Before she was murdered in 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson lived in fear of her husband, legendary running back O.J. Simpson, her sister Denise Brown says in a soon-to-be-released documentary.
Last month, Simpson’s family announced via Twitter/X that he had died of prostate cancer at age 76. He had spent the latter years of his life in Nevada, where he had served time in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping unrelated to the murder of his wife, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Much of the public believed the former football star was responsible for the double murder of his wife and her friend, Ron Goldman, but after a highly publicized trial he was found not guilty. Now, Nicole’s family has broken their silence in an upcoming Lifetime documentary, hoping to shed light on what their sister went through before her mysterious death.
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Simpson previously played Detective Nordberg in the Naked Gun series of crime parodies. (Paramount)
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The two-part series “The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson” is scheduled to air June 1st and 2nd.
Brown’s sisters, Dennis, Dominique and Tanya, talk about some of the abuse she allegedly endured from Simpson before her death in a trailer for the documentary, and they say Brown kept a diary documenting each episode of abuse.
“She always knew he was going to hurt her,” one of Brown’s sisters narrates in the trailer, overlaid with footage from her late husband’s life. “She always knew.”
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Brown reported Simpson to police multiple times during their seven-year marriage, and Simpson denied any abuse. He was arrested once, but Brown dropped the charges.
In 1992, Brown filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, but the abuse allegedly continued.
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O.J. Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson, Jason Simpson, Sydney Brooke Simpson and Justin Ryan Simpson attend the premiere of O.J.’s film ‘The Naked Gun: 33 1/3: The Final Insult’ in Los Angeles on March 16, 1994. (Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)
In the highly anticipated release, Brown’s family is seeking to tell their side of the story, which they felt was overshadowed by Simpson’s highly publicized trial.
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“Who’s Nicole? Who is she? She’s lost in this whole thing,” one of the sisters says.
Another sister added: “She was so much more than just a tragic headline.”
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OJ Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson during the premiere of “When Harry Met Sally” at the Academy Theatre in Los Angeles. (Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
The fate of Brown and Simpson’s children is also the subject of the documentary. The children lived in Simpson’s custody after he was acquitted of their mother’s murder. Brown’s parents continued to fight for custody of the children until 2006, when their eldest son turned 18. The BBC reported:.
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The sisters said The Hollywood Reporter Earlier this month, they said they hoped the documentary would help other abuse victims come forward before things get worse.
