Following a highly publicized criminal trial, Simpson was acquitted of all charges, though he was later found liable for the wrongful deaths in a civil lawsuit in 1997.

No other suspects have ever been identified, and the killings remain unsolved, although Brown's family have expressed the belief that Simpson committed the murders and was the sole perpetrator.

[21] According to Denise, he "flipped out" during this occasion, after seeing Nicole kiss a mutual male friend on the cheek and "had her in the upstairs bathroom crying.

[21] Family friend Robin Greer stated that Simpson had refused to have sex with Brown in the months after her pregnancy because of its effect on her weight.

[32] In addition to the physical abuse, Simpson was also reported to have been an avid womanizer who engaged in numerous infidelities while married to Brown.

[33] The police report from the New Years Day incident indicated that Simpson had said: "I don't want that woman [Brown] sleeping in my bed anymore!

[59] In January 1994, Brown moved just a few minutes away from her home on Gretna Green Way to a three-story, rental townhouse on Bundy Drive in Brentwood.

"[63] On March 16, 1994, Brown and her children attended the premiere for Simpson's newest film, Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult.

[65] According to Brown’s sister Tanya, Nicole told their mother Juditha on the night she was murdered while they were eating dinner at the Mezzaluna restaurant that Simpson would always be her soul mate.

[70] Kris said in an interview that Nicole wanted to confide in her about something "very important" and possibly reveal information about her "volatile" relationship with Simpson, but Brown was murdered before they could meet.

[70] At the time of her death, Brown resided at 875 South Bundy Drive in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, with her two children.

[75] Brown's mother, Juditha, told police and investigators in a sworn statement that she was speaking with her daughter on the telephone at 11:00pm that night.

[87] After leading police on a low-speed chase in a now infamous white Ford Bronco, Simpson was tried for the murders of Brown and Goldman.

The trial spanned eight months, from January 24 to October 3, 1995, and received international publicity and exacerbated racial divisions in the U.S. During the trial, there was some speculation as to whether Brown and Goldman were secretly dating, compounded by three facts, that Brown was wearing a slinky, revealing cocktail dress when she was found dead, candles were lit in the master bedroom and bathroom, and the master bathroom’s tub was full of water.

[89][90][91][92] Commentators agree that to convince the jury to acquit Simpson, the defense capitalized on anger among the city's African-American community toward the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), which had a history of racial bias and had inflamed racial tensions in the beating of Rodney King and subsequent riots two years prior.

The team included F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Kardashian, Shawn Holley, Carl E. Douglas, and Gerald Uelmen.

While Deputy District Attorneys Marcia Clark, William Hodgman, and Christopher Darden believed they had a strong case, the defense team persuaded the jury there was reasonable doubt concerning the DNA evidence.

[89] They contended the blood sample had been mishandled by lab scientists[101] and that the case had been tainted by LAPD misconduct related to racism and incompetence.

[113] Presiding Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki did not allow the trial to be televised, did not sequester the jury, and prohibited the defense from alleging racism by the LAPD and from condemning the crime lab.

In that period, the lawyer argued, Simpson grew angrier and more obsessed with his ex-wife, developing a rage that resulted in death for her and Ron Goldman.

[120] The jury found Simpson liable for the murders and awarded the victims' families $33.5 million in compensation and punitive damages.

His remaining assets were seized and auctioned off, most being purchased by critics of the criminal trial verdict to help the plaintiffs recoup the costs of litigation.

[122][124] Following Simpson's death in 2024,[125] his estate lawyer Malcolm LeVergne pledged to prevent the Brown and Goldman families from obtaining the money promised in the civil trial judgement, but later reversed course.

: The True Untold Story,[143] primarily rehashes the contamination and blood planting claims from the trial and asserted that Simpson's elder son Jason is a possible suspect, due to - among other reasons - Simpson hiring defense attorneys for his children first before himself, pictures of Jason's descriptive wool cap, and an alleged prior arrangement to meet with Brown that evening.

During a prison meeting between the two, Rogers claimed Simpson hired him to break into Brown' house and steal some expensive jewellery.

[153] Later renamed the Nicole Brown Charitable Foundation, it reportedly cut back on grantmaking in 1999 due to a drop in donations and questionable management practices.

[154][155] In a rare 1996 VHS video by her parents called A Tribute to Nicole, Brown is described as having had a "happy childhood" growing up in a "close family" and as "lov[ing] interior decorating.

"[156] Clips from the family's home movies show her as a young girl playing with stuffed animals, swimming in a pool, dancing, carrying school books, and blowing out birthday candles on cupcakes.

[159] Jenner also shared memories of a Los Angeles restaurant she used to frequent with Brown and their mutual friend, Faye Resnick.

[164] Two years after the deaths of Brown and Goldman, the townhouse at 875 South Bundy Drive[71][72][73] was extensively remodeled by a new owner, who also had the address changed.