O.J. Simpson is one of the most well-known athletes and figures in all of sports and even though he is in jail, he can't stay out of the news.
According to the New York Post, Simpson threw a Super Bowl party of sorts while in jail in his 80 square foot cell after being one of the only inmates to have his own TV. While serving a 33-year sentence for kidnapping and armed robbery at Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada, Simpson shared his wealth and earned a new nickname in the "Godfather."
From the report: "Simpson is one of the few inmates who has his own TV, reports The Post's Richard Johnson, so his friends crammed into his 80-square-foot cell to watch. "If you have the money, you can buy a TV at the inmate store and put it in your cell," Simpson's producer friend Norman Pardo said. There was no shortage of potential guests because he's so popular. "He's like the Godfather of the prison now," Pardo said of the one-time NFL great."
Simpson of course is the Hall of Fame running back who was accused of murdering Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman and is now in jail on different charges.
In jail inmates are allowed to earn money to buy different items, which is how Simpson got the television. He isn't eligible for parole until 2017 and it is unlikely he will make it on his first shot.
Simpson has been involved in rumors over the past couple years that he was the father of Khloe Kardashian.
The report also says that Pardo is trying to sell a movie named, "Unpromotable," about his efforts to rehabilitate Simpson's image after he was acquitted of double murder in 1995. "It shows what it's like to promote the most unpromotable man on the planet," Pardo said.
Simpson was convicted in 2008 for the crimes he is serving time for and he once played for the San Francisco 49ers, although it was unclear who he was rooting for. He was traded from the Buffalo Bills to the team for draft picks prior to the 1978 season.
