It’s been 30 years since Nicole Brown Simpson’s brutal murder , and 29 years since her ex-husband, late NFL star O.J. Simpson , was acquitted of the act in what was dubbed the “Trial of the Century.
” But those events, which came to define both of them in popular culture, only cover the end of their connection. Before all of that, there was love and marriage. There was also violence and divorce.
Learn more about the tumultuous relationship the pair shared in this timeline that covers everything from the beginning to the tragic end. 1977: Nicole Brown & O.J.
Simpson first meet Nicole Brown was just 18 years old when she met O.J. Simpson in 1977 at a Beverly Hills nightclub where she worked as a waitress.
Despite his fame as both an actor and superstar NFL running back, Brown had never heard of Simpson. At the time, she was an aspiring model and photographer, as well as a community college student. But her personal ambitions soon faded into the background as, according to the Baltimore Sun, she dropped out of college and moved in with Simpson , then 30, just months after their first meeting.
Her older sister, Denise Brown, told USA Today , that while her sibling was “definitely in love” with her new partner, eight months into the relationship, she witnessed Simpson become enraged when he saw a male friend kiss Nicole Brown on the cheek. “When we got back to the house, all hell broke loose..
.” she told the outlet. Though Simpson’s relationship with Brown progres.
