Sharon Stone Says Fame After ‘Basic Instinct’ Got So Crazy That L.A. Police Put Her in Lockdown During O.J. Simpson Car Chase: ‘We Don’t Know How Dangerous’ He Is
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Sharon Stone says the fame that surrounded her in the mid-1990s after “Basic Instinct” exploded her career was so wild that she was forced into hiding by the police during the infamous 1994 O.J.
Simpson car chase. A new InStyle interview with the Oscar-nominated actor begins with the startling revelation that the Los Angeles Police Department “dispatched a squad to find Stone at home and tell her she had 10 minutes to pack a suitcase” amid the car chase because “she was being moved to a hotel for her own protection.” “He’s dangerous,” Stone remembered an LAPD officer telling her at the time. “And we don’t know how dangerous, and we don’t know what this is.” “While O.J.
was driving up and down the fucking freeway,” Stone said she was moved into a hotel where one officer stood near reception and another kept watch at her door to make sure Simpson would not target her.
Stone had no connection to Simpson, but her life had become so chaotic amid “Basic Instinct” fame that she never once questioned why police wanted her to go into hiding. “[The police] were like, ‘Find a secure house behind a gate,’” Stone remembered about having to beef up her security team amid the fame. “It’s very expensive to be famous.
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