O.J. Simpson is a former NFL football star and actor who became infamous for his criminal legal issues. In 1994, he was charged with the murders of his ex- wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, who were stabbed to death. The highly publicized trial in 1995 resulted in Simpson's acquittal, though he was later found liable in a civil trial. In 2007, Simpson was involved in a robbery and kidnapping incident in Las Vegas, for which he was convicted in 2008 and sentenced to up to 33 years in prison, receiving parole in 2017. His career and reputation were overshadowed by these criminal cases despite his earlier success as a football player.