Was ac cowlings charged for helping oj simpson escape. Ojs bronco the real oj, a story about oj simpson and. Aaron rodgers gets honorary doctorate rodgers joined j. This is mainly due to the live police chase that was shown nationwide as oj and al cowlings cruised slowly down interstate 405, reportedly suicidal. Alcatraz east crime museum in pigeon forge, tn is the home of the infamous oj simpson bronco. The nfl icon was in the back of a white ford bronco. Hours after judge hiroshi fujisaki called a holiday recess in the civil trial of o. Cowlings born june 16, 1947 is a former american football player and actor. Transcript for oj simpsons white bronco chase is is a special report from abc news. Simpson was tried on two counts of murder for the june 12, 1994 slashing deaths of his exwife, nicole brown simpson, and her friend ron goldman. Visit alcatraz east to see it with your own two eyes today. Cowlings was simpsons best friend from childhood, a former teammate and the driver of the nowinfamous white bronco that the police slowly chased of oj through the streets romper sgranitz.
Simpsons friend and former teammate in high school, college and the n. Simpsons white bronco police chase happened 19 years ago today. He drove the infamous white bronco during the 1994 lowspeed car chase. Cowlings claimed that simpson forced him into the vehicle, threatened him with his gun, to supposedly drive them to nicoles grave.
Nbc was showing the bronco and the game in splitscreen, then the chase was the main image with the game in. When the officer approached the bronco, cowlings, who was driving, yelled. More than two decades later, he is offering it for sale on mondays episode of pawn stars on the history channel. Simpson to turn himself in that afternoon on charges of murdering his exwife, nicole brown simpson, and her. Its been nearly 22 years since former running back o.
Simpson is arrested after a widely televised freeway chase in his white ford bronco. Usa today sports hunt for the bronco eventually led to. Both were onceinnocuous objects that are now forever associated with the trial but while the glove factors in later and was important to the acquittal, its the bronco that will always feel like the most important symbol. Heres what happened to the white ford bronco from the o. Simpson and his homeboy, al cowlings, who was driving a sobbing and armed o. Here are a few facts about the chase that might surprise you. Simpson, in the rear of the white bronco, on the 91.
Former national football league nfl player, broadcaster and actor o. A sheriffs patrol car saw a white ford bronco belonging to simpsons friend, al cowlings, going north on interstate 405. Simpsons exwife nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman were stabbed to death outside of browns brentwood, california home. Cnn transcript of simpson bronco chase call released. The white ford bronco that transported oj simpson on his slowspeed chase along las 405 freeway is getting another tv closeup 23 years after that infamous journey. Simpson was a fugitive, and it seemed the whole world was looking for him. Cowlings is most famous for his role in aiding his close friend o. Of course, if you were watching the chase at home, you didnt actually get to see much of simpson. Shortly after the chase, a company in minnesota offered to buy the car, oj simpson white bronco cowlings ended up turning the deal down because of what the company wanted to do with the bronco. For the white broncoperhaps the most infamous vehicle of the late 20th centuryits been a long, strange trip since the freeway chase that riveted the world it was midday on friday june. The night a white bronco chase stole the 1994 nba finals. Police trace his location to the 5 freeway in santa ana. The chase continued for roughly 2 hours, with police on the phone with simpson, attempting to keep him.
Simpson chase twentythree years ago, this became the most famous car in america. The news crew followed as deputies stopped the bronco and ordered the driver. Simpson for his trojans football glory, and that adoration apparently extends to his friend, bronco driver and fellow usc alum al cowlings. The bronco was being driven by former nfl player al cowlings, simpsons friend and owner of the vehicle. Jim sewell had no idea the entire country was glued to live footage of the pursuit. Simpsons bronco make the sale of the century on pawn stars. Many people mistakenly believe that the bronco from the chase was owned by o. Cowlings was simpsons best friend from childhood, a former teammate and the driver of the nowinfamous white bronco that the police slowly chased of.
Officer recalls ojs infamous white bronco chase 25 years. Al cowlings, best known for driving the white bronco that o. Shortly after the chase, a company in minnesota offered to buy the car, but cowlings ended up turning the deal oj simpson bronco because oj simpson bronco what the company wanted to do with bronfo bronco. Two years later, ford discontinued the bronco line in 1996. The 1994 white ford bronco is one of the most famous pieces of evidence in the whole case, right up there with the leather glove. Mapping the infamous oj simpson chase, 20 years later. Fords best marketing spokesman turned out to be oj simpson. The most famous car chase in american history took center stage in tuesdays new episode of american crime story. Cowlings was driving simpsons infamous white bronco that day, too, with simpson as his passenger.
Al cowlings was oj s longtime friend and confidante. Simpson murder case officially people of the state of california v. Simpson case, youre likely to immediately conjure up two images in your brain. One company wanted to hawk tourist rides in italong the infamous 405 freeway chase route. That slowspeed chase ended at simpsons mansion, where. The mission of is to conduct a journalistic examination of the oj simpson saga which strictly adheres to the international fact checking network code of principles. Simpsons car chase played out on televisions across the country nearly 20 years ago. Simpson s car chase played out on televisions across the country nearly 20 years ago. After leading police on a low speed chase, cowlings drove simpson back to his home where he was arrested. Twenty years ago tuesday simpson and al cowlings took the car on an historic police chase. Later that day, witnesses reported seeing simpson riding in a white ford bronco, a vehicle owned and being driven by cowlings, thus becoming the object of a lowspeed chase by police cruisers on the freeways. Hear police scanner audio excerpts from oj simpson pursuit.
Simpsons white bronco, and the chase was on california highway patrol officers pursue al cowlings, driving, and o. Believe it or not, 23 years after the chase, the oj simpson white bronco bronco once. What those 95 million viewers saw instead was 120 minutes of a white ford bronco being driven by al cowlings on interstate 405 in southern california. Simpson inset, on a 90minute slowspeed car chase june 17, 1994, on the 405. People v oj simpson episode recreates slow car chase. Simpson was supposed to surrender on june 17, 1994 after being charged for the brutal murder. Motorists wave as police cars pursue the ford bronco driven by al cowlings and carrying fugitive murder suspect o. Simpson by police through southern california on june 17, 1994, remains one of the mostwatched events in tv.
Simpsons white bronco police chase happened 19 years. What it was like in front of the oj simpson chase a quarter of a century later, the police chase of simpsons ford bronco remains one of the most bizarre incidents ever to take. He pounded his fists on the outside of the driver s door, shouted a few. Simpsons famous car chase unfolded on tv screens across the u. Relive oj simpsons ford bronco police chase, 20 years. On the evening of friday, june 17, 1994, a white ford bronco with california plate 3dhy503 traveled down southern californias freeways driven. Officer recalls ojs infamous white bronco chase 25 years later. All of our content includes citations to credible source material including testimony, evidence and news reports. The timeline of the white bronco chase that led to his.
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