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Bill Renken's casual sports images unwittingly became crucial evidence in one of the most notorious trials of the 20th Century. In the annals of American legal history, few items have ever held as much courtroom sway as the gloves O.J. Simpson was asked to try on during his 1995 murder trial—a moment that significantly influenced the trial's outcome.  Behind this pivotal moment was Bill Renken, a sports photographer, who captured images of Simpson wearing gloves years before the trial during a post-game interview in 1991. These photographs later surfaced as unexpected evidence, correlating with the gloves found at the crime scene. The Ripple Effect of an Innocent Photograph Bill Renken, then a sports photographer in Cincinnati, Ohio, photographed Simpson, an NBC broadcaster at the time, wearing designer gloves while interviewing key figures from the Cincinnati Bengals. Little did Renken know, these images would catapult him into the "Trial of the Century," making him ...