Mark Fuhrman, former Los Angeles Police detective who was convicted of lying during his testimony in the famous trial against OJ Simpson, He died at the age of 74, according to CNN.
According to the media, the former detective was one of the first to investigate the deaths of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and his friend Ronald Goldman, that occurred in Los Angeles in 1994.
Fuhrman initially claimed that he found a bloody glove at the crime scene, but was later questioned after Simpson’s defense raised the possibility that the former detective’s statements were racially biased.
Although the former detective reiterated on numerous occasions that he had not used racist insults against people of African descent, A recording showed that he had.
CNN noted that Fuhrman died on May 12 and that, due to According to Kootenai County regulations, the cause of death has not been released.
The media collected statements from Alan Dershowitz, a lawyer and law professor who was part of Simpson’s defense, who He stated that Fuhrman was “a better detective than he was as a witness.”
“He was very intelligent and, you know, an extremely aggressive detective. Ultimately, his actions helped us win the O.J. case.” due to his use of the ‘n-word,’” the lawyer said on May 18.
CNN added that Fuhrman retired from the Los Angeles Police Department in 1995, following Simpson’s acquittal.
In 1996, the former detective was accused of perjury, but did not contest the charges.