14 DAY TRIAL // O.J. Simpson is serving a very long sentence in prison on a variety of charges, including kidnapping, assault, and robbery, but he’s hoping he might get an early release because he doesn’t want to die “like a common jailhouse scum.” He has brain cancer, says a new report.
This comes from the print issue of The National Enquirer (via University Herald), so there’s your warning right there to take it with a grain of salt. It could be just an unfounded rumor but, then again, the tab also has a record for breaking several major stories throughout the years.
The tab cites an unnamed insider as saying that Simpson is convinced he’s dying of brain cancer. In fact, he’s so convinced of it he’s already written to the US President Barack Obama asking for a pardon because, obviously, he doesn’t want to spend his final days behind bars. Who would?
“O.J. says his memory is slipping and he gets painful headaches and other symptoms. He began suffering dizzy spells; nausea, lapses in memory - and the frightening symptoms continue to get worse,” the insider says, adding that Simpson also has a severe case of diabetes.
While all this would be horrible if it were true, the same insider notes that the 66-year-old former sports star is yet to undergo tests for his supposed brain tumor. He’s too afraid they might confirm the tragic news, admittedly.
“He put off the doctors for weeks after he first started experiencing the symptoms because he was afraid of what they would find. Now the prison docs are telling him they believe he has a brain tumor. They plan to run a series of tests on him, MRIs and CT scans,” notes the spy.
Even if he doesn’t have brain cancer, he will still be dead within 3 months, says another source for the same media outlet: his blood sugar and blood pressure are out of control and Simpson can’t be moved to do anything about them, having lost all hope.
This would explain his passionate plea to Obama for an early release, in a letter that supposedly also contained this: “Mr. President, I know my life is coming to an end. Please, don't let me die in prison. I feel the end coming. But I don't want to die in prison like common jailhouse scum.”