Ito presided over the 1995 murder trial of O. J. Simpson, at which Simpson was acquitted. ... The prosecution requested that Ito step down because they felt that derogatory remarks toward his wife might bias Ito against Fuhrman, though prosecutors later withdrew the request out of fear that it would result in a mistrial.

Did Robert Kardashian and OJ remain friends?

Simpson case. Kardashian and Simpson first met around 1967 while both of them were at USC and became close friends. ... Following the June 12, 1994, murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, Simpson stayed in Kardashian's house to avoid the media.

How did the prosecution lose OJ?

They lost evidence because of the media. Witnesses were tainted; witnesses were compromised because they paid to do interviews. Family members were compromised because they gave interviews before the case went to trial.