European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse 49ers for a handful of draft choices. His first marriage to a High school sweetheart was Over. In february 1979, shortly before they divorced their 23-month-old daughter aaren drowned in the family swimming Pool and died a week later. Simpson and Brown were married six years later under a tent at his Brentwood Park estate. They made a dazzling couple and his income underwrote an opulent lifestyle that included twin Fer Raris gambling trips to vegas skiing jaunts in Aspen colo., and Summers at an oceanfront House in Laguna Beach Calif. But some feared that the Good times papered Over serious problems. Quot there were hints a one close Friend of Nicole Simpsons told Newsweek Quot it was physically of. Vious. She had Marks red Marks on her wrists. I saw them on two or three occasions. There were no scratches or Black eyes and it Wasny to a daily kind of thing. Everybody knew and every once in a while shed say things to friends Quot others saw no evidence of violence but sensed that . Was a dominating jealous personality temperamentally unsuited for the spirited gregarious Brown Quot he and Nicole were very passionate with each other a says one Abc colleague Quot but get was also lately Oil and water it was also no secret that Simpson enjoyed the company of Beautiful women on the Road. The violence spilled into Public View in Early 1989, at about 330 . On new years Day police answered a 911 Call from Nicole Simpson. One officers report said Quot she grabbed me and Hung onto me As she cried nervously and repeated a he a going to kill a j it. A me she d called police Quot eight times to intervene in fights she said. She wanted him arrested. A few minutes later according to police a Bathrobe Clad Simpson emerged from the House screaming Quot i done to want that woman sleeping in my bed anymore i got two women and i done to want that woman in my bed . According to the report Simpson tried to talk cops out of an arrest. Quot this is a family matter. Why do you want to make a big Deal out of it Quot he said. Talking to investigators later Simpson was More contrite about what he described As a a Mutual wrestling Type he said the two had been drinking and that head been wrong. The City attorneys office wanted Simpson to do jail time a 30 Days for spousal abuse. Instead attorney Howard Weitzman engineered a plea of no contest to a Misdemeanour charge of spousal Battery. Judge Ronald Schoenberg went along sentencing Simpson to two years probation $470 in fines and penalties 120 hours of Community service and twice weekly psychological counselling. Alana Bowman head of the City attorneys Domestic viol knee unit says flatly that Simpsons Fame bought him a break. Quot i think the judge was trying to accommodate him a she says a rather than help him understand that this was criminal it was Clear to authorities that this Wasny to the first time Simpson had abused his wife. According to Simpson in his heyday with the Buffalo Bills jogging off the Field with the Ball presented to him after he set an nil season Rushing record during a game at new Yorkus Shea stadium in 1973. Bowman Nicole Simpson told the City attorneys victims advocate that she feared for her life. Quot she was very frightened Quot says Bowman. A she said it was Only a matter of time before he killed Over time the remorse Simpson expressed in police interviews disappeared. When the City attempted to revoke his probation and jail him he told a court hearing that head done More Community service than everyone in the courthouse put together. Simpson echoed his Public resentment in private with friends. Michael Militello a Buffalo restaurateur says he scoffed at the attention the incident sparked. A the said a Haven to you Ever had an urge mint with your wife that Sall it was Quot the assault had Little Impact on his lucrative Ca rear in commercial endorsements. Hertz said it had no plans to drop Simpson As its corporate spokesman. Quot we regard it As a private matter to be treated As such Between .�?Ts wife and the courts a explained vice president Joe Russo in May 1989. Five Days after the killings the company said it was Quot shocked com the Bronco Bottom right carrying of. Simpson and i Cowlings is followed by cops on 1-91 in i a. On june 17. And saddened Quot by the murder charges and dropped him from All its ads the movie and television roles kept coming As Well although most were third banana parts in second banana projects Nicole Simpson filed for divorce in March 1992, citing Quot irreconcilable . Had completed his probation without incident. But court filings examined by Newsweek suggest that she Stilt May have considered herself at risk. A miscellaneous provision of the settlement states Quot Bach party shall have the right to live separate and apart from the other free of any interference or the financial arrangement was modest Given Situ Psonis estimated $10 million net Worth but Nicole Simpson had signed a prenuptial agreement so she received a Lump sum of $433,750 and $10, x 0 a month in support for their two children. She bought a Mediterranean Stylc town House on South Bundy drive in Brentwood where her body was found june 12. The picture of their life after the divorce remains muddled . And Nicole continued to see each other attending fund raisers and other High profile functions together. But police said two weeks ago that 911 Calls from Nicole complaining about her a husband were an Quot ongoing . Dated other women a including actress Model Paula Barbieri whom he mentioned fondly in the letter read june 17 a yet he also seemed to he pressing fora reconciliation with Nicole. One Day shortly before Christmas last year he fell into conversation with clerks at Theodore a Brentwood clothing store while waiting for gifts to he wrapped. The conversation turned to dating. A the said there really was t anyone he wanted to Date Quot said Jodi Kahn the store manager Quot he said. A in a really trying to reconcile with my he seemed very Happy about a others said Simpsons Zeal to reunite was burdensome. According to one Friend of Nicole Simpsons he once barged into an . Restaurant where she was dining with five others. Quot he said a my name is . And w Ere not divorced he was very matter of fact. It made everybody feel Nicole Simpsons transition to single life seemed less troubled. Her entire work history beyond her two month waitressing stint was two weeks As a Bou Tibuc Sale clerk. But the divorce settlement allowed her to live Well without a Job. She decorated the $650,000 town House with la Lique Crystal figures and a Large colourful Modem painting. In a loft overlooking the living room was a stairmaster. Acquaintances say she was a Good Mother with a cheerful personality a familiar figure to shopkeepers and joggers along san Vicente Boulevard Brentwood a main commercial worked out frequently at the gym a neighbourhood health club and on Many evenings she hired a baby Sitter so she could go dancing with friends at clubs in Santa Monica West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Its not Clear when or How Ron Goldman came into her life. They might have met at the gym or my Zaluna a Brentwood restaurant where he waited tables and she liked to Dine. He was 25, 10 years her Junior with sculpted Good looks and a penchant for bragging about his sexual conquests. Goldman yearned to become successful but his Risum consisted of a few modelling assignments a turn on studs Fox tvs Sleazy dating show and he told friends upcoming role on the series. He and Nicole danced together and Goldman was seen driving her White exr rare with the vanity plate l84ad8 Quot late for a Date. Two weeks ago a neighbor reported seeing Goldman playing with Nicole a two children outside the town House. Goldman insisted that they were not an item and friends say they believe him. It was Good for him to be seen with the Well known Divorcee he said. I be told Barry Zeldes a Brentwood Clothier that he was meeting More women just driving her around than he Ever had before. Zeides said he asked Goldman Point Blank two c until tied on 6 june 26,1934 sunday Page 5
