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OJ confesses murder to Oprah - reports

Cape Town - OJ Simpson has confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he murdered his former wife, reports The Daily Mail.

The talk show host mentioned recently that one of her only regrets is that she never had a chance to interview OJ Simpson in order to coax a confession out of him.

Reports are now circulating that the disgraced former sports star has told one of Winfrey's producers in an interview from prison that he stabbed ex-wife Nicole in self-defence.  Many now expect Simpson to repeat the confession during a monumental televised sit down interview with Winfrey.

The interview, which would be conducted in Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Centre where Simpson is currently serving a nine-year sentence on robbery charges, could mean a huge boost for Oprah's network, OWN, which has recently suffered poor ratings.

Simpson was acquitted of the murders of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in October 1995 despite a mass of evidence against him.

In the interview Simpson details his version of events – maintaining that he acted in self-defence.

Under the US law of double jeopardy, a second trial is forbidden following an acquittal.

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