In 2007, a Florida bankruptcy court awarded the Goldman family all rights to the book. “Nice people don’t go around getting themselves knifed to death,” Simpson wrote. Simpson also deflected the violence onto Brown Simpson and wrote that his wife was the violent one. He wrote she was angry, vindictive, and had an affair after pushing him into marriage. He also threw Brown Simpson “under the bus” throughout the book with claims of drug abuse and erratic behavior. Yet, he wrote (with the help of ghostwriter, Pablo Fenjves) that he only lifted his hand to his wife, and that if she were alive today, she would be the first to agree. The book focuses on how Simpson felt he was portrayed poorly by the press he denied being a “sociopath,” although he admitted he went after Brown Simpson’s car with a baseball bat. In 2006, Simpson decided to write a book about the case, entitled, If I Did It. S: “It reflects doing a movie that we’re doing and we’re doing make-up.” Simpson Writes a Book P: “You don’t think this picture reflects any bruising or injuries or marks on Nicole’s face?” P: “Do you see those bruises on her face?” Petrocelli also presented photos of a battered and bruised Brown Simpson, yet Simpson insisted he that he never hit her and the wounds were from make-up while doing the movie. “Why don’t you ask me?” Simpson replied while cutting the attorney off mid-sentence. “I just did, where were-“ Petrocelli asked “I don’t recall if they asked me so I don’t know what I said. “I don’t know if they asked me that question. For 13 days, Attorney Daniel Petrocelli questioned Simpson during the deposition and at one point, Simpson claimed he didn’t remember where he was on the night of the murders. He declined to take the stand during his criminal trial. The jury heard about detectives reportedly signing book deals, Simpson failing a lie detector test, and Brown Simpson calling a shelter for help days before the murder.ĭuring the civil trial deposition, Simpson spoke out about the murders for the first time under oath. LA Times reported that the civil trial was quite different from Simpson’s criminal trial. The jury awarded Simpson’s mother and Goldman’s parents $33.5 million, which included $8.5 million in compensatory damages and $12.5 million in punitive damages. Simpson was acquitted on murder charges, but in February 1997, a Santa Monica Superior Court jury found Simpson liable for the deaths of both Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson in a civil trial. Multiple abrasions upper extremities and hands (defense wounds).” Ron Goldman Multiple incised wounds of scalp, face, neck, chest and left hand (defense wound).Ĥ. Multiple stab wounds of chest, abdomen, and left thigh: Penetrating stab wounds of chest and abdomen with right hemothorax and hemoperitoneum.ģ. ” Sharp force wound of neck, left side, with transection of left internal jugular vein.Ģ. Scalp bruise, right parietal” Nicole Brown Simpson Multiple injuries of hands, including incised wound, ring finger of right hand (defense wound). Multiple stab wound of neck and scalp (total of seven). Transection of thyrohyoid membrane, epiglottis, and hypopharynx. Incisions, left and right internal jugular veinsĬ. Transection of left and right common carotid arteries.ī. WARNING: The following images are extremely graphic and may be upsetting to viewersĪ. Although he was never convicted for their murders, it’s widely believed that Simpson killed Brown Simpson and Goldman. In June 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were left slaughtered in pools of their own blood, reportedly by the hands of Brown Simpson’s former husband, O.J. It was one of the most gruesome and notorious crimes of the century.
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