O.J. Simpson’s name will not carry over into the Buffalo Bills’ new stadium.
The former NFL star, who died in 2024, had been honored at the team’s old home, where his jersey number was part of the Wall of Fame created in 1980. But when the Bills move into the new building this fall, that recognition will not follow. Instead, the franchise plans to celebrate team legends in the family circle area outside the stadium, and Simpson will not be among them.
Bills president of business operations Pete Guelli explained the decision in a statement: “We have made an organizational decision that he is not a fit to display inside our new stadium and family circle,” he said.
Simpson’s legacy has long been shadowed by the murder case that made him one of the most notorious figures in American sports history. He was accused of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, before being found not-guilty in one of the most famous trials of all time.
Now, one person who dated Nicole Brown Simpson in 1992 says the warning signs around O.J. were anything but hidden.
Joseph Perrulli told Page Six in a recent exclusive interview that Simpson’s alleged behavior was “an open secret.”
“I had people in the [movie] industry telling me about, you know, informing me about his abuse, so I knew,” he said.
Perrulli added that, at the time, there was little anyone could do to stop it.
“We were all powerless,” he explained. “He was still a spokesperson for a very big company [Hertz], a rental car company, and he was still a sportscaster.
So, you know, everybody was powerless, and it seemed like he could do what he wanted. And he did.”
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