George Carpozi Jr, who heard the declare from an unnamed supply.
It was additional supported within the 2016 documentary OJ: Made in America, by which childhood pal Calvin Tennyson mentioned: “Sooner or later we went over to his dad’s home and knocked on the door. When his dad opened the door, he was in a bathrobe, which isn’t against the law.
“However then [he] sort of opened the door extra, and there was a man within the again in a bathrobe too. It was apparent that his dad was homosexual.”
In a 1977 interview with Mother and father journal, reported by The New York Occasions, OJ was quoted as saying he was not near his dad, and “resented his absence”, including: “Once I turned a teen and was looking for out who I used to be… I actually wanted a person round for steering.”