{"id":1621,"date":"2026-05-19T00:39:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2026-05-19T00:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:39:53","slug":"mark-fuhrman-la-detective-convicted-of-lying-at-oj-simpson-trial-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/?p=1621","title":{"rendered":"Mark Fuhrman, LA detective convicted of lying at OJ Simpson trial, dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"549025a8-03eb-4051-a7f1-89b2f069ac67\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Detective Mark Fuhrman in a dark suit and red polka-dot tie sits at a witness stand with a microphone\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9965f66ae08537bd07a24acacbbcbc938b86eaa8\/0_0_1031_1099\/master\/1031.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"495.66925315227934\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Mark Fuhrman on the witness stand in March 1995.<\/span> Photograph: Kim Kulish\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"549025a8-03eb-4051-a7f1-89b2f069ac67\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Mark Fuhrman on the witness stand in March 1995.<\/span> Photograph: Kim Kulish\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Mark Fuhrman, LA detective convicted of lying at OJ Simpson trial, dies<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>Fuhrman, who found bloody glove at Simpson\u2019s home, charged with perjury after audio revealed use of racial slurs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/los-angeles\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Los Angeles<\/a> police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson\u2019s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles. He reported finding a bloody glove at Simpson\u2019s home, but his credibility came under attack during the trial as the defense raised the prospect of racial bias.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Under cross-examination, Fuhrman testified that he had never made anti-Black racial slurs in the past decade, but a recording made by an aspiring screenwriter showed he had done so repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Lynn Acebedo, the chief deputy coroner in Kootenai county, Idaho, said that Fuhrman died on 12 May. The county does not release the cause of death as a rule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Fuhrman retired from the Los Angeles police department after Simpson\u2019s 1995 acquittal. He subsequently moved to Idaho with his wife, Caroline, and their young daughter and son and set up a 20-acre farm, raising chickens, goats, sheep and llamas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In 1996, Fuhrman was charged with perjury and pleaded no contest. He later became a TV and radio commentator and wrote the book Murder in Brentwood about the killings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A criminal-court jury found Simpson not guilty of murder in 1995, but a separate civil trial jury found him liable in 1997 for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5m to relatives of Brown and Goldman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Simpson served nine years in prison on unrelated charges and died in Las Vegas of prostate cancer in 2024 at the age of 76.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1rrvs2w\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/los-angeles\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Los Angeles<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/us-police\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">US policing<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/simpson\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">OJ Simpson<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/california\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">California<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/tone\/news\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-nu129i\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Mark%20Fuhrman,%20LA%20detective%20convicted%20of%20lying%20at%20OJ%20Simpson%20trial,%20dies&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/18\/mark-fuhrman-lapd-oj-simpson-trial-dies?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-125qj9d\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zhx6xs\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fmay%2F18%2Fmark-fuhrman-lapd-oj-simpson-trial-dies&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/may\/18\/mark-fuhrman-lapd-oj-simpson-trial-dies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-14rjinq\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:right-column\" data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1h2hraq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tn16h9\">\n<section class=\"dcr-1hko8ef\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Fuhrman on the witness stand in March 1995. 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