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Goldman marked the first time america had been transfixed on tv for a court case. eventually he was acquitted but just as compellingly as he'd brought americans of all races together for admiring him in the '70s and '80s his trial cast the deepest and most disturbing divides. >> pitted black against white, rich against poor. no one didn't is have an opinion. you either thought he was guilty or thought he was the victim of racist police and incompetent prosecution. >> reporter: o'keefe says it was one of the cultural moments where america was shaken out of his habit of fawning over celebrities....

Everybody about that if they don't give it to me i'm going to get the police in there. >> reporter: why would we take such an interest in a puffy, shackled 65-year-old o.j. simpson? michael o'keefe of "the new york daily news" says it's the o.j. simpson story that pulls us in. >> we're drawn to o.j. because he's been in the public eye for going on 40 years now and we've really seen a spectacular rise and a spectacular fall in his life. >> reporter: america first took widespread notice of simpson when he sprang into the nfl in 1969, the heisman trophy winner out of usc with an electric smile an...

The first time we heard him speak publicly in years. >> that's what i told everybody involved that if they don't give it to me, i am going to get the police in it. >> request would we take such an interest in a puffy, shackled 65-year-old o.j. simpson. michael o'keefe says it's the o.j. story that pulls us in. >> we are drawn to o.j. because he has been in the public eye for four years now. we have seen a spectacular rise and a fall in his life. >> america took notice of simpson when he played in the nfl, and then simpson became the first running back to gain 2,000 yards in a season, and sever...

Police on the murder chase. and the murder of nicole made the first time for the tv court case. and his trial casts the deepest and most disturbing devise. >> it pitted black against white and rich against poor. nobody had an opinion about whether or not o.j. was guilty and you thought he was guilty or the victim of racists police. >> and o'keefe said it was a watershed cultural moments when america was shaken out of the habit of fawning over celebrities. >> brian todd, thank you so much. >> do you remember where you were? >> i do. i think everybody does. i do. i was in grade school. i remembe...

Over the years with o.j. simpson. brian todd is here with a closer look why he's got this part of the story for us. he has been around for a long time. >> he has, wolf. captivate is a good word. o.j. simpson has captivated america for better or for worse for about four decades now. that's why this past wednesday when we had breaking news on the white house e-mails on benghazi, the president's statement on the irs and a crucial moment in the jodi arias trial, we still found time to tell you about o.j. simpson's court appearance. we were riveted to the screen talking about how he grabbed his mem...