A new documentary is bringing attention to the Los Angeles home that O.J. Simpson stood trial in for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, decades after the two were killed.
The “Trial of the Century” that took place in 1994 and 1995 is given new light by Nicole Brown Simpson’s closest friends and family in Lifetime’s The Life & Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, which premieres over two nights on June 1 and 2.
Simpson’s previous Brentwood residence, which is mentioned multiple times in the episodes, was important to the one-time pair during this time in their life.
O.J. Simpson’s Rockingham Avenue estate Details
The 6,000 square foot house was bought by Simpson, who passed away in April at the age of 76, for $650,000 in 1977, the Los Angeles Times said. He also got married on the site in 1985 with Brown Simpson. When Brown Simpson and the football player first crossed paths in 1977, Simpson was thirty years old and still wed to his first wife, Marguerite Whitley, and Brown was eighteen years old and working as a waitress.
Brown and Simpson Two years before she was attacked outside her neighboring Brentwood townhouse, in 1992, Simpson went on to get divorced.
Property on the aftermath of murder
A bloodstained glove and more evidence were allegedly discovered at Simpson’s Rockingham property after the murders, which was sufficient for the police to issue an arrest warrant for him.
At the time of the murders, Kato Kaelin was also lodging at the guest house on the property. Later on in the case, he emerged as a crucial witness.
Furthermore, the address was the last stop on the notorious Bronco chase in June 1994, which led to Simpson’s eventual arrest by the authorities.
Simpson was ordered to reimburse the families of Brown Simpson and Goldman $33.5 million after being found not guilty on both murder counts in October of 1995.
He ultimately had to sell the house at auction as a result of this.
Investment banker Kenneth Abdalla purchased the $3.95 million Rockingham estate in 1998 with plans to construct a new residence on the property. As a result, the estate was demolished.
