Prison official: O.J. could be released as early as Monday

Former NFL star O.J. Simpson could be released from prison as early as Monday after being granted parole on July 20, a Nevada prisons official said, according to ESPN's Ashok Moore.

Simpson has served nearly nine years of a 33-year sentence for armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. The earliest he could be released was October, as he needed to complete his mandatory nine years.

The now-70-year-old was arrested in September 2007 after he and five men stole sports memorabilia - which Simpson claimed was originally stolen from him - from two dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.

In 1995, Simpson was famously acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.