BOMBSHELL report suggests possible accomplice in OJ Simpson case

>> THE IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED. ACTION, FIND THE DEFENDANT, AUTHOR JAMES SIMPSON, NOT GUILTY. OF THE CRIME OF MURDER. >> Harris: MORE THAN. 30 YEARS AFTER O.J. SIMPSON'S. VERDICT, A BOMBSHELL THE REPORT. IS FUELING SPECULATION THAT THEE. BEEN AN ACCOMPLICE IN THE. KILLINGS OF NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON. AND RONALD GOLDMAN. ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK. TIMES.". A LONGTIME CRIMINAL INFORMANT. NAMED JOEY IPPOLITO TRIED TO CUT.

A DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS IN AN. UNRELATED CASE. IN 1995. HE GAVE THEM THE BACKGROUND ON. O.J., INCLUDING INFORMATION ON. THAT MURDER WEAPON. HE BELIEVED HIS BROTHER, SAM. TOLD THE TIMES THE NIGHT OF THE. MURDER, JOEY CAME HOME WITH. BLOODY HANDS AND GAVE HIM A BAG. CONTAINING A HEAVY OBJECT. JOEY PUT HIS CLOTHES IN THE BAG. AND TOLD SAM TO GET RID OF IT. SAM ALSO SAID HE OVERHEARD JOEY. SAYING HE HAD BEEN HELPING. SIMPSON THAT NIGHT. SAM'S CREDIBILITY CAME UNDER. QUESTION. "AFTER MAINTAINING HIS.

ALLEGATIONS FOR MONTHS, SAM. IPPOLITO REPORTEDLY SOUGHT. COMPENSATION FROM THE TIMES AND. LATER ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT HIS. STATEMENTS, CLAIMING HE COULD NO. LONGER DISTINGUISH WHAT WAS REAL. FROM WHAT WAS NOT. FRIENDS AND RELATIVES OF JOEY. POLITO, WHO DIED IN 2006, HAVE. ALSO DISPUTED SUGGESTIONS THAT. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE MURDERS. HOWEVER, SAM'S STORY TO THE. TIMES WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME. JOEY IPPOLITO HAD BEEN LINKED TO. OJ. BRONX BORN RAPPER FAT JOE SAYS.

HE KNEW IPPOLITO AND JOEY HAD. SOME STORIES. WATCH. >> I'M NOT A FRIEND. HE PASSED AWAY. USED TO CALL HIM JOE BECAUSE HE. OWNS SO MANY BADLY. SO THE MAN TELLS ME THAT WHEN. O.J. SIMPSON WAS IN THE BRBRONC, HE WAS IN THE AIRPORT WITH THE. PRIVATE. THAT O.J. SIMPSON IS HIS MAN. HE WAS THE ONE PLEADING FOR HIM, FOR HIM AND ASKED ME TO, UNDER. PRIVATE BREAKOUT I KNOW HE'S MY.

MAN. BUT HE WAS TELLING ME I COULD. NOT BELIEVE. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT? >> Brian: WELL, I WATCHED IT, I. SAW THAT VIDEO OF THAT REPORTER. WHO SAW IT LAST NIGHT LIKE IT. WAS ON THE VIDEO SECTION OF THE. "NEW YORK TIMES" AND WHAT. THEY'RE SAYING IS NOT THAT HE. WAS IN ON THE MURDER, BUT THAT. HE HELPED COVER UP THE MURDER. AND THAT THE -- HE PLAYED A ROLE. BECAUSE HE WAS FRIENDS WITH HIM. YOU WOULD THINK THAT A GUY. INVOLVED WITH THE MOB THE WAY HE. WAS REPORTEDLY INVOLVED, WOULD. KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF A BODY. AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

AND THEY GO ON TO SAY THAT A.C. COLLEAGUES HAD HIM IN THE. BRONCO, AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO. BRING INTO THE STORIES, TO THE. AIRPORT AND GET HIM OUT OF THE. COUNTRY. AS YOU KNOW, HE NEVER GOT THERE, BUT HE GOT RECOGNIZED AND HE HAD. THE SLOW SPEED CHASE OVER THERE, I THINK IT'S VERY INTRIGUING. SOMETHING TO FOLLOW. BUT IN TERMS OF THE MERGER. ACTUALLY HAPPENING WOULD BE IT. BUT IF YOU HAD A FRIEND THAT'S A. MOBSTER AND YOU HAD TO COVER UP. SOMETHING FROM IT WOULD MAKE. SENSE THAT O.J. SIMPSON WOULD. CALL HIM. >> Harris: WOW, LESLIE. >> Leslie: YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN. LOS ANGELES. I FEEL SO BAD FOR THESE FAMILIES. BECAUSE THEY'VE NEVER HAD.

JUSTICE, A YOU KNOW, FURTHER SON. AND FURTHER DAUGHTER THEIR. SISTER. AND THE KIDS. FOR THEIR MOM. AND YOU HAVE TO HOLD SOMEBODY. ACCOUNTABLE. THE PROBLEM HERE IS YOU HAVE SO. MANY CONFLICTING STORIES WITH. THIS OVER THE YEARS, WHETHER. LITERALLY OJ HAD THESE GUYS. POSSIBLY HAD THESE GUYS DO THE. JOB. THERE WERE, TO YOUR POINT IN THE. BRONCOS. THERE WAS A PASSWORD. THERE WAS MANY. CIRCLING. HEY, HE'S GOING TO GET OUT OF.

TOWN? SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE TOO LITTLE. TOO LATE IF PEOPLE LIKE THIS. KNEW, THEY SHOULD HAVE SAID. SOMETHING AT THE TIME SO THAT. JUSTICE COULD PREVAIL BECAUSE. THESE PEOPLE WILL BE WITHOUT THE. BONDS FOREVER AND THERE'S NO. CLOSURE IF YOU DON'T HAVE. JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS. AND THESE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN. A HORRIFIC, VIOLENT MANNER. >> Harris: REBECCAH? >> Rebeccah: I THINK FOR ME, WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS. THIS ISSUE IS STILL SUCH A. FASCINATION FOR THE COUNTRY. I KNOW FOR ME, THIS WAS THE. FIRST TIME THAT LEGAL CASES.

BECAME REALLY PROMINENT IN MY. OWN MIND I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH. WHEN FREDERICK WAS READ OUT. LOUD, AND THEY BROUGHT THAT, REMEMBER, THEY WHEELED IN THOSE. TELEVISIONS INTO YOUR CLASSROOM. AND EVERYBODY WATCHED IT? AND THIS IS WHAT THEY DID FOR. THE O.J. CASE, AND SO I THINK. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S. JUST THIS SENSE OF JUST A LACK. OF CLOSURE AND SATISFACTION AND. JUSTICE FOR THE FAMILIES. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, THE. PROSECUTION, ONE OF THEIR MAIN. ARGUMENTS WAS THAT O.J. ACTED. ALONE, THAT THERE WAS NO. ACCOMPLICE. AND THEN IN 2007, KIND OF GHOST. WRITTEN BOOK THAT O.J. WROTE. CALLED IF I HAD DONE IT OR.

SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, THERE. WAS A HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO THAT. THERE WAS AN ACCOMPLICE. SO THIS REALLY KIND OF DOES FIT. IN WITH WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN THE. BOOK. SO REALLY INTERESTING AND OF. COURSE, I FEEL REALLY, REALLY. BADLY FOR THE FAMILY WHO STILL. WANTS JUSTICE. PIKER? I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE BRING UP. THAT BOOK, BUT THAT WAS JUST SO. INTERESTING AND IF THERE IS ANY. OVERLAP, CREEPY AS WELL. LISA? >> Leslie: MY HEART GOES OUT. FOR THE FAMILIES TO NEVER HAVE. JUSTICE BECAUSE I WAS JUST A. CHILD WHEN THIS WAS ALL GOING ON. AND GRIPPED THE NATION AND TO GO. THIS LONG AND ALSO TO HAVE YOUR.

FAMILY MEMBERS DEATH BE SUCH. FODDER FOR ONLINE CHATTER AND. DISCUSSION WHEN IT'S SO MUCH. PAIN THAT YOU WENT THROUGH, AND. THEN ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE. EVIDENCE AGAINST O.J. SIMPSON, WHO IS NOW DEAD YOU LOOK AT DNA. EVIDENCE, DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS WELL. WE ALSO KNOW THAT RACIAL. DYNAMICS OF THE TIME GRIPPED THE. NATION, AS WELL AS ON THE. MINORITY OR THE THERE WAS A. LARGE AFRICAN AMERICAN. MAJORITY THE JURY CASE, BUT WE.

KNOW THAT THIS WAS SHORTLY AFTER. THE RODNEY KING BEATING, L.A. RIOTS, THAT LIST GOES ON SO TO. LOOK BACK AND TO JUST REALLY. FEEL LIKE THAT FAMILY DID NOT. GET THE JUSTICE THEY DESERVED. AND OF COURSE HE WAS HELD. CIVILLY LIABLE, BUT NOT. CRIMINALLY. WHICH WOULD JUST BE SO. FRUSTRATING. SO MY HEART JUST GOES OUT TO. THOSE FAMILIES. >> Brian: I BET THEY'RE GETTING. PAYBACK FROM WHAT WAS LEFT OF. THE O.J. ESTATE, WHICH COULD BE. EARNING SOME MONEY. I THOUGHT AT THE END OF HIS LIFE. THAT THEY WERE GETTING SOME. MONEY, SINCE HE DIED.

>> BUT MONEY DOESN'T -- YOU. KNOW, THAT'S NOT THAT DOESN'T. GET IT DONE. I MONEY IS NOT --. >> Brian: BUT THEY SUED HIM --. ONCE HE DIED, THEY FINALLY GOT. AHOLD OF IT. >> YEAH, THAT'S VERY. APPLICABLE TRAIL ONE YOU HEARD A. THOUGHT? >> IF THERE'S AN ACCOMPLICE, THEN THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY THE. GLOVE DIDN'T FIT. >> Harris: OH, LOOK AT YOU. YOU DO LIVE IN L.A.