Simpson: 'Cochran saved me from jail'

The Naked Gun star OJ Simpson has paid an emotional tribute to late celebrity defence attorney Johnnie Cochran, who died of a brain tumour on Tuesday aged 67.

The Naked Gun star OJ Simpson has paid an emotional tribute to late celebrity defence attorney Johnnie Cochran, who died of a brain tumour on Tuesday aged 67.

Simpson believes he would be serving time in prison for the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, if the legendary lawyer hadn't successfully defended him during his well-publicised trial.

Cochran - who has also defended Michael Jackson and Sean 'P Diddy' Combs - famously proved a glove found at Brown's murder scene was too small for Simpson's hand, concluding: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."

Simpson admits: "I don't think I'd be home today without Johnnie."

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