THE SIMPSON LEGACY: LOS ANGELES TIMES SPECIAL REPORT : Twist of Fate / HOW THE CASE CHANGED THE LIVES OF THOSE IT TOUCHED : The Capricious Spotlight

There were innocent bystanders whose lives intersected with O.J. Simpson’s for a matter of minutes in some cases--the limo driver, the man who sold him a knife. There were the craftier ones who enriched themselves--the house guest, the guy who rushed out the O.J. watch whose second hand was a Bronco being chased by police. And there were those whom the phenomenon engulfed like a cyclone of fame, spinning them into the limelight and then dumping them, in shock, back into obscurity. Hundreds of lives were caught up in this drama. Here are some of the stories.