Nicole Brown Simpson

Nicole Brown Simpson
Born	May 19, 1959(1959-05-19) Frankfurt, West Germany
Died	June 12, 1994(1994-06-12) (aged 35) Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Murder
Resting place	Ascension Cemetery Lake Forest, California
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Other names	Nicole Brown
Education	Rancho Alamitos High School (Freshman/Sophomore Year) Dana Hills High School (Junior/Senior Year)
Home town	Laguna Beach, California, U.S.
Spouse	O. J. Simpson (February 2, 1985–1992)
Children	Sydney Brooke Simpson Justin Ryan Simpson
Parents	Juditha Anne and Louis Hezekiel Brown

Nicole Brown Simpson (May 19, 1959 – June 12, 1994) was a former wife of professional football player O. J. Simpson.

Relationship with O. J. Simpson

Brown met O. J. Simpson in June 1977 while working as a waitress at a Beverly Hills nightclub, Daisy.^[1] Although he was still married to his first wife Marguerite, Simpson and Brown began dating. Simpson and Marguerite divorced in March 1980.^[2] Brown and Simpson were married on February 2, 1985, five years after his retirement from professional football.^[3] They had two children together, Sydney Brooke (born October 17, 1985) and Justin Ryan Simpson (born August 6, 1988).^[4] The marriage lasted seven years, during which Simpson pleaded no contest to spousal abuse in 1989.^[5] Brown filed for divorce in 1992 citing "irreconcilable differences".^[6]

In his hypothetical memoir If I Did It, Simpson describes Brown as having a dual personality-- one caring and another reflexively hostile. Simpson depicts Brown as often emotionally abusive and states that Brown would continuously argue with him, often over irrelevant and pointless things. Simpson also describes Brown as a habitual user of illegal drugs. Book ghostwriter/co-writer Pablo Fenjves later described Simpson's views as self-delusion.^[7][8]

Murder

She was murdered at her home in Los Angeles, California, along with her friend Ronald Goldman. O. J. Simpson, her ex-husband, was arrested and found not guilty of murdering both her and Goldman in a controversial criminal trial. He was later found liable for the deaths in a civil suit brought by the families of the two victims.

After murder

In 1996, after the conclusion of the Orenthal James Simpson murder case, a judge granted Simpson's petition to give him full custody of the children.^[9] Brown's parents continued unsuccessfully to fight for custody of Sydney and Justin.

In 1994, Nicole Brown's sister Denise established The Nicole Brown Charitable Foundation to help victims of domestic violence.^[10]

See also

• O. J. Simpson murder case

References

1. ^ Bailey, F. Lee; Rabe, Jean (2008). When the Husband is the Suspect. Macmillan. pp. 96. ISBN 0-765-31613-7. 
2. ^ Taylor Gibbs, Jewelle (1996). Race and Justice: Rodney King and O. J. Simpson in a House Divided. Jossey-Bass. pp. 126–28. ISBN 0-787-90264-0. 
3. ^ Lange, Tom; Moldea, Dan E.; Vannatter, Philip (1997). Evidence Dismissed: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of O. J. Simpson. Pocket Books. pp. 115. ISBN 0-671-00959-1. 
4. ^ "Child custody decision". courttv.com. http://www.courttv.com/casefiles/simpson/new_docs/custody.html. Retrieved 2009-03-10. 
5. ^ "Judge Allow Evidence of Domestic Violence In O. J. Simpson Murder Case". Jet 87 (13): 51. 1995-02-06. ISSN 0021-5996. 
6. ^ Taylor Gibbs, Jewelle (1996). Race and Justice: Rodney King and O. J. Simpson in a House Divided. Jossey-Bass. pp. 136. ISBN 0-787-90264-0. 
7. ^ If I Did It
8. ^ http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/01/ojsimpson200701
9. ^ Goldberg, Carey (1996-12-26). "Simpson Wins Custody Fight For 2 Children by Slain Wife". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E1D81531F932A15751C1A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2009-03-10. 
10. ^ Reza, H.G. (1999-11-04). "The Brown Foundation Cuts Back on Giving". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1999/nov/04/local/me-29996. Retrieved 2009-03-10. 

External links

• Court TV's complete coverage of the O. J. Simpson murder case
• Nicole Brown Simpson at the Internet Movie Database
• Nicole Brown Foundation
• Nicole Brown Simpson at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Simpson, Nicole Brown
Alternative names	Brown, Nicole
Short description	Murder victim
Date of birth	May 19, 1959
Place of birth	Frankfurt, Germany
Date of death	June 12, 1994
Place of death	Los Angeles, California, U.S.