Nicole Brown Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson (born May 19, 1959 in Frankfurt am Main , Federal Republic of Germany ; † June 12, 1994 in Los Angeles , USA ) was the former wife of American football player O. J. Simpson . She and her friend Ronald Goldman were murdered in their Los Angeles home. Her death resulted in one of the most controversial and discussed legal proceedings in US history .
Life
Nicole was the daughter of the German Juditha (nee Baur) and the American Louis Brown. She was born in Frankfurt am Main and her family then moved to Dana Point , California, where Nicole grew up with her sisters Dominique, Tanya and Denise. She was voted " Homecoming Queen " at Dana Hills High School .
Shortly after graduating from high school , she met her future husband, O. J. Simpson, while she was working as a waitress in a nightclub. She married Simpson on February 2, 1985, who then retired from professional football. The couple had two children. After seven years of marriage, they divorced in 1992.
In the early morning of June 13, 1994, neighbors, alarmed by barking dogs, found the mutilated bodies of Nicole Brown and a good friend, Ronald Goldman, in the entrance hall of their Los Angeles condo. At the time of the murders, her children were sleeping in the apartment. O. J. Simpson was arrested and charged with both murders. The criminal proceedings ended in an acquittal. In a civil lawsuit, Simpson was sentenced to pay $ 33.5 million in damages to the families of Brown and Goldman - a claim that has not yet been enforced.
Others
After his acquittal, OJ Simpson wrote a controversial hypothetical biography entitled If I Did It (English for: "If I had done it"). In it he describes Nicole Brown Simpson as a split personality who was on the one hand loving and on the other hand irascible. His ghostwriter Pablo F. Fenjves later described this as illusory .
Individual evidence
- ^ West's Encyclopedia of American Law at Answers.com, accessed August 7, 2013
- ↑ Article in Vanityfair
Web links
- Literature by and about Nicole Brown Simpson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Photos by Nicole Brown Simpson
- Nicole Brown Simpson in theInternet Movie Database(English)
literature
- Faye Resnick, Brian Walker, Mike Walker: Nicole Brown Simpson: the private diary of a life interrupted . Dove Books, 1994, ISBN 978-0-7871-0339-2 , pp. 244 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brown Simpson, Nicole |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brown, Nicole (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American murder victim, ex-wife of OJ Simpson |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main , Federal Republic of Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1994 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |