OJ Not Liking FX’s The People Vs OJ Simpson
OJ Simpson has not seen an episode of FX’s The People Vs OJ Simpson: American Crime Story, but he gets told about the show, and he is not pleased, according to a former guard in the prison where OJ is housed.
Jeffrey Felix, a now-retired guard who worked 20 years at the Lovelock Correctional Center where Mr. Simpson has been housed since his Y 2008 armed robbery conviction, said that Mr. Simpson has many issues with the series, beginning with the casting of Cuba Gooding, Jr.
“OJ knows he is taller. He knows he is better looking. He has a bigger head. He is more muscular,” says Mr. Felix, who retired last September.
The former guard has not talked to Mr. Simpson directly about the show, saying he still has numerous contacts within that facility who fill him regularly.
“He is unhappy with the show because it is kind of making it seem like he is totally guilty,” Mr. Felix says. Some of the guards have begun to make fun of Simpson because of the series, he adds.
A Key aspect of the series Mr. Simpson is not pleased with was him being depicted as failing a lie detector test following murderers of former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and boyfriend, Ronald Goldman.
“He told me he passed that test years ago,” says Mr. Felix, who has a book coming out about his time with Mr. Simpson, called ‘Guarding the Juice’.
While a guard at the prison, Mr. Felix says he was somewhat of a confidant to Mr. Simpson after he was asked by a former Warden to keep an eye on the football and movie star out of fear he would be targeted by both inmates and fellow guards.
Whenever Simpson wanted to chat, the 2 would have their “Jew-Juice time,” a name OJ came up with because Mr. Felix is Jewish, he says.
The Lovelock institution does not get FX and DVDs are not allowed, so Mr. Simpson will not get to see the show until possibly next year when he is up for parole.
Mr. Felix says the odds may be in OJ Simpson’s favor as he is “model inmate.”
“He is trying to lay low in there,” Mr. Felix says. “He is doing a great job.
Every year thousands of people request interviews with him,” Mr. Felix says.
Since the FX series started, news outlets from around the world have contacted the office, says spokeswoman for the Nevada prison system.
Mr. Simpson is free to talk to reporters if he wants. So far, he has not granted an interview. That is likely due to the fact that there is a chance he will be out of prison next year, Mr. Felix says.
“OJ is unhappy with the TV show because it is kind of making it seem like he is guilty. He does not want to screw up anything that might get him paroled.”
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