Simpson’s former agent and two friends of Al Cowlings, who drove the vehicle in the famous chase, are hoping to recover $1. 5 million.
The current owners of the white Ford Bronco in the midst of the famous OJ Simpson police chase in 1994 say they hope to sell the vehicle for at least $1. 5 million now that it’s dead.
Simpson’s former agent, Michael Gilbert, and two friends of Al Cowlings, the original owner of the SUV, said they would likely sell the vehicle amid growing interest after Simpson’s death on April 10, Collections Cllct first reported.
Simpson died of cancer at the age of 76. In 1995, the former football star was acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and his friend Ron Goldman.
This debatable trial is one of the most watched events of the 20th century.
Current owners of the SUV say they had already planned to sell the Ford Bronco this year because it’s the 30th anniversary of the lawsuit that took place when police sought to arrest Simpson in connection with the June 1994 murders of Brown Simpson and Goldman.
“Before the adoption of the DO, we had an idea that this would be the year we were going to sell because it was the 30th anniversary,” Gilbert told Cllct. “Who knows if we’ll all be there on the 35th or the 40th. “?
The last bid for the vehicle was $750,000. Owners now hope to sell the car for at least twice as much.
The two-hour chase of Simpson Bronco on California’s 405 took place after he failed to turn himself in to police on two counts of murder. Cowlings, who was also a close friend of Simpson’s, was driving the van.
Cowlings warned police that Simpson had a gun and was threatening suicide, and asked police not to stay glued to the van.
The police did not give up the chase but slowed down. The low-speed chase that followed was widely covered by the media, with an estimated 95 million more people tuning in, CBS Sports reported.
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Simpson enthusiasts even piled up along the road, cheering him on as he drove, the Washington Post reported.
Simpson then reported to police at his mansion in Brentwood, California.
After Simpson’s acquittal in his murder trial, the white van sat in a parking lot for 17 years.
The Ford Bronco was then loaned in 2016 to the East Alcatraz Crime Museum in East Tennessee’s Pigeon Forge, a popular vacation spot.