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\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tMYUNG J. CHUN-\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images NFL star O.J. Simpson was infamously acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman following a high-profile trial in the \u201890s. The legal battle was one of the most notorious criminal trials in American history, and a defining moment of the 1990s. Brown Simpson [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
However, Faye Resnick<\/strong>, a recurring friend\/guest star on RHOBH<\/em>, told a different story in her 1994 book, Nicole Brown Simpson: The Private Diary of a Life Interrupted<\/em>.<\/p>\nResnick, who was friends with Brown and Simpson in the 1990s, claimed in the tell-all that Brown had confided in her about her alleged affair with Allen.<\/p>\n\n![\"O.J.](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/OJ-Simpson-Connection-to-The-Real-Housewives-of-Beverly-Hills-Explained-02.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Marcus Allen and Kathryn Edwards.<\/span> DAVE KAUP\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cNicole told me O.J. threatened her, saying \u2018If you\u2019re ever with Marcus again, I\u2019ll \u2026 I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do, but it will be bad. I won\u2019t be able to control myself,\u2019\u201d Resnick wrote. \u201cAt times we were worried that OJ might take revenge on Marcus by telling his fianc\u00e9e Kathryn about the affair with Nicole.\u201d<\/p>\n
The book faced widespread criticism for its lurid details and timing, as it was released just months after the 1994 murders. Nicole\u2019s father, Lou Brown<\/strong>, called the book \u201cT-R-A-S-H\u201d in an October 1994 statement to the Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>. He claimed that Resnick \u201cwasn\u2019t that close to Nicole\u201d and said his daughter \u201ctook her in\u201d because of her drug problem. (Resnick wrote about her cocaine use and rehab stints in the book.)<\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t know where she got all of her misinformation, but it\u2019s not anything we can confirm. And Nicole is not here to defend herself,\u201d Lou added.<\/p>\n
The controversial book came up during season 6 of RHOBH<\/em> when Edwards, who was engaged to Allen when his alleged affair with Brown took place, crossed paths with Resnick at an event hosted by Lisa Vanderpump<\/strong>. Kyle Richards<\/strong> asked Edwards whether she knew Resnick, and Edwards replied that she didn\u2019t. She then added that if Resnick claimed otherwise, she was lying.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n![\"O.J.](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/OJ-Simpson-Through-The-Years-His-Life-in-Photos.jpg?crop=72px%2C105px%2C1350px%2C762px&resize=400%2C225&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tO.J. Simpson originally rose to fame as a football standout. After winning the 1968 Heisman Trophy at the University of Southern California, he was selected by the Buffalo Bills as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1969 draft. Simpson retired from the NFL in 1979 after playing 11 seasons, pivoting his career to take [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cMy feelings about Faye Resnick are not positive. She mentioned me in her book,\u201d Edwards said during a confessional. \u201cI never read it, but in the book she referenced me and said that I was just some kind of \u2018turn the blind eye, look the other way\u2019 kind of wife. There\u2019s a lot of things you can say about me. That is not one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later in the season, Edwards confronted Resnick<\/a> during a dinner party at Richards\u2019 home.<\/p>\n\u201cFor me to not say something, I\u2019d feel like I was being phony,\u201d Edwards said, referencing Resnick\u2019s \u201cbook\u201d but not going into specific details.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have nothing to say to anyone about what happened 20-something years ago. That was a very hard time, and it\u2019s sad,\u201d Resnick replied.<\/p>\n\n![\"O.J.](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/OJ-Simpson-Connection-to-The-Real-Housewives-of-Beverly-Hills-Explained-03.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Faye Resnick<\/span> Michael Kovac\/WireImage)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBoth women stayed calm during the interaction, although Edwards said during a confessional that she felt \u201ccheated\u201d because she was \u201cready to annihilate\u201d Resnick.<\/p>\n
While Edwards and Resnick skirted around the murders and Simpson\u2019s trial during the conversation, Andy Cohen<\/strong> asked Edwards point blank if she believes Simpson committed the murders during a February 2016 episode of Watch What Happens Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cYou know what, it\u2019s one of those things that you don\u2019t want to believe that someone that you cared about and were friends with is capable of something like that, so honestly, I prefer not to even entertain that idea,\u201d she replied.<\/p>\n
Edwards noted that she and Allen, who split in 2001, were asked to testify during Simpson\u2019s trial.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe fought the subpoena,\u201d she said. \u201cWe really wanted to stay out of it. At that stage of the game, it\u2019s such a tragic, tragic thing, and we don\u2019t want to be involved.\u201d<\/p>\n
Edwards and Allen got married at Simpson\u2019s Brentwood home in 1993, and the pair seemingly pop up in the suicide note that Simpson penned in 1994 shortly before his televised low-speed car space<\/a> with Los Angeles police and subsequent arrest.<\/p>\n\u201cMarcus, you\u2019ve got a great lady in Catherine, don\u2019t mess it up,\u201d Simpson wrote, seemingly mixing up the spelling of Edwards\u2019 first name.<\/p>\n
Edwards and Resnick aren\u2019t the only RHOBH<\/em> stars with a connection to Simpson. Current cast member Erika Jayne<\/strong> and Yolanda Hadid<\/strong>, who appeared on the show from seasons 3 through 6, have Robert Shapiro<\/strong> to thank for their friendship. Along with Johnnie Cochran<\/strong> and Robert Kardashian<\/strong>, Shapiro was a member of Simpson\u2019s \u201cDream Team\u201d legal counsel during the murder trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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\n Erika Jayne and Kathryn Edwards.<\/span> Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for Global Lyme Alliance<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn her 2009 memoir, Pretty Mess<\/em>, Edwards wrote that her \u201cgood friend Robert Shapiro\u201d introduced her to David Foster<\/strong> when he was still married to Hadid, and they \u201call became friends\u201d later on.<\/p>\nRichards also has a tangential Simpson connection. Not only is she close friends with Resnick, she\u2019s also pals with Kris Jenner<\/strong>, Kardashian\u2019s ex-wife.<\/p>\n
Resnick, who was friends with Brown and Simpson in the 1990s, claimed in the tell-all that Brown had confided in her about her alleged affair with Allen.<\/p>\n \u201cNicole told me O.J. threatened her, saying \u2018If you\u2019re ever with Marcus again, I\u2019ll \u2026 I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll do, but it will be bad. I won\u2019t be able to control myself,\u2019\u201d Resnick wrote. \u201cAt times we were worried that OJ might take revenge on Marcus by telling his fianc\u00e9e Kathryn about the affair with Nicole.\u201d<\/p>\n The book faced widespread criticism for its lurid details and timing, as it was released just months after the 1994 murders. Nicole\u2019s father, Lou Brown<\/strong>, called the book \u201cT-R-A-S-H\u201d in an October 1994 statement to the Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>. He claimed that Resnick \u201cwasn\u2019t that close to Nicole\u201d and said his daughter \u201ctook her in\u201d because of her drug problem. (Resnick wrote about her cocaine use and rehab stints in the book.)<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know where she got all of her misinformation, but it\u2019s not anything we can confirm. And Nicole is not here to defend herself,\u201d Lou added.<\/p>\n The controversial book came up during season 6 of RHOBH<\/em> when Edwards, who was engaged to Allen when his alleged affair with Brown took place, crossed paths with Resnick at an event hosted by Lisa Vanderpump<\/strong>. Kyle Richards<\/strong> asked Edwards whether she knew Resnick, and Edwards replied that she didn\u2019t. She then added that if Resnick claimed otherwise, she was lying.<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tO.J. Simpson originally rose to fame as a football standout. After winning the 1968 Heisman Trophy at the University of Southern California, he was selected by the Buffalo Bills as the No. 1 overall pick in the 1969 draft. Simpson retired from the NFL in 1979 after playing 11 seasons, pivoting his career to take [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cMy feelings about Faye Resnick are not positive. She mentioned me in her book,\u201d Edwards said during a confessional. \u201cI never read it, but in the book she referenced me and said that I was just some kind of \u2018turn the blind eye, look the other way\u2019 kind of wife. There\u2019s a lot of things you can say about me. That is not one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Later in the season, Edwards confronted Resnick<\/a> during a dinner party at Richards\u2019 home.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me to not say something, I\u2019d feel like I was being phony,\u201d Edwards said, referencing Resnick\u2019s \u201cbook\u201d but not going into specific details.<\/p>\n \u201cI have nothing to say to anyone about what happened 20-something years ago. That was a very hard time, and it\u2019s sad,\u201d Resnick replied.<\/p>\n Both women stayed calm during the interaction, although Edwards said during a confessional that she felt \u201ccheated\u201d because she was \u201cready to annihilate\u201d Resnick.<\/p>\n While Edwards and Resnick skirted around the murders and Simpson\u2019s trial during the conversation, Andy Cohen<\/strong> asked Edwards point blank if she believes Simpson committed the murders during a February 2016 episode of Watch What Happens Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know what, it\u2019s one of those things that you don\u2019t want to believe that someone that you cared about and were friends with is capable of something like that, so honestly, I prefer not to even entertain that idea,\u201d she replied.<\/p>\n Edwards noted that she and Allen, who split in 2001, were asked to testify during Simpson\u2019s trial.<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMembers of the Kardashian family have made rare comments about O.J. Simpson, who was represented by the late Robert Kardashian in court during his infamous trial. After the former NFL player was arrested in connection to the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, in 1994, he enlisted Kardashian to become part of his legal [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe fought the subpoena,\u201d she said. \u201cWe really wanted to stay out of it. At that stage of the game, it\u2019s such a tragic, tragic thing, and we don\u2019t want to be involved.\u201d<\/p>\n Edwards and Allen got married at Simpson\u2019s Brentwood home in 1993, and the pair seemingly pop up in the suicide note that Simpson penned in 1994 shortly before his televised low-speed car space<\/a> with Los Angeles police and subsequent arrest.<\/p>\n \u201cMarcus, you\u2019ve got a great lady in Catherine, don\u2019t mess it up,\u201d Simpson wrote, seemingly mixing up the spelling of Edwards\u2019 first name.<\/p>\n Edwards and Resnick aren\u2019t the only RHOBH<\/em> stars with a connection to Simpson. Current cast member Erika Jayne<\/strong> and Yolanda Hadid<\/strong>, who appeared on the show from seasons 3 through 6, have Robert Shapiro<\/strong> to thank for their friendship. Along with Johnnie Cochran<\/strong> and Robert Kardashian<\/strong>, Shapiro was a member of Simpson\u2019s \u201cDream Team\u201d legal counsel during the murder trial.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n In her 2009 memoir, Pretty Mess<\/em>, Edwards wrote that her \u201cgood friend Robert Shapiro\u201d introduced her to David Foster<\/strong> when he was still married to Hadid, and they \u201call became friends\u201d later on.<\/p>\n Richards also has a tangential Simpson connection. Not only is she close friends with Resnick, she\u2019s also pals with Kris Jenner<\/strong>, Kardashian\u2019s ex-wife.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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\n Erika Jayne and Kathryn Edwards.<\/span> Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images for Global Lyme Alliance<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n