19 NFL Superstars That Went From Riches To Rags

17. OJ Simpson

OJ Simpson is the most celebrated “celebrity” on this list. We are all too familiar with the infamous murder charge and media trial. OJ Simpson has fallen a long way. His life has seen a coveted sports star to suspected murderer and ultimately a convicted felon. He has been in jail for the last eight years in relation to an armed robbery and kidnapping of a sports items dealer in 2007.

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Simpson was tried for the murder of Nicole Brown, his ex-wife in 1994. He was controversially acquitted. A bank is pushing for a foreclosure on Simpson’s house for nonpayment. In 2015, IRS filed a lien of $179,437 on his income from 2007-2010. Again, in 2016, they filed another lien, this time for $17,015.99 against his 2011 income.

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