O.J. Simpson Documentary: Martin Sheen Helping Prove 'The Juice' Was Innocent?
This is officially the year to re-live the O.J. Simpson "Trial of the Century," as Martin Sheen is now getting involved with a new series centered on the case.
Sheen has been slated the executive produce a new true crime series called Hard Evidence: O.J. Is Innocent, according to a new Hollywood Reporter post. The docuseries is slated to air on Investigation Discovery (ID) and will air in six parts. A premiere date is tentatively scheduled for early 2017.
ID Group president Henry Schleiff says in the report that the docuseries provides some compelling evidence that could suggest Simpson is indeed innocent in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
"Like most others I had always believed that the evidence showed that [O.J.] did it," Schleiff says. "I went into this with a tremendous amount of doubt and cynicism, but this is so amazingly convincing that when you do connect the dots and look at the new evidence, it made me accept the fact that O.J. could actually be innocent."
The evidence has been compiled by Texas private investigator William C. Dear, who has been studying the case since it began two decades ago. Dear's book, O.J. Is Innocent and I Can Prove It, is being used as a primary source for the series.
Sheen, who will also narrate the series, says that it will try to provide answers for three important questions: "What if there were enough evidence that proved O.J. Simpson did not murder his ex-wife Nicole or Ron Goldman? What if the real killer were still at large? And finally, what if a grand jury convened to reconsider the case based on new evidence?"
Hard Evidence: O.J. Is Innocent comes after renewed interest in the Simpson case. The current FX miniseries American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson has been one of the most talked about TV events of the year, with a star-studded cast and rave reviews.
ESPN is also getting in on the action with a new docuseries called O.J.: Made in America, which is set to air this summer.
