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Damage control to save O.J. Simpson's mass marketing career began in 1994, almost as soon as he was charged with murdering his ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman.
Ironically, three days before the butchered bodies were found, Simpson had been elected to the board of directors of a Connecticut company that imports and distributes Swiss Army Knives.
For the privilege of having a celebrity at company events, The Forschner Group was paying Simpson $10,000 a year, plus $1,000 for each meeting he attended. From his cell at the Los Angeles County Jail, Simpson sent a letter resigning from the board, figuring it best not to be associated with a knife company at a time when he was accused of hacking two people to death.
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