Denise Brown
Denise Brown is the eldest of the Brown daughters. She provided a crucial and emotional testimony during the 1995 trial of O.J. Simpson and recounted numerous instances of domestic violence that Nicole endured. Her testimony aimed to establish a pattern of violence and intimidation that supported the prosecution’s case.
During one such altercation, Denise described how OJ “picked [Nicole] up and threw her against the wall. He picked her up and threw her out of the house. She ended up falling on her elbows and her butt. We were all sitting there screaming and crying, and then he grabbed me and threw me out.”
In recounting some of that behavior to People ahead of a new Lifetime documentary, The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, Denise spoke about a time after the family watched the Buffalo Bills play in Upstate New York. “All hell broke loose when we came home that night,” Denise recalled, as O.J. “flipped out” after seeing Nicole kissing a male friend on the cheek at the game. “He had her upstairs in the bathroom crying. He said, ‘You embarrassed me.’ ”
When Denise learned of her sister’s death, she instantly felt she knew who was responsible. “The moment my mom got the phone call, I heard this screaming from my parents’ bedroom,” she told People. “It was gut-wrenching. I grabbed the phone, and the detective said, ‘Your sister’s been killed.’ I said, ‘Oh my God, he did it, he finally did it.’ I knew in my heart [it was OJ].”
