Nicole Brown Simpson
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Nicole Brown Simpson (May 19, 1959 – June 12, 1994) was murdered at her home in Los Angeles, California. Her murder (along with the murder of fellow victim Ronald Goldman the same night) was notable because Simpson was the ex-wife of American football player O. J. Simpson. O.J. Simpson was criminally indicted for the Nicole and Goldman murders, tried and acquitted; in a subsequent civil trial he was found financially liable for their deaths.
The case exposed O.J.'s history of domestic violence, as the jury heard several chilling recordings of calls Nicole made to 9-1-1 while married to Simpson. The jury also heard testimony from Nicole's sister, Denise Brown, about the abuse O.J. inflicted upon her late sister during and after their marriage. On New Year's Day, 1989, police were called to the couple's home and found a bruised and bloody Nicole. O.J. Simpson ultimately pleaded no contest to spousal battery charges arising from that incident. Photos of her injuries, which she had kept in a safe deposit box as proof of O.J.'s violence against her, were shown at both the criminal and civil trials. A similar incident occurred in 1993, when Nicole frantically called 9-1-1 to report that O.J. was in her home and begged for police to come to the house.
In 1994, Denise Brown established The Nicole Brown Charitable Foundation in Nicole's memory, to assist victims of domestic violence.
Nicole is survived by her two children with Simpson, a daughter, Sidney (born October 17, 1985), and a son, Justin (born August 6, 1988). At the time of the murders, Sidney, then age 8, and Justin, then age 5, were asleep inside the home.
Nicole and Denise Brown both grew up in Dana Point, California along with younger sisters Dominique and Tanya Brown.
External links
- Court TV Online - O.J. Simpson (http://www.courttv.com/casefiles/simpson/)
- Nicole Brown Simpson (http://www.poeforward.com/mrperfumery/deadgirls/historical/wives/simpson/simpson.htm)