Robert Kardashian, the father of Kim Kardashian, was a confidant of Simpson’s and was one of his defense attorneys at his 1994 murder trial. Andrew Knapp/StaffAccording to affidavits, the handgun matched one kept in a bedroom that Brittany used as storage.In the reports, Susan Simpson told detectives that her daughter, Brittany, walked through the front door following the shooting.In a later interview with detectives, the neighbor said she wasn't sure exactly who she saw but believed it was either Brooke or Brittany, the reports said.Mount Pleasant police released supplemental reports on Friday containing previously undisclosed details of a fatal shooting in the town's affluent I'On community this week.
These details, and others contained in the 17 pages of reports, describe the crime scene, the statements of family members and neighbors, and the alibi of the suspect, Brittany Simpson.Robert Simpson was still alive when officers arrived and one of them kicked in the master bedroom door to help him. Brittany Simpson told officers that she had been swimming at the I'On Club and had returned home to find the back door open.Brittany was a popular athlete in her teenage years. After deliberating for three hours, the jury acquitted Simpson. Robert Kardashian and Simpson met while they were college. Threatening to kill himself, he led police in a low-speed chase through the freeways of Los Angeles as the entire nation watched on television. She graduated from Wando High School, later attending the University of Miami and the College of Charleston, her attorney, David Aylor, said.Brittany Simpson, 31, suspected of shooting her father, Robert Simpson, appears by videoconferencing for a bond hearing Wednesday. He's a native Angeleno and previously covered crime and courts for the Press-Telegram in Long Beach, CA.
He also knew little about the shooting that he called "a tragedy ... affecting the entire family. '"Chelsea Simpson, another one of Robert and Susan's daughters, arrived and accused Brittany of the crime, telling officers that her sister was unstable, despite her mother's tears, according to the report.Gregory Yee covers breaking news and public safety. Simpson previously hosted "NHL Live" and the "Cisco All-Access Pregame Show" on the same network, a simulcast program produced at the NHLheadquarters in New York, that also aired on NHL Network television. In a civil trial brought about by the families of the victims, Simpson was found responsible for causing Goldman’s death and committing battery against Brown in February 1997, and was ordered to pay a total of $33.5 million, little of which he has paid.The evidence against Simpson was extensive: His blood was found at the murder scene; blood, hair, and fibers from Brown and Goldman were found in Simpson’s car and at his home; one of his gloves was also found in Brown’s home, the other outside his own house; and bloody shoeprints found at the scene matched those of shoes owned by Simpson.Although he had agreed to turn himself in, Simpson escaped with friend A.C. Cowlings in his white Ford Bronco on June 17. After deliberating for three hours, the jury acquitted Simpson. He previously worked as the r… The night of June 12, 1994, Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, waiter Ron Goldman, were brutally stabbed to death outside Brown Simpson's home in Los Angeles' Brentwood neighborhood. Inside, police found a pink, 3-pound dumbbell, two t-shirts, pair of athletic shorts, black Allen gun case, black Sticky gun holster, and a black Smith & Wesson Shield 9mm handgun and magazine, the reports said. A Charleston Police Department diver found a green Trailmaker Classic backpack in the creek behind the Simpson's home. Her daughter Brooke and Brooke's boyfriend ran downstairs to see what was happening. Four Luger 9mm rounds were found in the eight-round magazine.Susan Simpson told investigators that she had been sleeping in the upstairs bedroom because her husband snored and liked to get up very early, and she wanted to finish watching a television show the night before. Robert Shapiro, former defense attorney for O.J. Eventually, Simpson gave himself up at his home in Brentwood.Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman murderedSign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox.However, Simpson’s so-called “Dream Team” of defense lawyers, including Johnnie Cochran and F. Lee Bailey, claimed before a national television audience that Simpson had been framed by racist police officers such as Detective Mark Fuhrman.