If you watch the verdict being read, I, along with many other people, believe Kardashian is in shock, and was certain that the verdict would be guilty. In fact, when you watch most big trials and there's a not-guilty verdict, there's often a celebration by the defense, often the judge has to slience them with the gavel. Here, OJ looked relieved, Cocharan happy (for himself is my guess) and everyone else on the dream team did almost nothing. Even Baily who to this day says the verdict was correct, looks surprised. Shapiro just stood and sat there in silence, until OJ turned to him and he shook his hand. They knew, they had to know. Even Shaprio now strongly hints that OJ did it, with his statement that there is a difference between legal justice and ethical justice (easy translation: OJ did it, but the prosecution blew it, and the dream team did it's job).
It should be known that after the trial, Kardashian only spoke to Simpson one more time, shortly after his release, and never saw him again. Innocent verdict or not, their great friendship was over. His family says he never out and out said it, but believe that he thought Simpson was guilty.
Kardashian rarely spoke about the trial after, but did admit openly that he had a lot of concerns about the blood evidence, and said he would state that at the civil trial. There is no videotape of that, and my understanding is his time on the stand in that trial was frought with a lot of objections from both sides, mirred down in legal speak. But he sure didn't help testify for OJ.
Shapiro never spoke to Simpson again. When asked about representing him at OJ's other trials, Shaprio conveniently joked that OJ didn't call him because he owed him money. Right. He had to think of Simpson as a murderer at that point, and wanted nothing to do with the man.
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