Nicole Brown Simpsons Sisters Speak Out About Her Relationship With OJ Simpson

Publish date: 2024-08-29

Highlights

OJ Simpson found liable for deaths in civil case, not criminal trial; relationship with Nicole Brown Simpson scrutinized posthumously.
Nicole Brown Simpson's sisters felt OJ's legal team made an unnecessary focus on race during his murder trial.
Nicole's sibling comments on how her unhappiness in her relationship with OJ Simpson was not known to her. She had great respect for the former athlete.

OJ Simpson's guilt involving the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman has been hotly debated by fans. While he was not found guilty in the original 1992 murder trial, in 1997, the former athlete was found liable for their deaths in a civil case and ordered to pay the families' restitution. Following the recent death of OJ (he died from prostate cancer on April 10, 2024), the spotlight has been shone on his life and his relationship with Nicole (one of the most high-profile couplings before their split).

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The couple were also interracial, something that has been commented on by OJ Simpson's attorney, Johnnie Cochran. And according to Nicole's sister Dominique, race had not been a topic within the family until Cochran made it one.

Nicole Brown Simpson's Sister Comments On Her Relationship With OJ Simpson

In a recent interview with People, Dominique commented on how OJ Simpson's lawyers made race a discussion during his 1992 trial. "Johnnie Cochran just created that. It was part of the performance," Dominique said. "He knew that it was good timing, after Rodney King, to introduce [race] into the court."

Dominique also recalled that despite her sister being murdered, she and her family were subjected to awful threats. "We got all kinds of death threats," she told the outlet, noting how Simpson's race had never been a topic of discussion within the family prior to the trial. "Race was never an issue in our family," she said. Their other sister, Tanya, commented on the family's heritage, saying, "We come from a very diverse [extended] family, we have Mexican, Black, German, Jewish, family and friends."

The Brown family was also unfamiliar with OJ Simpson prior to his relationship with their sister, Nicole. "We didn't even know about him or football," Dominique told People. "He was just her boyfriend to us." But when they did see him play, they were impressed. But it was not just good times between Nicole and OJ, and their relationship was volatile. "All hell broke loose when we came home that night," Denise told People of how OJ's behavior changed following his game because he had reportedly seen Nicole kiss a mutual male friend on the cheek. "He had her upstairs in the bathroom crying. He said, 'You embarrassed me.'"

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Even to some of Nicole Brown Simpson's closest friends and family, it was hard to tell that she was unhappy in her relationship. "I called him Uncle O.J.," Tanya said (although it is worth noting she is the youngest sibling). "I never knew they weren't happy."

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Nicole Brown Simpson's sisters shared their thoughts on her relationship with OJ Simpson and the impact her murder trial had on them when the former athlete's legal team chose to focus on race. "I just thought it was really heartbreaking that they would have to go that route to win a case," Denise said. "It didn't have to be like that. It was just a game [to them], and it was a really sad game for our country."