Orenthal James Simpson is a former NFL athlete, a TV star and an advertising spokesman.
He was delivered in 1947 and as a child, got interested in sports.
He achieved amazing results in the world of sport but his personal life left much to be
desired.
He was married twice and when his second spouse was killed, he was accused of murdering her.
For this reason he had spent eight month in jail until he wasn’t released and found
not guilty.
In 2007, Simpson was arrested and charged with the felonies of armed robbery and kidnapping.
In 2008, he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years imprisonment.
On October 1, 2017 he was released from prison.
And now, let’s reveal some interesting details about Simpson’s family and see who surrounds
such a talented yet unpredictable star.
The mother Eunice worked in a hospital as a nurse.
In a marriage, she gave birth to four children and had to raise them on her own after the
divorce.
She was very proud of Orenthal’s career heights.
According to the athlete, his mom was his biggest inspiration and motivation in life.
That’s why her death in 2001, aged 80 turned out to be a huge loss for the former NFL player.
The father Jimmy divorced Eunice when a future star was just about four years old.
He didn’t take any part in son’s upbringing and wasn’t present in his life.
In one of the interviews Simpson shared that at some point in his life he needed a father’s
guidance but Jimmy simply wasn’t there.
However, much later they managed to reunite and Jimmy said that he was gay.
He died in 1986, at the age of 66 because of complications of AIDS.
The celebrity has three siblings.
A sister Carmelita was born in 1948.
She died in 2009, aged 60.
Neither her personal life nor occupation is known.
Melvin is the only brother to the athlete.
The third sibling is a sister Shirley.
She is very close with a stellar brother and she did her best to defend him during trials
in court.
Coming closer to the celebrity’s personal life, he was married twice with Marguerite
Whitley being his first spouse.
They met each other at a high school and their love story began from there.
She became Simpson’s wife in 1967 and had been in a marriage with him for the next 12 years.
During this time they parented three kids together.
The main reason for divorce was the athlete’s fame which was hard for Whitley, as she was
a very calm and private person.
Since 1985 and up till 1992 James had been married to Nicole Brown, who he met at a nightclub,
where she worked.
Nicole turned out to be another ground why Orenthal divorced Marguerite.
During seven years of married life, Nicole gave birth to two kids.
Nonetheless, things started getting sour between the two and Nicole filed for a divorce, claiming
that the broadcaster was physically abusive.
Two years after the divorce, she was found murdered.
From the first marriage, the former athlete has three children.
A daughter Arnelle was welcomed in 1968 and she was always by dad’s side, believing
in his innocence.
A son Jason was born in 1970.
He leads a calm way of life in Atlanta, working as a chef.
In addition he featured in several movies.
The third child Aaren was delivered in 1977.
Unfortunately, she died being just 2 years old.
She drowned in a family’s pool and had spent eight days in a coma before finally leaving
this world.
In a marriage with Brown, Simpson parented two more children.
Sydney was born in 1985.
She runs her own business that deals with real estate.
In 1988 a son Justin was welcomed.
Together with Sydney, he runs a real estate business and is one of the best professionals
in this particular industry.