Gloria Allred Doesn’t “Mourn” O.J. Simpson’s Death: “Remember the Victims”
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Gloria Allred, the attorney who represented Nicole Brown Simpson’s family in O.J. Simpson’s headline-making murder trial, has spoken out after Simpson’s death. The family of the former football star and actor announced Thursday that the 76-year-old died from cancer.
Brown Simpson was famously found murdered in 1994 outside her Brentwood condominium, along with her friend Ronald Goldman. Her late ex-husband, O.J. Simpson, was accused of their murders and ultimately acquitted of the charges.
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In wake of the news of Simpson’s death, Allred shared that she isn’t mourning the controversial figure and called upon the public to remember the victims instead.
“Of course I immediately feel sorry for his children. O.J. Simpson did kill Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, may they rest in peace,” Allred told New York’s local ABC station. (Brown Simpson and Simpson were married for seven years and shared two children.)
Continuing to share her thoughts, Allred said she felt “that the system failed Nicole Brown Simpson and failed battered women everywhere.” Simpson was later found liable for the deaths of Brown Simpson and Goldman in a 1997 civil lawsuit.
“In the civil case which followed, he was found liable, responsible for her wrongful death. So, it’s fair to call him a killer. But in any event, I don’t mourn for O.J. Simpson. I do mourn for Nicole Brown Simpson and her family. They should be remembered. The system failed,” she said.
When reflecting on the high-profile case, Allred argued that the system failed because prior to the slayings, Simpson allegedly abused his ex-wife.
“Sometime earlier, he’d given her a black eye. She’d run from the house, she’s hiding in the bushes, she was terrified. What did the system do? They let him plead no contest to battery, gave him no jail time, so that emboldened him, that empowered him, and ultimately he killed her,” Allred continued. “This has to change. We talk about O.J. Simpson all day long, that’s fine, but let’s remember the victims, because they’re very important.”
Upon news of Simpson’s death, Lifetime announced that Brown Simpson will be getting the docuseries treatment and will be the subject of what is planned to be a two-night event titled The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson.
In addition to Allred, others in the industry also shared their reactions to Simpson’s death, including Caitlyn Jenner — who married Kris Jenner shortly after her divorce from Simpson’s defense attorney Robert Kardashian — who tweeted “Good riddance.”
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