Note: This article discusses domestic abuse and domestic violence.
Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson those names will forever be linked in infamy and tragedy.
Simpson were a series of events that captivated the nation in the 1990s.
After a much-publicized trial, the former NFL running back was acquitted in 1995 of the double murder.
Here’s what we know about the couple’s years together.
Simpson was still married when he met Nicole Brown
O.J.
“I wanted to be a wonderful wife!”
To the outside world, their relationship seemed solid.
but “she turned those years into some of the best years I have had in my life.”
However, all was not well.
A relationship marred by domestic abuse and toxicity
While O.J.
“Their relationship was passionate, full-bodied.
They really truly cared about each other.
It was also volatile,” a friend named Cathy Lee Crosby toldThe Washington Post.
“He had a ferocious temper.
The physical abuse was pretty constant,” the friend said.
“Everybody knew about it.
She was covered in bruises and I am not trying to exaggerate this.”
Remember!??"
she wrote (viaThe Spokesman-Review).
In her filing, she noted that since O.J.
Simpson was the breadwinner in the family, she felt the need to do what he wanted.
“I’ve always told O.J.
“She wasn’t that well-educated … She didn’t have any particular job skills.
She was too old to be a model and she was trapped.
Friends had also noticed that Brown acted very differently when O.J.
“She would tense up,” one told The Washington Post.
“She watched every move she made and every step she took.
She was aware of his reactions to everything.
When he wasn’t around, she was a direct, smart person.
But when he was around … she was scared to death of him.”
Nicole Brown Simpson once fled to Aspen to get away from O.J.
Simpson
By 1992, Nicole Brown Simpson had had enough.
The ex-model left O.J.
Simpson and fled to Aspen with her two children, where she met a man named Keith Zlomsowitch.
he recalled toThe Palm Beach Post.
The two grew close and Brown Simpson even confided in Zlomosowitch about Simpson’s abusive behavior.
After they returned to Los Angeles, Brown Simpson and Zlomsowitch dated but Simpson kept intruding on their bliss.
“He said (during the parole hearing) that he was a conflict-free person.
I don’t know.
Is beating your wife conflict-free?
Becoming the crazy person he turned into, that I witnessed firsthand?”
Zlomsowitch told The Palm Beach Post.
It’s clear that Zlomsowitch still has strong feelings about the case, even after O.J.
OJ Simpson’s jealous behavior continued after they divorced
Despite their divorce, O.J.
Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson were still drawn to each other.
It led Brown Simpson to call 911 for help.
During the call, Brown Simpson also told the dispatcher that her ex-husband was screaming about “Keith.”
After the Oct. 25 incident, Brown Simpson told Zlomsowitch she had to cut ties.
“I felt so guilty, that he had beaten her, because of me,” Zlomsowitch recalled.
“I said ‘I love you, and always will.’
Then we hung up the phone.
That was the last time I talked to her.
He took away my chance to say goodbye.”
