Nicole Brown Simpson family attorney Gloria Allred slams O.J. Simpson after death: 'I don’t mourn'

Allred represented Brown Simpson's family in the high-profile murder trial that ended with the former football star and actor's shocking acquittal.

Gloria Allred, the attorney who represented murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson in the high-profile trial against accused killer O.J. Simpson, has slammed the controversial ex-football star and actor in the wake of his death at age 76.

Shortly after Simpson's family announced Thursday that he died Wednesday following a battle with cancer, Allred appeared on New York City's ABC7 news to uplift Brown Simpson's memory.

“I feel that the system failed Nicole Brown Simpson and failed battered women everywhere," Allred, 82, said on the live telecast. "In the civil case which followed, he was found liable, responsible for her wrongful death. So, it’s fair to call him a killer. 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."

Allred's statement referenced a follow-up civil suit that the families of victims Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman filed against Simpson after a jury acquitted the star in one of the most heavily publicized trials in American history. The 11-month murder case stretched its accompanying trial well into 1995, with over 100 exhibits of DNA evidence from the crime scene introduced as potential links to Simpson's involvement.

Roughly 100 million people watched the jury read its verdict, with Goldman and Brown Simpson's families filing their civil lawsuit against Simpson in 1997. A Santa Monica jury ultimately found Simpson liable for the wrongful death of Goldman and battery of both Brown Simpson and Goldman, and he was ordered to pay over $33 million in damages.

"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."

On Wednesday, Simpson's family revealed on X that the the controversial figure died the day before.

“On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren,” the announcement read. “During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace."

Elsewhere, other celebrities took Simpson's death as an opportunity to honor the murder victims as well — including The View cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin.

"To me, when someone like this passes, really my only thought is, I hope it gives some peace to the family of the victims," she said on Thursday's episode, moments after Simpson's death was announced. "They did win the civil suit after the fact, because I agree that it was a miscarriage of justice, but that doesn't make up for it. So, I hope that it helps them find some peace."

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