Kato Kaelin has changed his tune … and now says he confesses OJ Simpson killed Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.

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It is a shocking disclosure given that Kato is the only person known to with OJ around the time of the murders in June 1994.

Kato went to McDonald’s with OJ .. came back to the house … and was in OJ’s guest house on Rockingham when OJ allegedly hit the air conditioner in an attempt to hide the bloody glove on that fateful night.

During the trial, Kato feigned ignorance … but now Kato told the NY Post that since he can’t be prosecuted for perjury he can now say … “Yes, he did it.”

So why didn’t he say  tell anyone back when it mattered?  “I was too scared. I was terrified.”

“People hated me. I’ve been spat upon. They threw gum in my coffee.”

OJ was eventually acquitted of murder — but was found responsible for their deaths in the civil trial.

TMZ

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***UPDATED***

Kato Kaelin just told TMZ … he NEVER told the New York Post that he knows OJ Simpson murdered his wife or that he’s only coming forward now because the statute of limitations on perjury has run.

Kato says he was shocked when he read the report which quoted him as saying, “The statute of limitations has now passed … so I can now say … yes, he did it.”

Kato tells TMZ … he never said any of those things to reporter Cindy Adams or anyone else.

Kato says he has expressed his opinion over the years … that he THINKS Simpson killed Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman … but tells us, “I have no first hand knowledge.”

TMZ