If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer
2007 book by O.J. Simpson and Pablo Fenjves
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- If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer is a book authored by O.
- According to Fenjves, the book is based on extensive discussions with Simpson.
- Although the original release of the book was canceled shortly after it was announced in November 2006, 400,000 physical copies of the original book were printed, and copies of it had been leaked online by June 2007.
- Television network Fox, at the time a sister to HarperCollins via News Corporation, was to broadcast an interview special with Simpson to promote the book, O.
- However, the special was also canceled following objections by several Fox station owners.
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WikipediaIf I Did It: Confessions of the Killer is a book authored by O. J. Simpson with ghostwriter Pablo Fenjves, in which Simpson puts forth a hypothetical description of the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. According to Fenjves, the book is based on extensive discussions with Simpson. Simpson was acquitted of the murders in a criminal trial but later was found financially liable in a civil trial. Although the original release of the book was canceled shortly after it was announced in November 2006, 400,000 physical copies of the original book were printed, and copies of it had been leaked online by June 2007.
The book was originally due to be published by ReganBooks, an imprint of HarperCollins, which was headed by editor and publisher Judith Regan. Television network Fox, at the time a sister to HarperCollins via News Corporation, was to broadcast an interview special with Simpson to promote the book, O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here's How It Happened. However, the special was also canceled following objections by several Fox station owners. Footage from the interview was aired for the first time during a Fox special, O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession?, in March 2018.
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