The Verdict The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story

Today's the day.

-How do I look?

-Like a star.

Now, we don't know what Ito's going to allow,

but we know that Marcia is going to go crazy,

so if you get a chance to start talking, don't you stop.

Let's go.

Mr Cochran, it is my understanding that you have discussed

with your client his right to testify?

Yes, your honour.

-Mr Simpson is waiving his right.

-Right.

But if the court pleases,

he would like to make a brief statement regarding the waiver.

Your honour, the people object to the defendant making any

statement other than the waiver at this time.

Council, he's not before the jury.

Yes, but we are all aware of the realities of this case.

The problem with conjugal visits

and telephone calls that are only monitored on one side.

This is an obvious attempt by the defence to get material to the jury

that has not been admitted in court.

It is inappropriate and deliberate.

I strongly urge the court to exercise control

and not permit testimony without cross-examination.

Please, your honour, don't do this.

My goodness, there's a great deal of fear of the truth in this case.

Your honour, this is still America. Can we still talk?

All right, go ahead, Mr Simpson, briefly.

Good morning, your honour.

As much as I'd like to address some of the misrepresentations

made about myself, and my Nicole

concerning our life together...

..I am mindful of the mood and the stamina of this jury.

I am confident, a lot more, it seems, than Miss Clark,

about their integrity

and that they will find, as it now stands,

that I did not

and could not...

and would not commit this crime.

I have four kids,

two kids I haven't seen in a year

and every week they ask me, "Dad, when are you coming home?

"How much longer?" MARCIA CLEARS HER THROAT

-I just want this trial to be over.

-All right, thank you, Mr Simpson.

-Thank you, your honour.

You want to address misrepresentations

about you and Nicole?

Take a seat in the blue chair and we can have a discussion.

OJ CLEARS HIS THROAT

Mr Cochran, does the defence plan on calling any further witnesses?

No, your honour. The defence rests.

DISTANT TRAFFIC NOISES

We have ten jurors.

We have nine.

We have ten.

And then there's that frigging demon, she hates me.

I've gotten that look from all of my ex-wives.

-Jesus, Stephen. That demon, what did she ever do to you?

-Shawn.

-Mm.

-What's up?

-Johnny just got another death threat.

-Death threat?

-How many has he gotten?

-It's up to 20 now.

-What?

-It's scary.

Johnny needs protection.

I'm going to insist he hires someone. Come on.

Yet the glove's too small...

Easy... No.

Yet the gloves don't fit.

HECKLING

REPORTER: 'Today, the trial of the century

'reaches a crescendo, as closing statements begin.

'Vegas odds-makers are offering six to five in favour of conviction.'

-Marcia.

-Yeah?

Please, nail this.

-Good morning.

-Morning.

-Morning.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are coming close to the end, I promise.

And I want you all to know how much I appreciate what you're doing here

for justice.

And to thank you all, from the bottom of my heart,

for the incredible sacrifices that you've made.

Thank you.

I would like to begin by first addressing

the issue of Mark Fuhrman.

Just to be clear,

is he a racist?

Yes.

Is he the worst LAPD has to offer? Yes.

Should LAPD ever have hired him? No.

Should such a person be a police officer? No.

In fact, do we wish there were no such person on the planet?

Yes.

But the fact that Mark Fuhrman is a racist

and lied about it on the witness stand does not mean that we haven't

proven that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

And it would be a tragedy if OJ Simpson were found not guilty

because of the racist attitudes of one police officer.

There is an ocean of evidence

that has been unchallenged by the defence.

In an attempt to distract you from it,

they took you through a twisted road,

one moment saying the police are bumbling idiots,

the next moment saying the police are cunning conspirators.

They threw out alternate theories hoping one would stick,

but instead of focusing on those distractions,

I ask you to consider the evidence

the defence did not

and cannot refute.

The shoe prints at Bundy were from a size 12 Bruno Maghli shoe.

The defendant wears a size 12.

Hair from the defendant was on the knit cap at Bundy.

Hair from the defendant was on Ron Goldman's shirt.

The glove found at Rockingham contains fibres

that match Ron's hair.

The glove contains fibres that matched Nicole's hair.

It has Nicole's blood, it has Ron's blood,

it has the defendant's blood.

The gloves are extra large,

the defendant's size.

Here are photos of the defendant wearing the Aris gloves

at numerous football games.

When limo driver Allan Park arrived, there was no Bronco out front.

When he left with the defendant,

there was now a Bronco parked outside.

A drop of blood in the Bundy driveway

matches the defendant at a rate of one in 170 million.

Nicole's blood was on the defendant's sock.

This was a match at the rate of one in 6.8 billion.

The blood on the rear gate at Bundy

matches the defendant at a rate of one in 57 billion.

There are only five billion people on the planet.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is an identification.

When the defendant was informed of his wife's death,

he did not ask how she died.

Think about that.

He did not ask how she died.

And then ask yourself...

..why?

Ladies and gentlemen,

to grasp this crime

you must first understand Mr Simpson's relationship

to his ex-wife, Nicole.

It was a ticking time bomb.

The fuse was lit in 1985, the very year they were married.

Officers responded after Mr Simpson beat Nicole

and took a baseball bat to her Mercedes.

Then, in 1989, Nicole had to call 911 again, fearing for her life.

When officers arrived, Nicole ran towards them, yelling,

"He's going to kill me! He's going to kill me!"

She had a black eye, a cut forehead, swollen cheek.

In her torn bra, Nicole pleaded with the officers,

"You've come up here eight times."

"You never do anything about him."

HE TUTS

And they want to tell you that the police conspired against Mr Simpson.

This case is not about the N word,

it is about OJ Simpson and the M word. Murder.

I'm not afraid to point to him and say he did it.

Why not?

The evidence all points to him.

In February 1992, Nicole filed for divorce.

She was running away from the man who said he'd kill her.

She saw the explosion coming.

Why else fill a safe deposit box

with threatening letters from the defendant, a will

and police photos of past beatings?

She knew that the bomb could go off at any second.

And then it did.

On June 12, 1994,

while their daughter danced,

the defendant kept his eyes fixed on Nicole,

spurned.

Now imagine this defendant in the Bronco.

He is full of anger and he is full of rage

and it is night-time and he is driving

and the focus of his anger is Nicole.

It is ten o'clock and he's driving as fast as he can.

He is out of control, folks.

The fact that the kids were in the house means nothing to this man.

Simpson has lost Nicole

and he is upset

and angry.

The fuse is getting shorter.

The anger is building.

The rage he has,

the anger, the hate,

flows out of him

and into the knife and from the knife into her.

With each thrust of the knife into her body,

there is a release.

A small release.

And he stabs and cuts and slices

until that rage is gone,

until Nicole and Ron are gone.

He is a murderer.

Now, he was also one hell of a great football player...

..but he's still a murderer.

At the outset...

..let me say

that not one bit of domestic violence is tolerable.

OJ Simpson

is not proud of some of the things that happened during his marriage.

Does that add up to murder? No.

Mr Darden talked about 1985...

..but he missed the whole point.

Something interesting happened

in 1985.

Mark Fuhrman

responded to a call on Rockingham.

He saw a white woman

married to a powerful black man. He didn't like that.

He didn't like that

because he's a hardened racist.

Mark Fuhrman is the one who said, "If I see an interracial couple,

"I'm going to stop them.

"If I don't have a reason, I'm going to make something up."

So you have a lying Mark Fuhrman,

the personification of evil,

who found the gloves.

But don't be fooled.

This isn't just one officer.

Mark Fuhrman represents

the entire...

..LAPD.

Now, you may not know this

but you are empowered.

Your decision

has a major implication both in this courtroom

and outside of it.

Things happen for a reason in life.

Maybe that's why we're gathered together.

Something in your background, your character,

helps you to know that this is wrong.

Maybe you're the right people at the right time to be able to say,

"No more.

"We can't have this.

"What they have done is disgraceful."

OJ Simpson is entitled to an acquittal.

They have entrusted this case to a man who says

he'd like to see all niggers gathered together and killed.

That is genocide.

That man speaks

like Adolf Hitler.

Now, since you can't trust the man

and you don't trust the people,

is it any wonder, in the defining moment in this trial,

when they asked OJ Simpson to try on the glove and the glove didn't fit,

it didn't fit because it wasn't his.

If you don't stop this cover-up,

who will?

Send them a message.

Let them know

that your verdict will travel far outside these walls.

Ladies and gentlemen,

remember these words.

If it doesn't fit,

you must acquit.

If it doesn't fit,

you must acquit.

If it doesn't fit...

..you must acquit.

Well, that's it. There's nothing else we can do.

How long do you think they'll take?

On this trial, nothing's gone fast.

-Could be for ever.

-Somebody hold the elevator, please.

I'm getting the hell out.

Taking my kids to Santa Barbara for some real family time.

-Call me if anything happens.

-And what if nothing happens?

Then call me in a month to say hi.

Well, I've got a speech in Laguna Beach.

A snack food convention.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

I'm flying back to New York.

Vacation talk? I need one.

Heading to the airport. I've got a speech in San Francisco.

You know what I would do if I had the spare time?

I would go up to Oscar De La Hoya's training camp

and I would spend my days sparring and hitting the heavy bag.

Bob, airport.

OK.

I've never been a foreperson before.

I've never even been on a jury before

so, if any of you have suggestions, I'm open to hearing them.

Why not take a vote?

Already?

I mean, just to get a sense of the room. Like a straw poll.

Yeah.

That's good.

But the instructions say that the voting should be done in secret

so nobody feels uncomfortable.

So, why don't we just do paper ballots?

Just write guilty or not guilty.

OK, do I have everybody?

All right.

Here we go.

-Anise, would you tally for us?

-Sure.

OK.

Not guilty.

Not guilty.

Not guilty.

Not guilty.

Not guilty.

Not guilty.

Guilty.

Not guilty.

Not guilty.

Guilty.

Not guilty.

And not guilty.

So the tally is ten...

We can all do the math.

OK, I'll just say it.

I voted guilty.

I mean, look at all the evidence.

There is just so much.

And what about all the facts

that the defence didn't even bother to address?

I mean, just that alone...

Why wasn't there more blood in the Bronco?

There was so much blood at the scene.

I'd make more of a mess in my car if I spilt a milkshake.

Goldman had injuries on his hands like he was defending himself.

Why didn't OJ have any marks on him?

What about the cut on his hand?

The gloves did not fit.

Oh, now, they did kind of fit.

Looked to me like OJ was just trying to not make them fit.

Why were they not inside out?

That's how they would be if he'd taken them off.

Shouldn't there have been more blood

around the glove they found at OJ's house?

And wouldn't there be blood on the leaves?

You can just ask Mark Fuhrman about that.

There's too many mess-ups,

too much strange stuff going on in the thing.

You will never convince me that he did it without a doubt.

-Beyond a reasonable doubt.

-Whatever.

All right, all right. Look,

you might think he did it...

Hell, I might think he did it

but can we honestly sit here and say they proved it?

I will never, ever think they proved it.

Never.

Never ever.

PHONE RINGS

Yes.

Are you shitting me?

They have a verdict. You need to get down to court.

How can they have a verdict?

They can't.

It's impossible.

Oh, come on, you're kidding.

You're joking! It's been half a day!

Four hours. Four hours!

It's only good. There's no way a jury convicts on a double homicide

after four hours of debate.

Not even four. To fill out the forms for guilty takes an hour.

Then they had a lunch break.

God, they've discussed this case less than anybody in America.

TYRES SQUEAL

Kidding...

What are these people doing here?

Bob, you know I've been receiving death threats.

I don't take my safety lightly, especially not today.

You couldn't do this without the help of Louis Farrakhan?

-Robert, did you know about this?

-Not until I got here, no.

Do you know what this looks like?

These are the same people who think that some Jews are the devil

-and that my people have no claim to Israel.

-I had nothing to do with it.

I don't speak for Louis Farrakhan

but I trust him with my personal security and yours.

How could you? You know appearance better than anyone.

How could you? On the day of the verdict, this verdict,

you arrive with strident black extremists!

Jesus, Bob! It's a secure way to get in and out

of what could explode into hell.

Just get in the van or I'll tell them you're Jewish.

Oh, bullshit! This is... Step back!

This is just wrong!

TYRES SQUEAL

What the police department has done

is increase the number of uniformed officers at the court building...

..assess the situation as it changes and adjust as it changes,

and be prepared for whatever comes about.

Has justice been done and the court...

And history is in the making.

By the time you all see this, you will already know the OJ verdict.

Who's nervous? Is anybody nervous?

CROWDS CHANT

It's a big day, huh, OJ?

The biggest.

Hey, man, I just want you to know, guarding you in here,

it's been a pleasure.

There's a lot of real assholes that come through this place

and you've always been a stand-up guy.

Thanks, Eddie.

Blade me.

And I was hoping, before we go in,

that maybe you could sign this.

For my kid.

Sure, Eddie. No problem. I can do that.

Thank you.

So nervous.

Hope I don't cut myself.

You know, I don't think you need to be nervous.

I've been talking to my buddies over at the hotel

where they're keeping the jurors.

Let's just say I don't think you need to be nervous at all.

CROWDS CHANT

Four hours.

-But how is that even possible?

-Four hours?

All this, all of it,

and they go into a room and they talk about it for four hours?

I thought I'd have weeks to get a statement ready. Two statements.

And now I've got... Oh, shit.

I'll see you guys later.

You know, statistically, a deliberation this fast

-spells guilty.

-Statistically, I know but...

All they asked to be read back was the limo driver testimony.

Well, that... That sounds good.

Really good.

I'm not going to say it.

Then I will.

Marcia, what if we won?

All right, can we have the jury, please?

Thank you.

May the record reflect we've now been rejoined

by all the members of our jury panel and our alternates.

All right, Mrs Robertson, do you have the envelope

-with the sealed verdict forms?

-Yes.

Would you please hand those forms over to Deputy Trower.

And would you please return them to our foreperson, juror number one.

FOOTSTEPS ECHO

Madam foreperson, would you please open the envelope

and check the condition of those verdict forms.

-Are they in order?

-Yes, your honour.

-You have signed and dated those verdict forms?

-Yes, your honour.

Thank you very much. Please hand them back to Deputy Trower.

All right, Mrs Robertson.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

Mr Simpson, would you please stand and face the jury.

I would caution the audience during the course of the reading

of these verdicts to remain calm. If there is any disruption,

the bailiffs will remove the persons responsible.

All right, Mrs Robertson.

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles,

in the matter of People of the State of California

versus Orenthal James Simpson,

case number BA 097 211.

We, the jury in the above entitled action,

find the defendant, Orenj...

Orenthal James Simpson

not guilty

of the crime of murder in violation of penal code section 187(a),

a felony upon Nicole Brown Simpson, a human being,

as charged in count one of the information.

CHEERING

CHEERING

CHEERING

CHEERING

We, the jury in the above entitled action,

find the defendant Orenthal James Simpson

not guilty

of the crime of murder in violation of penal code section 187(a),

a felony upon Ronald Lyle Goldman, a human being,

as charged in count two of the information.

Thank you.

Will you please be seated?

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

I am now going to excuse you from any further service on this trial.

The burdens that we put upon you were enormous

and words cannot begin to express the debt that we owe you

for your time and your patience that you have provided to us,

so thank you very much.

-Mr Kardashian...

-I have nothing to say now. Sorry.

CHEERING AND CHANTING

20 years in public service...

..and I feel like my headstone will say "He lost OJ."

DOOR OPENS

They're waiting.

I can't do it.

I just can't go out there.

We owe it

to the families.

I'm so ashamed.

I don't want you to be hard on yourself.

Yeah, because there are plenty of other people who can do that for me.

I want you to know I admire you

for what you did.

For what? For botching an airtight...

For making the case

for the people of California. Given what they threw at you...

..there were a lot of temptations to play their game.

And you didn't.

We are all profoundly disappointed with this verdict.

But it was clear to me

and to the prosecution

that this was an emotional trial

and, apparently, the jury's decision was based on...

..emotion

and not reason.

None of you will know the sacrifices that this team

and their families made.

We are very proud of them

and we stand here in front of you

with our heads held high.

I'd like to give Marcia

the opportunity to say thank you.

I first want to extend my deepest thanks

to the families of the victims,

to the Goldmans and to the Browns.

Their strength,

their dignity and their support throughout this trial

has been a tremendous source of inspiration

and strength to all of us.

This case was fought as a battle for victims of domestic violence.

We hope this verdict

does not discourage the victims

who are out there throughout this country

from seeking help.

I know there are women

who are at this very moment living in fear,

living in violence.

Please,

don't let this make you lose faith in our system.

Thank you.

Chris.

Er...

If there is anything that ever motivated me throughout the trial,

it was the...

The idea, the notion, that, one day, I would have to turn and...

..to the Goldmans... ..and, er...

With the realisation

that he had been acquitted.

But that is the verdict.

That is the jury's

position.

That's their voice.

And I accept that verdict.

Er...

We came here in search of justice...

..and you'll have to be the judges, I expect, as to whether or not...

..any of us found it today.

But I'm not bitter...

..and I'm not angry.

But I'd also like to thank the lawyers

on our prosecution team.

I am honoured to have, er...

Gil. Gil! Gil!

You going to look for the real killer now?

CAR ALARM BEEPS

ENGINE TURNS OVER

-RADIO:

-'..a repeat of the 1992 Rodney King trial,

'the scenes of violence the LAPD

'feared might result from the verdict,

'have failed to materialise thus far.

'If anything, what we're seeing, Tracy,

'are people taking to the streets not to riot

'but to celeb...'

What are we going to do now?

Chris.

Have a minute?

I...

I appreciate how hard you fought.

Especially that closing.

This was war

and you did a superb job. I respect that.

I...

I know how difficult this has been on you.

And, when the dust settles...

..I'd like to help bring you back into the community.

Hm.

Well, I never left.

You think I don't understand the situation. I get it. It's payback.

OJ is the first black defendant in history to get off

because he's black.

The people will see who the police really...

All the people saw was how well you can twist the system.

This isn't some civil rights milestone.

Police in this country will keep arresting us, keep beating us,

keep killing us.

You haven't changed anything for black people here.

Unless of course you are a famous rich one in Brentwood.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Look at what we've got here. Thank you.

-Look at this spread. This spread, it's so...

-Last minute.

-It's the best we could find at the market.

-Thank you. Thank you, darling.

-From the very beginning you encouraged me to do it.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

And to you, brother, the whole way. To you all. Thank you.

-To you, for the journey. It has been a journey.

-Hey, Johnnie.

-Yes, darling?

-They're talking about you.

-Uh-oh! No, no. Don't run, Johnnie.

-Come on.

Ain't got to run no more.

Today that's a good thing.

-I ain't got to run no more now. No more running.

-Look at this.

-On TV:

-'It will be very interesting to see what this verdict will

'mean for the future of the LAPD.

'Johnnie Cochran has shed a light on long-hidden

'practices of excessive force.

'The Justice Department is said to be launching

'an investigation of the standards and practices of the LAPD.

'I have nothing to add...'

-My God, it's Clinton.

-You've got the President.

'..Americans see the world differently generally based on their race. That troubles me.

'I think the only answer to that is for us

'to spend more time listening to each other

'and try to put ourselves in each other's shoes and understand

'why we see the world in different ways and keep trying to overcome that.

'I would say...'

That's the victory.

'..We have succeeded so far in managing the world's most multiethnic diverse democracy...'

Our story is now out of the shadows.

DISTANT CLAMOUR

Hey, big-time.

Did you see outside?

People are celebrating.

They're celebrating him. Celebrating the verdict.

-I'm going to resign.

-No, no. No, you can't do that.

I was ready to resign before this case.

Everything else here comes before doing the good.

The politics, image, career.

And it's not me.

Maybe you're lucky it isn't.

Maybe you have to have some...thing inside you already

when you get here, something that you have to make right.

Something that you have to avenge.

When I was 17 I was raped.

I was raped in Italy by a waiter.

And I buried it.

Didn't forget it. Just sort of stuffed it.

When I had my first rape case what happened to me of course came flying

out from whatever rock I had jammed it under and I had to deal with it.

And it was hell. All over again, in a way.

But it made something very, very clear to me.

I have something, this thing in me that wants vengeance. Vengeance for victims.

That's what justice is to me.

And I have always, always had faith that when I look at a jury

we have that in common.

Everyone wants justice for victims, right?

I never doubted that.

Until this.

After all they heard, after all they know, a man who beat and beat

and terrorised his wife until he just...snuffed her out.

And they let him go.

For reasons that have nothing to do with what

he did to those two people.

I don't know why they were here.

So I don't know why I'm here.

What happened to the waiter?

Same thing that happened today.

So what do you want to do now?

Is it too early for a drink?

No.

# Birds flying high You know how it feels

# Sun in the sky You know how it feels

# Breeze drifting on by You know how it feels

# It's a new dawn It's a new day

# It's a new life for me.

# Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh. #

HE SIGHS

Bobby.

Bobby, Bobby.

Bobby. Oh!

Thank you. You were always there for me. You never doubted.

I've got a surprise for you. Want to guess what it is?

Something special.

First day I was in here you gave me a Bible.

I know I much means to you so I'm going to give it back to you.

Yes, it does.

Oh, man. Oh, Bobby, we did it. We won.

Come on, man, it's time to celebrate. Get the hell out of here.

Oh! That better not be a Bronco. I ain't going up to 405 in no damn Bronco.

It's a Ford Aerostar.

OJ LAUGHS

Yeah, man...

'Live picture now of the van carrying OJ Simpson returning

'to his home at 360 North Rockingham...'

'..more than a year later watching a white vehicle head for the Los Angeles expressway

'with an innocent man...'

'..we saw jubilation at the courthouse.

'It will be interesting to see what reaction he gets in his neighbourhood.

'They have time to head over there now...'

'..Remember the reaction during the infamous low-speed chase.

'People actually standing over freeway...'

'OJ Simpson returns home a free man, not guilty.

'This is the first time OJ Simpson has been here since February 12, 1995.

'That was when the jury visited.'

Oh! It's all so beautiful. I miss Brentwood.

-So what are you going to do first?

-Tonight I'm going to party.

We've got a real range of plans. Star magazine is

paying 400,000 for the exclusive rights to take photos.

I'm done dealing with the trial of the century.

Tonight I'm doing the party of the century.

HE LAUGHS

I'm back, Brentwood.

I'm back.

JEERING

-Get out of here!

-Get out of here!

What the hell are they doing here? I was found not guilty.

This is bullshit.

CLAMOUR

MILD APPLAUSE

CHEERING

-Mama.

-Orenthal.

-Welcome home, Dad.

-Welcome home, Juice.

Where is Sydney and Justin?

The Browns didn't want to bring them over.

Come on, we'll get you in the house, Juice. Welcome home, brother.

HE SIGHS

HE SIGHS

HE SOBS

KNOCK ON DOOR

Uh... Yeah, come in.

-Hey!

-Hey. Hey, I... You good?

Yeah, yeah, I'm good, I'm good. It's a... It's a big day.

-It feels big, right?

-Yeah.

WHIMPERING

What you got going on under there? Who's this?

He doesn't have a name yet. But he's all yours, though.

Why the hell did you get me a puppy?

I don't know. I just...

Just wanted to make sure you always had a friend.

Yeah.

-ON TV:

-'You've been called the architect of the defence team.

'You were the first one hired by OJ Simpson.

'It was the day after the murders. Who hired Johnnie Cochran?'

'I did.'

You had to.

LAUGHTER

'Johnnie Cochran was hired not just because he was a good lawyer

-'but because he was black?

-'A combination of both.

'Mr Shapiro, you said in the beginning that race would not

'be a determining part of this case.

'That you would not play the race card.

'The race card was surely played?

'Barbara, my position has always been the same.

'Race should not and would not be part of this case. I was wrong.

'We not only played the race card, we dealt it the bottom of the deck.'

Now he's trying to take it back.

-Trying to get back in with his West LA friends.

-Jerk.

-No, no, no, baby.

That's the kind of shifty stuff that makes him the man to call

when you need that.

It's just Shapiro being Shapiro.

TURNS OFF TV

That's enough about. Time to party, y'all.

-Hey, Jason.

-Yeah.

-Call the Riviera and get my table for tomorrow.

-Make a reservation for ten.

-Yeah.

-A matter of fact, 15.

-OK.

-Enough for everybody, then a couple more, too!

-OK!

-Come on, let's celebrate!

-Juice!

-Come on.

FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

-Who are all these people?

-I don't know.

-Friends of friends, maybe?

-Well, where are the guys from the club?

-Where's Jerry, Craig, Doc? Hell, where's Kato?

-I don't know, Juice.

SHE WHISPERS

Oh. OK.

Excuse me! Excuse me, everyone.

I just want to make a brief statement.

MUSIC STOPS

OK, uh...

I am relieved that this incredible part of the nightmare

that occurred on June 12, 1994 is over.

My first obligation is to my young children, Sydney and Justin,

who will be raised the way that Nicole and I had always planned.

Then, when things settle down a bit, I will pursue as my primary goal

in life the killer or killers who slaughtered Nicole and Mr Goldman.

They are out there, somewhere.

Whatever it takes, I will bring them in.

Thank you.

SMATTERING OF APPLAUSE

OK, music!

MUSIC STARTS AGAIN

Let's dance, y'all!

Hey, Uncle Robert. Leaving already?

I'm done, Jason.

MUSIC ECHOES AND FADES AWAY

ECHOING THUD

MUSIC FADES BACK UP

All right!

Hey.

-I knew you were innocent the whole time. Congrats.

-Thank you.

I'm sorry, I'm a little...

H-How do we know each other?

Do-Do we play golf together or something?

-No, no, I'm a waiter.

-Oh!

-Do you want your drink refreshed?

-No, I'm OK.

-Hey, Dad.

-Oh, hi, son.

-Hey, uh, I called the Riviera, they can't take us.

-What do you mean?

-Call them back and ask for Marco, he'll make room for me.

-I did, Dad.

Marco said he doesn't have room for YOU.

Well, to hell with the Riviera!

I'll find another place.

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

MUSIC ECHOES AND FADES AWAY

HE SIGHS

DISTANT SOUNDS OF SPORTS CROWD

# Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# It's not warm when she's away

# Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# And she's always gone too long

# Anytime she goes away

# Wonder this time where she's gone

# Wonder if she's gone to stay

# Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# And this house just ain't no home

# Anytime she goes away

# And I know, I know, I know, I know

# I know, I know, I know, I know

# I know, I know, I know, I know

# I know, I know, I know, I know

# I know, I know, I know, I know

# I know, I know, I know, I know

# Hey, I oughtta leave young thing alone

# But ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# Only darkness every day

# Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# And this house just ain't no home

# Anytime she goes away

# Anytime she goes away

# Anytime she goes away

# Anytime she goes away. #