Bingo.
Just like in "Stripes"
Q: Have you ever been convicted of felony?
A: You mean like, convicted? No, never convicted.
Like OJ, he won the battle but I believe he lost the war. There is just enough reek of stink in the charges that he'll never rid himself of the smell. The NG verdict doesn't make it go away. In a way, it makes it worse; he cannot claim he was "shafted" by the system and be a martyr. He WAS found "not guilty," right?
You'll see him fade away from the public image and he'll never sell another record. He's finished.