Young O.J. Simpson grows up in the projects of San Francisco and becomes a college football hero, eventually crossing racial lines as an NFL star.
As O.J. embarks on a second career as an actor and a marriage to second wife Nicole, tensions rise between LA's police and its black community.
The onetime football superstar gains new fame when he's tried for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman.
As the trial of the century makes stars of Simpson's $50,000-a-day legal team, their client, from prison, begins dealing in sports memorabilia.
Though acquitted, Simpson's reputation and fortune suffer when he's found guilty in civil court. Years later, he's jailed again in an unrelated case.