“Seemingly Random” Fat Joe Story Bolsters NYT Investigation Into Possible O.J. Simpson Accomplice

Thirty-one years after O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder, there are new developments regarding the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. A new New York Times report looks into the possibility that Simpson might have had an accomplice if he did the alleged crime. And a random anecdote from New York rapper Fat Joe might bolster the theory.In 2007, Simpson published the book If I Did It: Confessions Of The Killer, in which he details what could possibly have happened on the night of the murders. In the book, he writes about an accomplice that could have aided in the crime. Although no major credence has been given to an accomplice theory in the past, the NYT's report exposes the possibility of this theory and that the LAPD did take this theory seriously.One of the names and possible accomplice suspects that appeared throughout their investigation was Joseph Ippolito — "a mafia associate, a serial felon, a prison escapee" who was also friends with Simpson, who later passed away in 2006. During their investigation Ippolito's brother Sam told the NYT that he was confident that Joey was with Simpson the night of the murders because he came home with blood on his hands. In...