OJ Simpson had friends sign NDAs to visit him in the final few days before all four of his children gathered at his deathbed – including two he had with the ex-wife he was accused of murdering

A ‘faint and unrecognizable’ OJ Simpson insisted that the dozens of friends who gathered at his home to pay their last respects over the past week sign confidentiality agreements to visit him.

Simpson, 76, died Wednesday night in Las Vegas after a battle with prostate cancer.

He was surrounded by members of his family, including his four children, whom he fathered with Nicole Brown Simpson, his ex-wife, who he was found responsible for butchering in a civil lawsuit in 1995, according to a new report.

The legendary running back and later actor was the prime suspect in the 1994 murders of Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman.

TMZ reports that in order for family, friends and even medical staff to be present during Simpson’s final days in hospice, they were required to sign NDAs.

Last Friday, carers alerted Simpson’s family to tell them he had taken a turn for the worse.

At some point over the next five days, his children, Jason and Arnelle, to be a father with his first wife Marguerite Whitley and his children with Nicole, Sydney, 38, and Justin, 35, rushed to be by his side.

Little is known about Sydney and Justin’s relationship with their father. It’s unclear how much time the trio have spent together since Simpson’s release from prison on theft charges in 2017.

In addition to the NDA agreements, well-wishers were not allowed to bring their cell phones into the room with him. About 30 to 50 paid their respects, despite him not really being able to speak and being in-and-out of consciousness, during his last few days, according to TMZ’s report.

Simpson first mentioned his battle with cancer in a 2023 video posted on X, but then didn’t actually mention it. TMZ writes that that despite his advancing years, Simpson continued to live as he did in the past.

Since late 2023, Simpson was in and out of the hospital, even contracting pneumonia at one point. His last visit was in 2024.

Last February, almost two minute long video posted ahead of the Super Bowl, the controversial star addressed those who had asked about his health.

Simpson said he had prostate cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy treatments in Las Vegas.

‘Thank you to all the people who reached out to me. My health is good,’ he said in the video filmed by a pool.

“Obviously I’m dealing with some issues, but I think I’m just getting over it and hopefully I’ll be back on that golf course in a couple of weeks.”

At the time, NFL Hall of Famer Simpson was battling rumors that he was in hospice care.

In the video, Simpson wore a San Francisco 49ers jersey as he spoke in front of a pool. The 49ers were his hometown team, and an organization he played with during his final two years.

He also gave his prediction for the game ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs.

‘I see 24-20 WIN! of the 49ers,” he said. ‘It’s not hope, I’m basing it on the quality of the football players.’

For Simpson, his prediction proved wrong as the Chiefs beat the 49ers by a score of 25-22.

Simpson was immediately the prime suspect in Nicole’s murder in 1994 after numerous reports of domestic violence.

A criminal jury found him not guilty of murder in 1995, but a separate civil trial found him liable in 1997 for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million to relatives of Brown and Goldman.

The criminal case was a media sensation. Simpson was charged with murder, but before he surrendered, he led police on a slow chase across the freeways of Los Angeles.

The so-called Bronco Chase, named after the white vehicle he was riding in, was televised in prime time and became the first of many televised moments in the bizarre saga that engulfed America.

“I’ve had a great life, great friends,” he said in what many believed to be a suicide note written just before he set off in the Bronco. “Please think of the real OJ and not this lost person.”

The acquittal was watched by millions on television and on a Jumbotron in New York’s Times Square. President Bill Clinton took a break from the meetings to watch.

Simpson’s efforts to resume his old life were undermined by Ron Goldman’s family.

They believed Simpson was guilty and pursued their wrongful death case relentlessly. In a civil trial, a jury found Simpson responsible for the murders and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in restitution to the family of Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.

Hundreds of valuable possessions were seized as part of the award, and Simpson was forced to auction off his Heisman trophy, bringing in $230,000. He was never able to pay off the $33.5 million, saying he lived only on his NFL and private pensions.

“The money is not the problem, it never has been,” said Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman. ‘It is to ensure that a man, the man who murdered my son and Nicole, is held accountable by a court of law.’

In a statement Thursday, Fred Goldman and his daughter Kim noted that with Simpson’s death, ‘hope for true accountability has ended.’

“All I have to say today is that this is a further reminder of the loss of my son Ron,” Fred told DailyMail.com.

‘It is a further reminder of my son’s murder and a reminder of the many years we have missed Ron.

‘His death is a reminder that Ron and Nicole were murdered by him. I will not react to my thoughts that he is going to die.’

He concluded: ‘I have nothing to say about him. My answer will not be about OJ’s death but about his loss of my son’s life by him.

‘Thank you for calling. That’s all I have to say.’

In a statement later given to NBC News, Fred added that OJ’s death was ‘no great loss’.

In 2016, Simpson was the subject of both an FX miniseries and a five-part ESPN documentary.

“I don’t think most of America believes I did it,” Simpson told The New York Times in 1995, a week after a jury found he did not kill Brown and Goldman. ‘I have had thousands of letters and telegrams from people who support me.’

Twelve years later, after an outpouring of public outrage, Rupert Murdoch canceled a planned book by News Corp-owned HarperCollins in which Simpson offered his hypothetical account of the murders. It was to be titled ‘If I Did It’.

His death was announced in a post shared on his official X account by his family, saying: ‘On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer.

‘He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you respect their wishes for privacy and grace. -The Simpsons.’