O.J. Simpson — His Murder Trial Testimony That Never Happened

O.J. Simpson never testified while on trial for the brutal murders of Ron Goldman and ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson — but insiders revealed to The National ENQUIRER what the disgraced NFL great and former film star wanted to tell the jury!

The final days before the shocking "Not Guilty" verdict included Judge Lance Ito advising Simpson that he could testify. "As much as I would like to address some of the misrepresentations about...Nicole, and our life together," said Simpson, "I am mindful of the mood and the stamina of this jury." He also added that he had confidence ("a lot more than it seems [Marcia] Clark has") that the jury would find him innocent.

But behind the scenes, Simpson's team had to insist that he stay off the stand. "I can win this case," Simpson reportedly boasted to his dream-team defense lawyers. "It's time to bring me on. The jury see me as the star of the show, and they want to hear what I've got to say!"

The ENQUIRER had already revealed that Simpson was insisting that he had an airtight alibi for the night of the murder — and could account for every hour of June 12, 1994, until a limo driver picked him up about 10:50 p.m. for a trip to the airport. And while defense attorney Johnnie Cochran leaned toward having Simpson testify, Robert Shapiro wasn't sure about him offering his theory on the murder.

Simpson's planned testimony would have reportedly highlighted the defense's claim that Nicole was murdered by a South American drug gang — and that Nicole's close friend Faye Resnick was the intended victim of the horrific attack. "I know in my heart," O.J. had said, "that the answer to the death of Nicole and Mr. Goldman lies somewhere in the world that Faye Resnick inhabited."

Simpson was also feeling confident after the infamous pair of bloody gloves found on the scene didn't seem to fit him when he tried them on before the jury. Judge Ito had also refused to admit crucial FBI evidence that proved carpet fibers removed from Goldman's body — and from a knit cap found at the scene — matched those taken from Simpson's Ford Bronco.

One legal expert, Leo Terrell, added: "The jury is looking at O.J. every day and saying subconsciously: 'Come on, O.J. Tell us your story. We want to know.' If he doesn't, he runs the risk of the jurors wondering: 'What's he hiding from us?...Many people still love O.J., and there are some members of the jury who desperately want to believe he's innocent!"

But other experts warned that Simpson couldn't be trusted on the stand while being questioned by lead prosecutor Marcia Clark. "If she gets under his skin, look out," said one. "O.J. could blow. And that's the last thing the defense wants the jurors to see — an angry defendant."

In the end, Simpson beat the rap on the murder charges — but testifying in his own defense couldn't help in a future civil suit. "That is absolutely not true," Simpson routinely replied to questions about the deaths of Ron and Nicole. In the end of that 1997 trial, however, a jury ruled that Simpson had to shell out $25 million in punitive damages to the families of the murder victims.