Nicole Brown Simpson’s pal recalls being in tears at hearing OJ’s ‘horrific abuse’ in her secret diaries
FRIENDS of Nicole Brown Simpson recall being in tears after hearing the “horrific abuse” she suffered from OJ, it has been revealed.
Speaking to , former friend of , Ron Shipp, explained how he and his wife were left in tears after hearing the entries from Nicole’s secret diaries.
The entries are examined in the new documentary "OJ and Nicole: An American Tragedy", airing on the 25th anniversary of Simpson's acquittal on the Investigation Discovery channel.
Shipp, a former LAPD officer, developed a decades-long friendship with the couple in the 1980s.
Despite the years of knowing Nicole and of her confiding in him about alleged physical abuse, Shipp wasn’t prepared for the revelations that were made in her diary.
He said to Fox News: “I never knew about all the writings that she did and I was actually surprised.
“When Tanya’s (Nicole's sister) reading them, it was a tearjerker for me and my wife. It’s like reliving the whole thing.
“I didn’t know they existed, but when you hear Nicole just pouring out her heart and what she’s feeling, it’s horrible.
“It’s sad that something couldn’t be done earlier. Towards the end, when Tanya’s reading the part about Nicole saying a prayer - it’s like a rhyme, but it’s a prayer.
“Man, if this doesn’t eat you up … My wife and I — we were in tears.”
belonging to - who was killed in 1994 - document up to 60 different incidents of alleged beatings.
OJ has previously denied that he ever beat his wife and claimed that she stuck him “numerous times”.
Testifying in 1996, Simpson alleged that Nicole had lied when she wrote in her journals and told others that he had beaten her.
She claims the first time Simpson beat her was in 1978, and that he battered her as well as pummelling her for hours, ripping off her clothes, and smashing her car with a baseball bat over a period of 16 years, according to , which cited copies of the journal entries
One entry details how the former football star allegedly once screamed at her: "I have a gun in my hand, get the f*** out of here".
According to the Mail, in a scene from the upcoming documentary, Nicole's sister, Tanya said of the alleged beatings that perhaps Nicole knew this was "destiny," adding: "Maybe subconsciously she knew something was going to happen
"Maybe that’s why she kept real detailed diary entries."
was tried for the double murder of Nicole's and her friend Ron Goldman in 1995 but was sensationally acquitted in a case dubbed the "trial of the century."
Both Nicole and Ron's family saw the verdict as a serious miscarriage of justice.
The shocking diaries were found reportedly stashed in a safety deposit box alongside photographs of Nicole's injuries and grovelling apology letters allegedly from Simpson.
The documents were dismissed as hearsay by a judge during the original trial.
'CRAWLING FOR THE DOOR'
One diary entry claims: "1st time he beat me up after Louis + Nanie Mary anniversary party. Started on the street corner of NYC 5th Ave at about," according to the Daily Mail
"Threw me on the floor, hit me, kicked me. we went to the hotel where he continued to beat me for hours and I continued crawling for the door."
Another describes how he allegedly smashed her Mercedes with a baseball bat after she came home late - she writes: "I was too afraid to get out of the car".
In one detailing how he allegedly ripped her clothes from her after drinks, Nicole says she went to the hospital - but pretended she had been in a bicycle accident.
TRIAL OF THE CENTURY
DISGRACED American footballer OJ Simpson's life will forever be defined by the 1995 'Trial of the Century' in which he was acquitted of murder.
Dubbed the “Trial of the Century”, Simpson’s murder trial began on January 24, 1995 and dominated the American news agenda until the verdict on October 1995.
The sports icon assembled a legal “Dream Team” including charismatic lawyers Robert Shapiro and Johnnie Cochran along with Simpson’s close friend Robert Kardashian – the late father of Kim Kardashian.
When asked how he would plead to the two murder charges, Simpson broke courtroom practice and said: “Absolutely, one hundred per cent, not guilty.”
Despite the actor’s highly paid team of attorneys, the evidence appeared to be stacked against him.
The prosecution, led by Marcia Clark, matched the two gloves, one of which was found near the bodies of Brown and Goldman, to Simpson after DNA testing.
But, in a now infamous turning point in the trial, Simpson attempted to try on the items which appeared to be too small for his hands.
Revered litigator Cochran then dismissed the gloves as evidence stating "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit” during his closing arguments.
Simpson’s team also used racial tensions between African Americans and the Los Angeles police to their advantage following the race riots in the city in 1992.
Detective Mark Fuhrman, who found the glove on Brown’s property on the night of the murders, was exposed as a racist while testifying by Cochran’s team.
The defence played an audio recording of Fuhrman using the “n-word” a staggering 41 times.
Furhman apologized for using the slur but insisted he was not racist and that he did not plant evidence in OJ’s case
Simpson was acquitted of the murders by a jury at 10am on October 3, 1995.
Another stomach-churning entry recounts how a then-pregnant Nicole pleaded to be let back into their home after he allegedly kicked her out, reasoning their daughter was asleep, according to The Daily Mail, citing a copy of the diary.
Nicole claimed: "OJ was drunk, he never let up. Get out my f house you fat a** liar. I packed a few things together."
The passage continues: "[He said] Let me tell you how serious I am. I have a gun in my hand, get the f*** out of here."
Nicole married Simpson in 1985 but she later filed for divorce from Simpson citing "irreconcilable differences".
n the documentary OJ: Made in America, John Edwards of the Los Angeles Police Department revealed how he attended the couple's home in response to a 911 call.
He said: "When you have a call come out and the 911 operator puts out on the call that she can hear the woman being beaten in the background, that's serious."
Describing the scene when he arrived, the cop said: "She's wearing nothing but a bra and sweatpants covered in mud and she kept yelling ‘he's going to kill me, he's going to kill me’.
“She was so wet and cold that you could feel her shivering to her bones.
“And I said, ‘well who's going to kill you?’ And she said ‘OJ’.
“She said you guys have been up here eight times before, all you do is talk to him, you never do anything."
On June 13, 1994, 35-year-old Brown's body was found outside her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.
Restaurant waiter Ron Goldman was also found at her home, in the fetal position in a pool of blood.
The family of Ron Goldman - a 25-year-old restaurant employee who had arrived at Nicole's property that evening to return her mother's glasses - successfully brought a civil case against Simpson in which jury awarded them $33.5 million in damages.
OJ has always maintained his innocence in both the murders.
The family have reportedly not received a penny and the total now stands at $70 million.
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An autopsy found that Brown had been stabbed seven times in the neck and scalp, and had a 5.5in slit across her throat, which had severed both carotid arteries and breached her jugular veins as well as having defensive wounds on her hands.
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The wound across her throat was so severe, it almost decapitated her.
But speaking about the upcoming documentary, Investigation Discovery boss Henry Schleiff said: "This documentary is not here to retell the famous trial, but to remember the woman who struggled with domestic violence and now tells her side of the story, in her words, for the first time".
