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Twenty years after infamous Bronco chase, O.J. Simpson still a mystery

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After riveting the nation with the Bronco chase and dividing it with the Trial of the Century, O.J. Simpson settled into a strange life as a celebrity pariah and ended up behind bars on unrelated crimes.

After riveting the nation with the Bronco chase and dividing it with the Trial of the Century, O.J. Simpson settled into a strange life as a celebrity pariah and ended up behind bars on unrelated crimes.

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As a Bill, Simpson won four rushing titles and became the first back to run for 2,000 yards in a season.

As a Bill, Simpson won four rushing titles and became the first back to run for 2,000 yards in a season.

Simpson still has staunch supporters. Cowlings is a frequent visitor to Lovelock, and O.J.'s older brother Melvin says, "His family still believes in him, and that's what he has, his family support." But Simpson's own behavior could test that support and did little to discourage the public from gawking at him. In 2007 he licensed his likeness to a football video game in which a character in his image played for a team called the Assassins; after he scored a touchdown, a hooded character appeared and stabbed at the screen with a knife. In 2006 he wrote a book called If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer. Shortly before its scheduled release the publisher, HarperCollins, pulled the plug. But the book was published by a smaller imprint two years later, and the message was clear: Despite continuing to maintain his innocence, even O.J. didn't know what to make of himself. "O.J. doesn't believe he did it," Pardo says. "But he is afraid of whoever did do it. Every time I ask him what happened that night, he tells me I don't want to know."

Simpson is currently in a Nevada prison after being convicted of armed robbery charges in 2008 in what many consider retribution for the murder rap he beat.

Simpson is currently in a Nevada prison after being convicted of armed robbery charges in 2008 in what many consider retribution for the murder rap he beat.

In His Own Words - OJ from Norman Pardo on Vimeo.