The Simpsons and Kardashians were, by any practical measure, quite close. Though Robert Kardashian Robert George Kardashian was an American attorney and businessman. He gained national recognition as O. J. Simpson's friend and defense attorney during Simpson's 1995 murder trial. He had four children with his first wife, Kris Kardashian: Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob, who … Nicole Brown Simpson was the German-American ex-wife of retired professional football player and actor O. J. Simpson and the mother of their two children, Sydney and Justin. She was murdered at her home in Los Angeles, California, on June 12, 1994, along with her friend, restaurant waiter Ro… hadn’t practiced law in many years when Simpson was arrested in connection with Nicole BrownRobert Kardashian
and Ronald Goldman’s 1994 murders, he took on a role as a volunteer member of Simpson’s legal team, offering advice and emotional support for OJ.Nicole Brown Simpson
Simpson was represented by a high-profile defense team, referred to as the " Dream Team ," which was initially led by Robert Shapiro and subsequently directed by Johnnie Cochran. The team also included F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Kardashian, Shawn Holley, Carl E. Douglas, and Gerald Uelmen.
Their friendship lasted decades, even though Robert’s divorce from Kris in 1991 reportedly distanced him from O.J.’s social circle. At a surprise party for Robert’s 50th birthday in February ...
There’s a conspiracy theory about the Kardashian’s fans that states Khloé is not Robert Kardashian’s daughter. Instead, some people are certain OJ Simpson is her real dad. After years of speculation, the reality star finally found the truth about her paternity, when Kris Jenner prived with a DNA test.
The attorneys representing Simpson, known as the “Dream Team,” included F. Lee Bailey, Robert Blasier, Shawn Chapman Holley, Robert Shapiro, and Alan Dershowitz; Johnnie Cochran later became the defense team’s lead attorney.
After the former NFL player was arrested in connection to the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, in 1994, he enlisted Kardashian to become part of his legal team.
BEFORE Kim Kardashian and her famous family, there was another member of the star-studded brood who was famous first. Robert Kardashian was propelled to fame when he helped to defend OJ Simpson in 1995.
O.J. Simpson and Robert Kardashian's friendship crumbled one year after the Pro Football Hall of Famer was acquitted of the murder charges. As quoted by the Los Angeles Times, Kardashian said in a 1996 interview with Barbara Walters on ABC's "20/20" that he had his "doubts" regarding his friend's innocence.
Kardashian West's father, Robert Kardashian, was Simpson's friend from college and part of the football player's legal defense team, while her mother, Kris Jenner, was Nicole's best friend and believed Simpson was guilty of the grisly murder.
Caitlyn Jenner was once friends with OJ Simpson, an ex-footballer who was famously acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.
Caitlyn Jenner was once friends with OJ Simpson, an ex-footballer who was famously acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994. Caitlyn Jenner is a contestant on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! 2019.
Advertisement. Robert Kardashian and his brother, Tom, were the sons of a wealthy, highly regarded family within the community of Armenians who’d settled in Los Angeles after the Armenian genocide, prior to World War I.
Advertisement. After the hacked, bloodied dead bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found in the courtyard of Bundy Drive in the early hours of June 13, 1994, O.J. Simpson was called at the hotel where he was staying in Chicago—at 5:45 a.m.
The Kardashians and Simpsons went on ski trips to Aspen, Colorado, together. O.J. was always the celebrity—during a skiing lesson, Kris told me, “When people started to notice it was O.J. Simpson … they crowded around him and followed him around like disciples. …. We were so young then. We just had the best time.”.
There’s Kris Jenner (Selma Blair), who’d been close with Nicole Brown Simpson, gossiping about O.J.’s guilt at the funeral and chastising Robert for defending his friend. The Kardashian kids appear periodically too, all their scenes written with a winking awareness of just how famous they’d eventually be.
By now, Kris and Robert’s marriage was coming apart. Shortly after the birth of her fourth child, Robert Jr., in 1987, she began an affair with a young man who, at 23, was 10 years her junior. By then, “Robert was more like a brother to me,” she told me.
Kourtney was born nine months after they married. Advertisement. O.J was still married to Marguerite in the early months of Kris’ relationship with Robert, and Kris told me that Marguerite “seemed so unhappy,” but quietly so: “I never met a woman … who kept her complaints hidden as well.”.
The Kardashians have long had a habit of fanning the flames of their own celebrity—and what they didn’t fan, the tabloid media fanned for them.
Kris Jenner, the mother of Kendall, Kylie, Kim, Kourtney, Khloé and Rob, was at one point best friend's with OJ Simpson's wife, Nicole Brown Simpson (the one who OJ was acquitted of murdering back in 1994).
Kendall recently admitted her middle name, Nicole, was given to her after Nicole Brown Simpson's death.
Straight up, there is NO EFFING WAY Khloé Kardashian isn't OJ's daughter.
This is a Kardashian article. We, of course, need to talk about Kanye, who is aware of all of this info and comically could not care less.
As The Los Angeles Times reported in 2003, O.J. Simpson and Robert Kardashian both went to the University of South Carolina, but their paths did not cross on campus, as Kardashian was ahead of Simpson in school.
Five days after the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, Robert Kardashian read what seemed to be a suicide note written by his friend, per Vanity Fair. In the letter, O.J. Simpson wrote that he was not responsible for Nicole's murder and that the couple had "mutually agreed to go our separate ways."
Robert Kardashian did not hide his close friendship with O.J. Simpson during the trial. Instead, he saw it as a strength. "I know O.J. better than anyone on the legal team," Kardashian said to the Los Angeles Times in July 1994. "There are so many things I know about his personality.
Even though he reactivated his legal license to defend his pal, Robert Kardashian later wondered if O.J. Simpson was guilty of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman's murders.
OJ also once referred to Kim as his "Goddaughter.". In 2008, during his trial for robbery, he is heard on audio tapes flicking through channels on TV, he then stops when he sees Kim on the screen and says, "My goddaughter is being interviewed.". Then, "I was in the hospital when she was born.".
Known by his nickname "The Juice" in prison, his fellow inmates told Radar Online that OJ actually has a kind of creepy obsession with Kim. A source revealed, "He has several sexy pictures of Kim hanging up in his prison cell from her 2007 Playboy shot and he isn’t shy about showing her picture to fellow inmates.".
Private letters were passed between Rob Kardashian and Kris during the trial. Concerned about wire taps they would write to each out regularly voicing their different opinions on OJ's innocence. Rob wrote to his ex-wife: "I think that the division in our family between guilty and innocence is very sad. I do not want our family torn apart by this case. Please understand that I am trapped in the position I am in and can't get out. I must see this case through. I truly believe in O.J.'s innocence and unless they find him guilty, I will continue to support him."
On the evening of June 12th, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were fatally stabbed at her Brentwood home. Nicole's ex-husband, former NFL player OJ Simpson, ...
The trial was watched by more than 100 million people worldwide which ended in OJ's acquittal of their deaths - a decision that divided the nation. Robert Kardashian's involvement in the trial and Kris Jenner's background as Nicole Brown's best friend turned the Kardashians into a household name.
As it turns out, the Kardashians are famous because of The Buffalo Bills.
Gilbert also revealed that OJ was one of the first people to discover Caitlyn wanted to become a woman, he recalled Simpson telling him " (Caitlyn) wants to be a woman. I swear to God now look at him. You heed my words. That mother****r wants to be a woman.". Caitlyn made her transition as a woman in 2015.