In a bombshell world exclusive, The National ENQUIRER has learned that a source claims the bloody knife used to butcher O.J.’s ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman was hidden by none other than Kris Jenner! The insider leveled the shocking accusation after Kris confessed to her own feelings of guilt over the infamous slayings in a new TV documentary.
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At the time of the murders, Kris was divorced from O.J.’s best friend and lawyer, Robert Kardashian (pictured center), but she and Nicole remained the closest of pals. Now 20 years after O.J. was acquitted of the double homicide, the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” reality show “momager” bared her soul in the A&E Network special, “The Secret Tapes of the O.J. Case: The Untold Story.”
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In a stunning admission, Kris acknowledged: “I will always feel guilty that I didn’t pay more attention and didn’t speak up when I thought anything was wrong or asked her (Nicole) more...The one thing [Nicole] would tell us all of us, by the time, you know, it got to that level was, ‘He’s [O.J.] going to kill me and he’s going to get away with it.’”
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But a source close to the case told
The ENQUIRER that Kris had a reason for keeping quiet about the physical abuse Nicole secretly suffered at the hands of the former football great. “
Kris had an affair with O.J. – that’s why she’d never rat him out!” the source disclosed.
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“Kris knew everything," added the insider. "What Nicole told her, what O.J. told her and what her ex-husband, Robert, told her. But she never testified at the criminal trial. Kris was secretly afraid she’d be asked if she and O.J. were ever lovers, and she never wanted to go there.”
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As The ENQUIRER has also reported, O.J. has even
boasted of fathering of Kris’s daughter, Khloe! Said the source: “Kris knew there was a lot to lose if she was sworn in under oath, and put on the witness stand. She could have turned the trial on its ear.” Now, with Kris’s admission of guilt, the source said Kris could have even concealed the murder weapon!
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Earlier reports by The ENQUIRER have revealed
how Robert Kardashian has often been accused of hiding evidence to protect his close friend and client. Added the source: “To this day, it’s believed Robert was involved in hiding the knife, and Kris would have known all about it. She may have even taken physical possession of it at one point.”
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Nicole, 35, and Ron, 25, were savagely slain on June 12, 1994, at her Brentwood, Calif., condo. But police never recovered the murder weapon, which forensic experts believe to be a German stiletto with a six-inch blade. In what remains a mystery to this day, Kris' attorney husband was seen removing a Louis Vuitton garment bag from O.J.’s home the day after the murders.
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“The knife, along with O.J.’s bloody clothes, are believed to have been in the garment bag," said the insider. "But no one knows what was in the bag and where it ended up – that is, with the exception of Robert, and possibly Kris!”
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An expert said Kris undoubtedly could have helped the prosecution win a conviction against O.J. in the “Trial of the Century” in 1995. Forensic psychologist Dr. Glenn S. Lipson, who has testified in homicide and domestic violence trials, told The ENQUIRER: “Kris heard [Nicole’s] stories and saw the bruises, yet she never helped her pal get out of that bad situation!"
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“O.J.’s stardust, money, and fame caused Kris to bond more with him than with her best friend, Nicole," added Dr. Lipson. “Even after Nicole died, Kris failed her by not testifying at O.J.’s murder trial. If Kris had told the jury what she knew, which would have proven O.J.’s intent and premeditation, she would have been the star witness, and jurors would have found him guilty!”
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Added the source: “Kris could have, and should have, taken the stand. Instead, she kept her mouth shut. She stymied the prosecution, and let the killer walk free – delivering the ultimate betrayal to her dead best friend, Nicole Brown Simpson!”
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