Nicole Brown Simpson

Nicole Brown Simpson née Brown May 19 1959 June 12 1994 was a GermanAmerican woman best known for being the second wife of American professional football player actor and media personality O J Simpson She was murdered outside her Los Angeles home along with her friend Ron Goldman in 1994 Brown was born in Frankfurt West Germany and moved to the US early in her life Brown and Simpson met in 1977 and married in 1985 five years after Simpson had retired from professional American football Their marriage lasted for eight years and they had a daughter and a son together Reports suggest that Simpson emotionally verbally and physically abused Brown throughout their relationship which continued after their divorce They made an attempt at reconciliation but later broke up again seemingly permanently in May 1994 In June 1994 Brown and Goldman were stabbed to death and Simpson was tried for the murders Following a highly publicized criminal trial Simpson was acquitted of all charges though he was later found liable for the wrongful deaths in a civil lawsuit in 1997 No other suspects have ever been identified and the killings remain unsolved although Browns family has expressed the belief that Simpson committed the murders and was the sole perpetrator Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicole Brown Simpson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia