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Odds Say Twitter Will Verify OJ Simpson’s New Twitter Account in 2019

JJ De La Torre

by JJ De La Torre in News

Updated Mar 26, 2020 · 7:29 AM PDT

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Will Twitter verify OJ Simpson's new account in 2019? Photo by Charles LeBlanc (flickr) [CC License].
  • Disgraced football star and ’90s court case celebrity OJ Simpson is back in the news
  • Following a rocky past couple of years, the star has emerged in the form of a Twitter account
  • Simpson is already making waves on the social media app

Brace yourselves, Twitter users. Donald Trump is no longer the most controversial and polarizing celebrity on Twitter.

This week, famed athlete turned gossip rag darling OJ Simpson joined the social media platform, leading to a lot of questions. Aside from the obvious initial question of “Why?”, civilians are readying their popcorn just to see how this all is going to play out.

Odds Twitter Will Verify OJ Simpson’s New Twitter Account in 2019

Will Twitter Verify OJ Simpson’s New Account in 2019? Odds
Yes -250
No +170

*Odds taken 06/18/19

For those of you who have been hiding in a cave since the early ’90s, Simpson has had a wild couple of decades. After the infamous double murder of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, the court case was one of the most infamous news events of the decade.

More recently, Simpson spent a few years in jail after a robbery incident in Las Vegas. Having been released in the fall of 2017, he’s been biding his time.

As a subject of constant controversy and a reputation that precedes him, it makes complete sense that OJ has shown up on Twitter. But will the social media enterprise recognize his presense with the verified blue check mark, or will they shun him?

As a subject of constant controversy and a reputation that precedes him, it makes complete sense that OJ has shown up on Twitter.

Twitter lists their regulations in terms of being verified to be accounts that are relevant to public interest, being a person or group that the general audience on the site would recognize and care about.

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Given his scandalous reputation and sordid history, Simpson is certainly not everyone’s favorite celebrity. And while he may not be the most popular, Simpson certainly fits the bill of being a public figure people do care about.

Even if it’s just a train wreck that people are tuning in to see go up in flames, OJ’s Twitter is definitely newsworthy and makes him worthy of a blue checkmark. As much as it might pain us all to think about, he’s a household name and has been for over 30 years.

Pick: Yes (-250)

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