 Kutongwa kwakatanga musi waSeptember 8, 2008, mudare reNevada District Court Judge Jackie Glass, pamberi pejury yevarungu vose, mukupesana zvikuru nokutongwa kwokuponda kwaSimpson kwekare. Musi waOctober 3, 2008, Simpson akawanikwa aine mhosva pamhosva dzose dzaaipomerwa uye akabva atumirwa kuClark County Detention Center achimirira mutongo. Musi waOctober 10, 2008, magweta aSimpson, Yale Galanter naGabriel Grasso, PC, vakakumbira kutongwa patsva trial de novo pamusana pezvikanganiso zvekutonga uye uchapupu husina kukwana. Gweta raClarence Stewart, E. Brent Bryson, akakumbirawo kutongwa patsva, achitaura kuti Stewart aifanira kutongwa oga oga, uye akataura nezvokusazvibata kwakanzwisiswa nomukuru mukuru wevatongi. Galanter naStewart gare gare vakakwidza nyaya yacho kuDare Repamusorosoro reNevada pashure pokunge Mutongi Glass aramba zvikumbiro zvavo, uye vakapomerwa mhosva vakawanikwa vane mhosva. Muna Gumiguru 2010, Dare Repamusorosoro reNevada rakasimbisa mhosva dzaSimpson, nepo kukwidza kwaStewart kwakagamuchirwa. Stewart akasunungurwa muna Ndira 2011 mushure mekupinda chikumbiro cheAlford uye akatongerwa mwedzi mipfumbamwe yekusungwa pamba uye makore matatu ekuongororwa. Galanter akakumbira kuti nyaya yaSimpson itongwezve munaNovember 2010, iyo yakarambwa neDare Repamusorosoro reNevada munaFebruary 2011. 