1. In perhaps one of the most controversial court battles of all time, the former professional football player, OJ Simpson, was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1995.

2. During his life, Michael Jackson faced numerous legal woes, but accusations of child molestation in 2005 topped the lot.

3. In 2005 the Robert Blake was tried and acquitted for the murder of his wife Bonnie Lee Bakley.