He stopped telling people because of the way they looked at him when he said it... he had to be lying about the fact that OJ Simpson was like his godfather. Chris rarely told those around him where he really came from. He never knew how each person would respond, so he just waited. It really was unbelievable that he had gone from life in the fast lane of Beverly Hills to being accused of a violent crime at 19-years-old. There were many other things from his past that he never talked about: his father, the Penthouse in Beverly Hills, being addicted to cocaine at 13-years-old, Malibu, The Westside Crazies, selling drugs and moving guns in Venice Beach, their plot to murder a porn producer, being in jail during the LA Riots, and finally being betrayed by his friends and facing life in prison Im sure you can see how these things might not come up in casual conversation.