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'Newsweek' Magazine, August 1994, October 25 1993 (Thursday), The Headlines. The Story. A Life Interrupted.Leave a comment

The Loss of a Proud Possession…

Tee Bylo

Simpson was, at that moment, losing his proudest possession, his wife. Fed up with O.J.’s abuse and his womanizing, she left Simpson in March of 1992.

His jealous ranting showed up on another 911 tape in 1993. Nicole had called the police after Simpson had kicked in the french doors at the back of the house. On the tape, Simpson’s careful diction is gone.

“He’s going to beat the s–t out of me,” Nicole pleads with the operator. Continue reading The Loss of a Proud Possession…

'Newsweek' Magazine, July 1994, October 25 1993 (Thursday), The Headlines. The Story. A Life Interrupted.Leave a comment

A ‘Drop-Dead’ Soundbite for Violence

Tee Bylo

The voice is, by turns angry, exasperated, terrified and, finally resigned. It is her second 911 call within 10 minutes.

In the background, a man is screaming – about children, tabloids, an old boyfriend. The words are only semi-audible, but his rage needs no amplification.

“Could you get someone over here now, to 325 Gretna Green. He’s back. Please”, asks Nicole Simpson.

“What does he look like?” asks the operator. Continue reading A ‘Drop-Dead’ Soundbite for Violence

'Newsweek' Magazine, January 1 1989 (Sunday), June 1994, The Headlines. The Story. A Life Interrupted.Leave a comment

TOO Little? TOO Late!

Tee Bylo

Like many cases of domestic violence, the story of O.J. and Nicole Brown Simpson’s stormy relationship fits a disturbing pattern – a pattern of official intervention that came too late and did too little.

As his horrified fans now know, Simpson was arrested for spousal battery after an incident at the couple’s Brentwood home on New Year’s Day, 1989.

The Simpson case is an American tragedy in every respect, but not merely because of O.J.’s celebrity and vast popularity.
Continue reading TOO Little? TOO Late!

'Newsweek' Magazine, January 1 1989 (Sunday), June 16 1994 (Thursday), June 17 1994 (Friday), June 1994, The Headlines. The Story. A Life Interrupted.Leave a comment

Footnote to an Astonishing Fate?

Tee Bylo

After the bloody steps, the heart-rending funerals, the surreal chase through the twilight of Los Angeles, O.J. Simpson surrendered himself into the darkness his life has become.

It was a peaceful end, a surprisingly peaceful end, to a week that was drenched in trauma, tension and blood. Continue reading Footnote to an Astonishing Fate?