In an upcoming documentary, Denise Brown, sister of the late Nicole Brown Simpson, reveals that Nicole lived in fear of her husband, the renowned football player O.J. Simpson, prior to her notorious murder in 1994.
O.J. Simpson, who passed away last month from prostate cancer at the age of 76, spent his later years in Nevada. He also served a prison sentence in the state for an armed robbery and kidnapping, charges unrelated to his wife's murder, as previously reported by Fox News Digital.
Despite widespread public belief that the former football star was guilty of the double homicide of his wife and her friend Ron Goldman, he was acquitted following a highly publicized trial. Now, Nicole's surviving family members are breaking their silence in a forthcoming Lifetime documentary, aiming to illuminate the experiences of their sister before her untimely and mysterious demise.
The documentary, titled "The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson," is scheduled to air in two parts on June 1 and 2. In a trailer for the documentary, Brown's sisters Denise, Dominque, and Tanya recount some of the alleged abuse Nicole endured at Simpson's hands before her death. They reveal that Nicole kept a journal documenting each incident.
A voiceover of one of Brown's sisters in the trailer states, "She always thought he was going to hurt her. She always knew it."
During their seven-year marriage, Brown reportedly called the police on Simpson multiple times. However, the football star was only arrested once, pleading "no contest" to spousal abuse. Brown later dropped the charges against him. In 1992, she filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences, but the alleged abuse persisted.
In this much-anticipated documentary, Brown's family seeks to tell their relative's side of the story, which they believe was overshadowed during Simpson's heavily publicized trial. "Who is Nicole? Who is she? Because she got lost in this whole thing," one sister questions in the documentary.
Another sister adds, "She wasn't just a headline of a tragedy she was so much more."
The documentary also addresses the fate of Brown and Simpson's children, who lived with Simpson after he was acquitted of their mother's murder. Brown's parents continued to fight for custody of the children until 2006, when the eldest child turned 18, according to the BBC.
Earlier this month, the sisters expressed to The Hollywood Reporter their hope that the documentary will assist other victims of abuse in moving on before situations escalate.
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