Foreman, one of the lead detectives on the case, discovered a bloody glove at Simpson’s Brentwood estate that prosecutors believe linked Simpson to the murder.
KOOTNAI COUNTY, Idaho — Mark Fuhrman, the former Los Angeles police detective whose testimony and actions became the focus of the O.J. Simpson murder trial, has died at age 74.
Forman was one of the first two detectives assigned to investigate the incident. Simpson’s ex-wife was murdered in 1994 Nicole Brown Simpson with her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles. Foreman, one of the lead detectives on the case, discovered a bloody glove at Simpson’s Brentwood estate that prosecutors believe linked Simpson to the murder.
However, Forman’s credibility collapsed during the nationally televised trial as defense attorneys introduced recordings of him repeatedly using racist language, contradicting sworn testimony that he had not used racial slurs over the past decade. Simpson’s legal team argued that the evidence may have been colored by racial bias, which heightened jurors’ reasonable doubt.
Forman later pleaded no contest to felony perjury for lying on the witness stand, becoming the only person convicted in connection with the Simpson trial.
After Simpson’s acquittal in 1995, Foreman retired from the Los Angeles Police Department.
Foreman died on May 12, Chief Deputy Coroner Lynn Acebedo of Kootenai County, Idaho, said. The county typically does not release the cause of death. TMZ and deadline He reportedly died after a battle with cancer.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
