How many kids does OJ Simpson have?
OJ SIMPSON was one of the most well-known sports stars of all time, thanks to his football career and his 1995 trial for murder.
The disgraced NFL star was acquitted of the murder of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman in October 1995 and led a quiet retirement in Las Vegas after his release from prison for armed robbery in 2017.
How many children does OJ Simpson have?
Orenthal James Simpson had five children.
The former athlete, who died in April 2024 at the age of 76, fathered them across a 20-year period from two different women, Marguerite Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson.
In 1994, Simpson was arrested and charged with the murder of Nicole, and her friend, Ron Goldman.
He was acquitted by a jury after a lengthy trial. But the families of the victims subsequently filed a civil suit against him.
A civil court awarded a $33.5 million judgment against him in 1997 for the victims' wrongful deaths.
How many kids did OJ Simpson have with his first wife Marguerite Simpson?
Simpson married his first wife, Marguerite L. Whitley, on June 24, 1967, when he was just 19 years old.
The couple had three children together, including Arnelle L. (born 1968), Jason Lamar (born 1970), and Aaren Lashone (born 1977), before they divorced in 1979.
Tragically, their third child, Aaren, died after she drowned in the family's swimming pool in 1979, at the tender age of two.
Meanwhile, Simpson met Nicole Brown in 1977, while she was working as a waitress at a nightclub called The Daisy
Although still married to his first wife, Simpson began dating Brown.
Simpson and Marguerite divorced in March 1979.
How many kids did OJ Simpson have with his second wife Nicole Brown Simpson?
Brown and Simpson tied the knot on February 2, 1985, five years after his retirement from professional football.
Together, Nicole and OJ had two children, Sydney Brooke Simpson (born 1985) and Justin Ryan Simpson (born 1988).
According to sources, OJ and his two children were in contact regularly right before his April 2024 death.
After he was released from prison in 2017 - after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence for armed robbery - it was reported the former running back star began periodically visiting his kids.
According to Sportscasting, they met with a "no negativity" family policy. They simply focused on enjoying their time together.