It has been more than 30 years after Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered, and now a new two-part Peacock docuseries, O.J.’s Accomplice, is raising more questions about whether O.J. Simpson acted alone in allegedly committing the homicides.
One of the documentary’s most interesting revelations came when an interview subject seemed to get a little too comfortable with his microphone still live.
One possible accomplice identified in the documentary is Joey Ippolito, a deceased former drug smuggler who was friends with O.J. Simpson. According to The Hollywood Reporter, another Simpson associate, Charlie Ehrlich, made a startling claim while his mic was still hot.
O.J. Simpson Associate Makes Stunning Claim During Documentary Filming
Charlie Ehrlich was being interviewed at a club he manages when co-director Sumit David told him the crew needed additional footage. The two men then moved to the bar while Ehrlich was still wearing his microphone.
“You didn’t bring it up, so I’m not going to bring it up,” Ehrlich told David. Then he proceeded to bring it up anyway.
Ehrlich claimed Joey Ippolito’s brother Lou had told him about a conversation that allegedly took place shortly before Joey died.
“I was very good friends with his brother Lou (Ippolito),” Ehrlich continued. “Do you know what Lou told me? He told me that a month before Joey died, he took him to Italy — took Joe to Italy. Joe admitted that he was involved.”
Documentary co-director Ari Mark told The Hollywood Reporter he believes Ehrlich knew he was still being recorded.
“He knew he was mic’d up,” Mark said. “What happens quite often is, you know, folks are mic’d up and get comfortable. I don’t think he had forgotten that he was mic’d up necessarily, but I think he probably started speaking more casually.”
Mark also claimed Lou Ippolito told filmmakers the same story privately but requested that footage of him not be used.
Joey Ippolito’s widow, Nicole, strongly disputes the allegations, calling the documentary a “woefully misguided project.”
“Actual vetted facts prove this to be another hoax feeding off of the those who are not here to defend themselves,” Nicole Ippolito wrote.
New Documentary Revisits Longstanding O.J. Simpson Accomplice Theory
The documentary features interviews with Kato Kaelin, Nicole Brown Simpson’s sister Tanya, and people involved in the original investigation. People reports that it also examines unidentified fingerprints and questions whether O.J. Simpson could have committed both murders without additional help.
Interestingly, a recent in-depth investigation by the New York Times also raised the possibility that Joey Ippolito assisted in the murders’ cover-up.
The Times reports that Ippolito was regarded as “extremely reliable” by a seasoned federal prosecutor and was praised by a longstanding federal judge. He was also, according to the report, allegedly an associate of O.J. Simpson and a close friend of Simpson’s friend Al Cowlings.
Sam Ippolito, Joey’s brother, insisted for months that he was “100 percent” certain that his brother was at the crime scene, according to the Times. But once the paper turned down his request for money for the information, he attempted to retract those statements.
Jim Clemente, a veteran FBI profiler with 22 years of experience, also recently offered up his own theory regarding the killings of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson that implied O.J. Simpson wasn’t acting alone.
Clemente said he had “a pretty good idea” about who he thought was O.J. Simpson’s accomplice, but he did not name anyone.
Also, in May 2025, Jennifer Peace, who claimed to be dating Al Cowlings at the time of the killings, asserted that O.J. had confessed to the murders.