Alan Dershowitz reveals he believed O.J. Simpson 'probably guilty' before taking case

Law professor Alan Dershowitz said Thursday that he believed O.J. Simpson was "probably guilty" but took his murder case anyway.

After reports revealed Simpson had succumbed to cancer at the age of 76, Dershowitz talked to Newsmax about his role in the former football star's acquittal for the murder of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman in 1995.

Dershowitz recalled seeing Simpson fleeing in his white Ford Bronco on television before becoming his lawyer.

"I was not his lawyer at the time," Dershowitz said. "I was watching the NBA Finals or the NBA playoffs when it happened. And I said to my family, who I was watching with, it looks like he's probably guilty. Otherwise, why would he be running away?"

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The attorney said he also counseled Simpson not to write the book "If I Did It" after he was acquitted.

"Well, it was a stupid thing to do," Dershowitz said of the book. "But O.J. Simpson insisted on staying in the public light, and writing that book was a foolish book. And he paid a heavy price for it."

In 2016, Simpson's former attorney suggested to Business Insider that his role representing Simpson had improved the Los Angeles Police Department.

"I think it was the first time the L.A. Police Department was caught doing what it had been doing for years and that is framing 'guilty' people," Dershowitz opined at the time. "In their minds O.J. was guilty, and therefore it was OK to frame him."

Watch the video from Newsmax below or at this link.