Background
Brown was born May 19, 1959 in Frankfurt, West Germany, to Juditha Anne (Baur) and Louis Hezekiel Brown. Her mother was German and her father was American.
Brown was born May 19, 1959 in Frankfurt, West Germany, to Juditha Anne (Baur) and Louis Hezekiel Brown. Her mother was German and her father was American.
She attended Rancho Alamitos High School in Garden Grove, California and Dana Hills High School in Dana Point.
Brown met in 1977 while working as a waitress at Jack Hanson"s Beverly Hills, California / Rodeo Drive nightclub "The Daisy". and Brown were married on February 2, 1985, five years after "s retirement from professional football. The marriage lasted seven years, during which pleaded no contest to spousal abuse in 1989. Brown filed for divorce on February 25, 1992 citing "irreconcilable differences".
On the evening of June 12, 1994, at the age of 35, Brown was murdered at her home in Los Angeles, California, along with restaurant waiter Ron Goldman.
She had been stabbed multiple times in the head and neck and had defensive wounds on her hands. The wound on her neck was gaping, through which the larynx could be seen, and vertebra C3 was also incised.
O. J. was arrested and found not guilty in a controversial criminal trial. He was later found liable for the deaths in a civil suit brought by the two victims" families.
O. J. was later jailed for armed robbery at a Las Vegas hotel.
Post-death In 1994, Brown"s sister, Denise, established the Nicole Brown Charitable Foundation to help victims of domestic violence. Brown"s parents continued unsuccessfully to fight for custody.