Today Your source for all things celebrity and entertainment. Add Mark Fuhrman to the list of detractors when it comes to FX's The People v. O.J. Simpson : American Crime Story . The former detective, who is played by Steven Pasquale in the miniseries, slammed the show about the trial of O.J. Simpson in a new interview, and said he refuses to watch. "The last 20 years, I have watched the facts dismissed by the media, journalists and the public simply because it does not fit within the politically correct narrative.