Unsealed Records Suggest O.J. Simpson May Have Had Help Disposing of Murder Weapon

Newly unsealed court records indicate that O.J. Simpson may have had an accomplice who helped dispose of the weapon used in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, according to a New York Times investigation. The records describe an informant, characterized as highly dependable, who told authorities about the missing weapon. The informant's brother told the Times his sibling was at the crime scene. Separately, a brother of Simpson associate Joseph "Joey" Ippolito claims Ippolito had bloody hands on the night of the killings. Simpson was acquitted in 1995 but found liable in a 1997 civil trial.

Alternative coverage (TMZ) leads with Ippolito and his brother's bloody-hands claim. Left-leaning outlets (CBS News, The New York Times) lead with the unsealed records, the informant and the missing weapon, and the Times quotes the informant's brother. Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative outlets had, and both of those sides are centered on the Times investigation's findings about a possible accomplice.