A former bodyguard of O.J. Simpson has claimed he has a bombshell recording of the late football star confessing to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, with police now saying they no found no evidence of such a confession.
Officers in Minnesota seized 'multiple thumb drives' from Iroc Avelli, Simpson's former bodyguard, according to a search warrant from police in Minnesota that was obtained by TMZ.
The documents say that Bloomington PD arrested him in 2022 and then executed a search warrant to collect evidence, which included a green backpack with the drives inside.
In June 2024, two months after Simpson died, officers in Minnesota received a call from an LAPD detective who advised the force that Avelli and his attorney had told them that a thumb drive they confiscated contained a recording of Simpson confessing.
Bloomington Police have since accessed the thumb drive and determined there was no confession from Simpson at all, and that it was full of recordings of Avelli talking to himself.
TMZ reported that in order to access the contents of the drive, police in Minnesota had to have a court order which they obtained in June.
Sources told the outlet that the thumb drive is now tied up in ongoing litigation, with Avelli suing Minnesota police to get it back. But a judge ruled in July to deny that motion.
The notorious double murder suspect was cleared of charges that he murdered Simpson, his ex-wife, and Goldman in 1995 after a high profile trail that captivated the world.
Although cleared of the killings, his reputation was tarnished forever and the latter part of his career was marked by a series of seedy ventures.
At trial, prosecutors argued Simpson was linked to the crime scene through forensic evidence.
A now-infamous moment saw Simpson struggling to try on a pair of black gloves believed to have been worn by the murderer.
One glove was found at the scene, the other near to Simpson's mansion. Prosecutors said the accused killer acted out of jealousy over his then ex-wife.
After being acquitted, he faced further legal troubles when he was sentenced to up to 33 years behind bars for armed robbery in Nevada in 2008.
Imprisoned at age 61, he served nine years in a remote northern Nevada prison, including a stint as a gym janitor.
He was not contrite when he was released on parole in October 2017. The parole board heard him insist yet again that he was only trying to retrieve sports memorabilia and family heirlooms stolen from him after his criminal trial.
