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OJ Simpson released after nine years in jail for armed robbery

Former American football player faces parole supervision for another five years

OJ Simpson granted parole from prison after serving nine years for a botched armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room and will be released in October. Video: Reuters
Sun Oct 01 2017 - 10:25

OJ Simpson, the former American football player and Hollywood star, has been released from a Nevada prison after serving nine years for armed robbery.

Unlike when he walked free after his murder trial in 1995, Simpson faces parole supervision for another five years.

Nevada state prisons spokeswoman Brooke Keast said he was released early on Sunday.

OJ Simpson at aparole hearing at Lovelock Correctional Center, in Lovelock, Nevada in June. Photograph: Jason Bean/Reno Gazette-Journa/EPA
OJ Simpson at aparole hearing at Lovelock Correctional Center, in Lovelock, Nevada in June. Photograph: Jason Bean/Reno Gazette-Journa/EPA

The 70-year-old told the parole board that he wanted to live in Florida but the Florida Department of Corrections said officials had not received a transfer request or required documents.

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Simpson was sent to prison in Nevada for a botched hotel-room robbery of sports memorabilia 12 years after he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.