According to Gilbert, there's only been 20 miles added to the odometer since the O. After 17 years in storage, a man representing the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas found out about the Bronco and immediately wanted to use it in a memorabilia show.
The two sides worked out a deal, and at some point in , the Bronco went on display for the first time since O. The Bronco stayed in Vegas until last year, when Gilbert finally had it moved back to his garage in California. For anyone out there hoping to see the Bronco one day, you actually can do that right now. This partnership with Alcatraz East has been important to me.
I wanted the Bronco in a place where it would be protected, as well as be part of a bigger story- a part of history. The fact that the Bronco is on display again this year is almost ironic, because this could also be the year that the man who made it famous could get released from jail. Simpson is scheduled to have a parole hearing in July and many legal experts believe that he actually has a chance of being released.
Joseph R. Around the same time, someone claiming to be Simpson dialed Brown Simpson's home, threatening to come over. Kardashian read a letter from Simpson, which was generally interpreted as a suicide note, on live television.
Around 6 p. The call was traced to a spot nearby the cemetery where Brown Simpson was buried. Supporters of O. Simpson gather on an overpass along a California freeway. Jean-Marc Giboux via Getty Images. Motorists wave pro-Simpson signs along the freeway. Archive Photos via Getty Images. After police tracked down the Bronco on the freeway, crowds gathered along its path. Live coverage of the pursuit interrupted a highly anticipated NBA playoff game on televisions across the country.
Simpson's home in a June file photo. SGranitz via Getty Images. Later, the white Bronco found a different owner: a "porn king. And people have rented the infamous car for parties. Simpson Timeline See Gallery. His transformation from that into one of the most divisive figures in American history really started on that Friday evening a quarter century ago.
Motorists stop and wave as police cars pursue the white Ford Bronco on June 17, That was the day Simpson was charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. He was supposed to have turned himself in to face the charges but didn't. He was declared a fugitive, and a warrant was put out for his arrest. Read More. At about p. Simpson was riding in the back, and he reportedly had a gun. And with that the mile, two-hour, low-speed pursuit through Southern California was on.
Then, in , a man connected to the Las Vegas Luxor Hotel came across the vehicle in the parking lot, and asked if the hotel could lease it as part of a vast sports-memorabilia exhibition. For a few months, it sat in front of the hotel. They wanted to bring it inside, but Gilbert refused to have it dismantled.
After some deliberation, host Rick Harrison decided to pass—even if, he said, it might well reach more at auction. After the show was filmed, and before it aired, Gilbert struck a deal with the Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, where the car is presently on show.
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