Some of the attendees at Sunday nights BET Awards were reportedly caught off guard by football player and accused murderer O.J. Simpson s inclusion in the ceremonys In Memoriam segment.

According to The Hollywood Reporter , when the montage flicked to a photo of Simpson, who was identified as a former NFL player on screen, many in the audience were a bit surprised to see his face, and one person in attendance noticed some titters among the crowd.

The In Memoriam montage also honored Bill Cobbs, Carl Weathers, Willie Mays, Clarence Avant, Maurice Hines, Richard Roundtree, Ron Cephas Jones, Rudolph Isley and Dexter Scott King .

Simpson was a celebrated football player, media figure and occasional actor before he was accused of the double homicide of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, in 1994.