The mother of Nicole Brown Simpson — the ex-wife of O.J. Simpson who was killed in a murder that he was infamously acquitted of more than 25 years ago — has died, the former football star-turned actor-turned commercial pitchman said in a video he tweeted Sunday night. Simpson said Juditha Brown died Sunday.
Simpson made the announcement during a video that began with his camera trained on a photo of him and his college football teammates at the University of Southern California, many of whom he said had died. That led him to talk about Juditha Brown’s death.
“Today I lost someone that was incredibly special to me,” Simpson said. “Her name was Juditha Brown, the mother of Nicole Brown.”
He did not say what was the cause of her death.
Simpson described a mutual, close relationship between the two “no matter what the situation was.” He called her “a kind and considerate person” who was always there to help him, even as a single father “trying to raise two kids by myself.”
Simpson said he was grateful his children got a chance to see Juditha Brown this weekend before she died.
“God bless her family,” Simpson said before adding later: The world lost a special person. We all did.”
Watch the video below.
The details of the relationship shared between Simpson and Juditha Brown was not widely known. The Detroit Free-Press reported in June that Nicole’s youngest sister, Tanya, said the murder trial is still “especially hard” for her mother.
For those who may not be old enough to remember, Simpson’s ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman were both found dead in her southern California home on June 12, 1994. Five days later, Simpson caught the country’s attention by leading police on a slow, lengthy car chase that many found incriminating before he was arrested and taken into custody as the prime suspect for the killings.
He was ultimately charged with both murders before being acquitted on Oct. 3, 1995.
This is a developing story that will be updated as additional information becomes available.
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