Update: TMZ's gonna TMZ.
Original story:
I don't know what to think of this but OJ is somehow stirring up the news cycle from beyond the grave.
It's TMZ, so take it with a grain of salt.
But insane, if true.
New twist in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman ... police claim they have reason to believe they have a recording of O.J. Simpson confessing to the murders.
According to a new search warrant, obtained by TMZ, cops in Minnesota say they have a thumb drive they were told has a recording of O.J. admitting to the double murder of Nicole and Ron.
What's more, police say they've been told the recording also features O.J. implicating an unknown third party.
In the warrant, cops say they seized a backpack containing multiple thumb drives from a man named Iroc Avelli as part of an investigation in a separate case. Avelli is Simpson's former bodyguard.
Why did this guy have a recording? As an insurance policy??
Apparently, the Bloomington PD in Minnesota executed a search warrant after Avelli was arrested in 2022 and they found a green backpack with ammo and a thumb drive.
In June 2024, two months after OJ Simpson died, Bloomington PD got a call from an LAPD detective who said Avelli and his attorney had told the LAPD that a confession from OJ was on one of the thumb drives.
(I'm not sure if Avelli was transferred to Los Angeles and was trying to cut a deal or what.)
At any rate, Avelli wants his items back, but a judge has denied that request and the Bloomington PD got a new search warrant to look at the drive.
Our law enforcement sources say the thumb drive in question was tied up in ongoing litigation ... with Avelli and his lawyer suing the Minnesota cops to get back all his seized items -- however, in July, a judge denied a motion to return the belongings.
So, as it stands, the drive is in Bloomington PD's custody, but we don't know if they've dug into what's on it ... or whether they've shared any info with LAPD.
The former bodyguard could easily be lying to try to work some angle. Who knows?
Not sure what will happen with this and I'm skeptical of recordings in the age of AI, but DANG.
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