DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. DARDEN
MR. DARDEN: MISS BROWN, YOU ARE NICOLE BROWN'S OLDEST -- OLDER SISTER?
MS. BROWN: YES, I AM.
MR. DARDEN: DO YOU HAVE OTHER SISTERS?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DO.
MR. DARDEN: HOW MANY?
MS. BROWN: THERE'S DOMINIQUE AND TANYA AND OF COURSE NICOLE.
MR. DARDEN: AND YOU ARE THE OLDEST OF THE SISTERS; IS THAT CORRECT?
MS. BROWN: YES, I AM.
MR. DARDEN: AND WHAT IS YOUR FATHER'S FIRST NAME?
MS. BROWN: LOUIS BROWN.
MR. DARDEN: AND YOUR MOTHER'S NAME?
MS. BROWN: JUDITHA BROWN.
MR. DARDEN: AND WHERE DOES YOUR FAMILY RESIDE?
MS. BROWN: WE'RE IN DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA
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MR. DARDEN: DO YOU KNOW THE DEFENDANT SEATED HERE AT THE END OF COUNSEL TABLE?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DO.
MR. DARDEN: HE'S YOUR FORMER BROTHER-IN-LAW?
MS. BROWN: YES, HE IS.
MR. DARDEN: WHEN DID YOU FIRST MEET THE DEFENDANT?
MS. BROWN: BACK IN 1977.
MR. DARDEN: AND WHERE WAS HE WHEN YOU MET HIM?
MS. BROWN: HE WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL FOR BUFFALO.
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MR. DARDEN: MISS BROWN, YOUR SISTER NICOLE MARRIED THE DEFENDANT IN FEBRUARY 1985?
MS. BROWN: YES, SHE DID.
MR. DARDEN: DID YOU ATTEND THE WEDDING?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DID. I WAS THE MAID OF HONOR.
MR. DARDEN: DO YOU HAVE A HALF SISTER NAMED WENDY?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DO.
MR. DARDEN: AND WHERE WAS SHE LIVING IN 1987 AND 1988?
MS. BROWN: WENDY?
MR. DARDEN: YES.
MS. BROWN: IN ARIZONA.
MR. DARDEN: AND WAS THERE AN OCCASION DURING THAT TIME PERIOD IN WHICH SHE CAME FROM ARIZONA TO YOUR FAMILY'S HOME IN LAGUNA BEACH ON VACATION?
MS. BROWN: YES, SHE DID.
MR. DARDEN: AND DID SHE BRING SOMEONE WITH HER?
MS. BROWN: A GIRLFRIEND OF HERS WHO WAS ALSO LIVING THERE.
MR. DARDEN: AND WHAT IS THE GIRLFRIEND'S NAME?
MS. BROWN: JULIANNE HENDERICKS.
MR. DARDEN: AND DID YOU, YOUR SISTER WENDY, YOUR SISTER NICOLE AND JULIANNE HENDERICKS GO OUT DURING THAT VACATION PERIOD?
MS. BROWN: YES, WE DID.
MR. DARDEN: WAS THERE EVER AN OCCASION WHEN THE FOUR OF YOU AND THE DEFENDANT WENT OUT AND WENT TO THE RED ONION IN SANTA ANA?
MS. BROWN: YES, WE DID.
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MR. DARDEN: IS THERE A BAR IN THE RED ONION?
MS. BROWN: YES.
MR. DARDEN: AND DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DRINK?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DID.
MR. DARDEN: REALLY. WHAT DID YOU DRINK?
MS. BROWN: WE WERE ALL -- WELL, ACTUALLY, WE WERE ALL DOING SHOTS OF TEQUILA.
MR. DARDEN: THE DEFENDANT WAS DOING SHOTS OF TEQUILA?
MS. BROWN: YES.
MR. DARDEN: WAS NICOLE DOING SHOTS OF TEQUILA?
MS. BROWN: YES.
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MR. DARDEN: SO THE DRINKS WERE FREE?
MS. BROWN: I'M NOT SAYING ALL OF THEM WERE. I'M NOT SURE, BUT PEOPLE DO TEND TO BUY HIM DRINKS AND BUY US -- AND THEY WERE BUYING US DRINKS TOO BECAUSE WE WERE WITH HIM.
MR. DARDEN: AND DID YOU SEE THE DEFENDANT DRINK SHOTS OF TEQUILA?
MS. BROWN: UH-HUH. YES.
MR. DARDEN: DID ANYTHING UNUSUAL HAPPEN THAT NIGHT IN THE RED ONION?
MS. BROWN: YES.
MR. DARDEN: WHAT WAS THAT?
MS. BROWN: WELL, WE ALL STARTED -- WELL, WE WERE ALL DRINKING AND GOOFING AROUND AND BEING LOUD AND DANCING AND HAVING A GREAT TIME. AND THEN AT ONE POINT, O.J. GRABBED NICOLE'S CROTCH AND SAID, "THIS IS WHERE BABIES COME FROM AND THIS BELONGS TO ME."
AND NICOLE JUST SORT OF WROTE IT OFF AS IF IT WAS NOTHING, LIKE -- YOU KNOW, LIKE SHE WAS USED TO THAT KIND OF TREATMENT AND HE WAS LIKE -- I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY HUMILIATING IF YOU ASK ME.
MR. SHAPIRO: MOVE TO STRIKE THE LAST PART AS BEING NONRESPONSIVE, CALLING FOR SPECULATION, NARRATIVE.
THE COURT: OVERRULED.
MR. DARDEN: AND WHEN HE GRABBED YOUR SISTER'S CROTCH AND SAID, "THIS IS WHERE BABIES COME FROM" -- IS THAT WHAT HE SAID?
MS. BROWN: "THIS IS WHERE BABIES COME FROM AND THIS BELONGS TO ME," AND, "THIS IS MINE."
MR. DARDEN: AND WHEN HE SAID THIS AND WHEN HE GRABBED HER IN THE CROTCH, WERE THERE PEOPLE AROUND?
MS. BROWN: OH, YEAH. THE BAR WAS PACKED.
MR. DARDEN: STRANGERS?
MS. BROWN: YEAH. YEAH. HE WAS TALKING TO THE STRANGERS.
MR. DARDEN: DID YOUR SISTER NICOLE REACT TO THIS AT ALL?
MS. BROWN: SHE JUST KIND OF WROTE IT OFF AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SHRUGGED HER SHOULDERS, YOU KNOW, STOP IT OR WHATEVER. I MEAN IT WAS -- I DON'T KNOW. SHE DIDN'T REALLY REACT.
MR. DARDEN: DID THE DEFENDANT APPEAR MAD OR ANGRY OR UPSET WHEN HE GRABBED YOUR SISTER'S CROTCH AND MADE THESE STATEMENTS IN FRONT OF THESE STRANGERS?
MS. BROWN: NO. NO. HE WASN'T ANGRY. IT WAS HIS. THAT'S THE WAY HE -- HE -- JUST THE WAY HE ACTED, THE WAY -- IT WAS LIKE, "THIS BELONGS TO ME. THIS IS MINE." HE WASN'T ANGRY WHEN HE SAID IT. HE JUST MADE IT A POINT. HE WANTED IT TO BE KNOWN THAT THAT WAS HIS.
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MR. DARDEN: LET ME DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LA CANTINA RESTAURANT, OKAY?
MS. BROWN: OKAY.
MR. DARDEN: ARE YOU ACQUAINTED WITH SOMEONE BY THE NAME OF ED MCCABE?
MS. BROWN: YES, I WAS.
MR. DARDEN: THIS IS SOMEONE YOU'VE KNOWN OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO?
MS. BROWN: I'VE KNOWN ED FOR A WHILE. I USED TO DATE HIM.
MR. DARDEN: AND WHEN DID YOU STOP DATING ED MCCABE?
MS. BROWN: OH, I THINK WE MAY HAVE GONE OUT FOR A YEAR OR TWO, MAYBE TWO YEARS.
MR. DARDEN: DO YOU STILL SPEAK TO ED MCCABE?
MS. BROWN: NOT TOO OFTEN.
MR. DARDEN: AND IN WHAT CITY AND STATE DOES HE LIVE?
MS. BROWN: HE'S IN NEW YORK.
MR. DARDEN: DO YOU RECALL AN OCCASION WHEN YOU AND ED MCCABE AND NICOLE AND THE DEFENDANT WENT OUT TO DINNER?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DO.
MR. DARDEN: AND WHERE DID THE FOUR OF YOU GO AFTER YOU LEFT THE LA CANTINA RESTAURANT?
MS. BROWN: WE WENT TO O.J.'S HOUSE, O.J. AND NICOLE'S HOUSE.
MR. DARDEN: ON ROCKINGHAM?
MS. BROWN: YES.
MR. DARDEN: NOW, HAD YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DRINK AT THE RESTAURANT BEFORE?
MS. BROWN: YEAH. MARGARITAS.
MR. DARDEN: AND DID THE DEFENDANT HAVE SOMETHING TO DRINK?
MS. BROWN: YEAH. WE ALL DID.
MR. DARDEN: ALL FOUR OF YOU?
MS. BROWN: YES.
MR. DARDEN: AND WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN YOU RETURNED TO THE DEFENDANT'S HOME ON ROCKINGHAM?
MS. BROWN: WE WERE SITTING AT THE BAR TALKING, HAVING SOME MORE DRINKS AND TALKING.
MR. DARDEN: OKAY. WHILE YOU WERE TALKING, DID YOU SAY SOMETHING TO THE DEFENDANT?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DID.
MR. DARDEN: WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HIM?
MS. BROWN: I TOLD HIM HE TOOK NICOLE FOR GRANTED, AND HE BLEW UP.
MR. SHAPIRO: YOUR HONOR, I'M GOING TO OBJECT. THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED. MOTION TO STRIKE THE LAST RESPONSE.
THE COURT: MISS BROWN, IF YOU WOULD, DON'T VOLUNTEER ANYTHING BEYOND THE ACTUAL QUESTION, PLEASE.
MS. BROWN: OKAY.
THE COURT: THANK YOU.
MR. DARDEN: YOU TOLD THE DEFENDANT THAT HE TOOK NICOLE FOR GRANTED?
MS. BROWN: YES.
MR. DARDEN: WHY DID YOU TELL HIM THAT?
MS. BROWN: BECAUSE SHE DID HAVE –
MR. SHAPIRO: OBJECTION. IRRELEVANT.
THE COURT: SUSTAINED.
MR. DARDEN: ON 352 GROUNDS, YOUR HONOR?
THE COURT: IT'S IRRELEVANT. WHY THIS WITNESS THINKS THAT MISS BROWN SIMPSON WAS TAKEN FOR GRANTED IS NOT RELEVANT. WHAT'S RELEVANT IS THE FACT SHE MADE THE COMMENT AND ANY REACTION TO THAT COMMENT.
MR. DARDEN: WHAT REACTION IF ANY WAS THERE BY THE DEFENDANT WHEN YOU TOLD HIM THAT HE TOOK YOUR SISTER NICOLE FOR GRANTED?
MS. BROWN: HE GOT EXTREMELY UPSET. HE –
MR. DARDEN: AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
MS. BROWN: HE STARTED YELLING AT ME, "I DON'T TAKE HER FOR GRANTED. I DO EVERYTHING FOR HER. I GIVE HER EVERYTHING," AND HE CONTINUED, AND THEN A WHOLE FIGHT BROKE OUT AND PICTURES STARTED FLYING OFF THE WALLS, CLOTHES STARTED FLYING -- HE RAN UPSTAIRS, GOT CLOTHES, STARTED FLYING DOWN THE STAIRS AND GRABBED NICOLE, TOLD HER TO GET OUT OF HIS HOUSE, WANTED US ALL OUT OF HIS HOUSE, PICKED HER UP, THREW HER AGAINST THE WALL, PICKED HER UP, THREW HER OUT OF THE HOUSE.
SHE ENDED UP ON HER -- SHE ENDED UP FALLING. SHE ENDED UP ON HER ELBOWS AND ON HER BUTT. THEN SHE -- HE THREW ED MCCABE OUT. WE WERE ALL SITTING THERE SCREAMING AND CRYING, AND THEN HE GRABBED ME AND THREW ME OUT OF THE HOUSE.
MR. DARDEN: ARE YOU OKAY, MISS BROWN?
MS. BROWN: YEAH. IT'S JUST SO HARD. I'LL BE FINE.
MR. DARDEN: YOUR HONOR, IF IT PLEASES THE COURT, CAN WE ADJOURN AND CONTINUE THIS MONDAY MORNING?
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MR. DARDEN: MISS BROWN, WHEN WE LEFT OFF LAST FRIDAY YOU TOLD US ABOUT THE CROTCH GRABBING INCIDENT AT THE RED ONION. DO YOU RECALL THAT?
MS. BROWN: YES.
MR. DARDEN: AND YOU ALSO TALKED TO US ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AFTER YOU AND YOUR SISTER, NICOLE, AND ED MC CABE RETURNED TO THE DEFENDANT'S HOUSE AFTER AN EVENING AT THE LA CANTINA?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DID.
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MR. DARDEN: OKAY. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT PICTURES BEGAN FLYING OFF THE WALLS. HOW -- HOW WERE THOSE PICTURES REMOVED OR HOW DID THEY COME FLYING OFF THE WALL?
MS. BROWN: O.J. WAS WALKING UP THE HALL OR UP THE STAIRCASE AND HE STARTED THROWING THEM. HE TOOK THEM OFF THE WALL AND STARTED THROWING THEM DOWN.
MR. DARDEN: AND WAS HE SAYING ANYTHING TO -- DID THE DEFENDANT SAY ANYTHING AS HE THREW THOSE –
MS. BROWN: HE WANTED HER OUT OF HIS HOUSE.
MR. DARDEN: THAT IS WHAT THE DEFENDANT SAID?
MS. BROWN: HE WANTED HER OUT OF HIS HOUSE AND HE CONTINUED GOING UP THE STAIRS AND HE GRABBED THE CLOTHES OUT OF HER CLOSET AND STARTED THROWING THEM DOWN ONTO THE FOYER WHERE WE WERE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM, AND CAME BACK DOWN AND GRABBED NICOLE. HE THREW HER UP AGAINST THE WALL AND THEN HE GRABBED HER. AND THE ONLY THING I REMEMBER IS THAT IT WAS -- HE LOOKED SO -- HIS WHOLE FACIAL STRUCTURE CHANGED. EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM CHANGED.
MR. DARDEN: LET ME STOP YOU THERE.
MR. SHAPIRO: YOUR HONOR, WE WOULD OBJECT. THAT IS NONRESPONSIVE.
THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE WITNESS' COMMENTS REGARDING FACIAL STRUCTURING AND CHANGE OF EXPRESSION IS STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD AND IT WAS NOT IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION. YOU ARE TO DISREGARD THAT ANSWER.
MR. DARDEN.
MR. DARDEN: OKAY. DID YOU SEE THE DEFENDANT'S FACE IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU TOLD HIM THAT HE TOOK YOUR SISTER FOR GRANTED?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DID.
MR. DARDEN: OKAY. AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING, UNUSUAL DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT HIS FACE AT THAT TIME?
MS. BROWN: AT THAT TIME HE GOT VERY UPSET AND HE STARTED SCREAMING.
MR. DARDEN: NOW, WAS HIS ANGER MANIFESTED IN ANY WAY OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT HE BECAME -- OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT HE BEGAN SCREAMING?
MS. BROWN: YEAH. HIS WHOLE FACIAL STRUCTURE CHANGED. I MEAN, EVERYTHING CHANGED ABOUT HIM.
MR. DARDEN: OKAY. WHEN YOU SAY HIS FACIAL STRUCTURE CHANGED, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? ELABORATE ON THAT FOR US, PLEASE.
MS. BROWN: IT WAS CALM, QUIET, NORMAL CONVERSATION, LIKE WE WERE SITTING HERE RIGHT NOW, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT TURNED INTO -- THE EYES GOT REAL ANGRY. IT WAS AS -- HIS WHOLE JAW, EVERYTHING STARTED, YOU KNOW -- HIS WHOLE FACE JUST CHANGED COMPLETELY WHEN HE GOT UPSET. UMM -- IT WASN'T AS IF IT WAS O.J. ANY MORE. HE LOOKED LIKE A DIFFERENT PERSON AND THAT IS WHAT NICOLE HAD ALWAYS SAID WHEN HE GETS ANGRY.
MR. DARDEN: LET ME STOP YOU THERE.
MR. SHAPIRO: MOTION TO STRIKE AS NONRESPONSIVE.
THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU ARE TO DISREGARD THE LAST PORTION OF THE ANSWER, COMMENTS AS TO WHAT NICOLE HAD SAID ABOUT THE DEFENDANT'S BEHAVIOR OR FACIAL STRUCTURE.
MISS BROWN –
MS. BROWN: SORRY.
THE COURT: -- IF YOU WOULD, WOULD YOU PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY TO MR. DARDEN AND DEFENSE COUNSEL'S QUESTION, PLEASE ANSWER AS PRECISELY AS YOU CAN AND PLEASE DON'T VOLUNTEER ANY INFORMATION.
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MR. DARDEN: WHERE DID YOU AND
MR. MC CABE AND YOUR SISTER GO AFTER THE DEFENDANT THREW THE THREE OF YOU OUT OF HIS HOUSE?
MS. BROWN: WE WENT TO THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL.
MR. DARDEN: OKAY. AND WHY DID YOU GO TO THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL?
MS. BROWN: THAT IS WHERE HE WAS STAYING, ED MC CABE.
MR. DARDEN: WERE YOU STAYING THERE AS WELL?
MS. BROWN: WE STAYED THERE THAT NIGHT, YES.
MR. DARDEN: ED MC CABE WAS YOUR BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME?
MS. BROWN: YES, HE WAS.
MR. DARDEN: AND DID YOU SPEND THE NIGHT AT THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL THAT NIGHT?
MS. BROWN: YES, WE DID.
MR. DARDEN: DID YOUR SISTER NICOLE ALSO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH YOU THAT NIGHT?
MS. BROWN: YES, SHE DID.
MR. DARDEN: DID SHE EVER RETURN TO THE HOUSE?
MS. BROWN: SHE DID THE NEXT MORNING.
MR. DARDEN: DID YOU TRY AND STOP HER FROM RETURNING TO THE HOUSE?
MS. BROWN: YEAH, I DID. YEAH, I TOLD HER -- I TOLD HER THAT SHE SHOULDN'T GO BACK. SHE SAYS, "I'M NOT GOING BACK, I'M JUST GOING TO GO PICK UP A FEW THINGS."
MR. DARDEN: DID SHE SAY IF SHE WOULD RETURN BACK TO THE HOTEL?
MS. BROWN: YES, SHE DID.
MR. DARDEN: SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU?
MS. BROWN: YES, SHE DID.
MR. DARDEN: DID SHE COME BACK?
MS. BROWN: NO, SHE DIDN'T.
MR. DARDEN: DID YOU REPORT THAT INCIDENT TO THE POLICE AT THE TIME?
MS. BROWN: NO, I DID NOT.
MR. DARDEN: DID SHE?
MS. BROWN: I DON'T THINK SO.
MR. DARDEN: DID ED MC CABE REPORT IT TO THE POLICE?
MS. BROWN: NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO.
MR. DARDEN: DID YOU CONSIDER REPORTING THE INCIDENT TO THE POLICE?
MS. BROWN: I DIDN'T.
MR. DARDEN: WHY NOT?
MS. BROWN: I TOLD HER -- I JUST TOLD HER, I SAID –
THE COURT: HOLD ON. THE QUESTION WAS DID YOU REPORT IT TO THE POLICE? DID YOU CONSIDER REPORTING IT TO THE POLICE? THE ANSWER IS YES OR NO.
MS. BROWN: NO.
THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. DARDEN.
MR. DARDEN: WHY DIDN'T YOU REPORT IT TO THE POLICE?
MS. BROWN: BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.
MR. DARDEN: AND IF YOU RECALL, WHAT YEAR WAS IT THAT THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED?
MS. BROWN: UMM, GOD, IT WAS IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES, '82, '83 MAYBE.
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MR. DARDEN: MISS BROWN, AFTER YOUR SISTER NICOLE TOLD YOU THAT SHE WOULD HANDLE IT, WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE IT UPON YOURSELF TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS TOWARD NOTIFYING THE POLICE?
MR. SHAPIRO: OBJECTION.
THE COURT: OVERRULED.
MS. BROWN: COULD YOU REPEAT THAT, PLEASE.
MR. DARDEN: WELL, YOUR SISTER TOLD YOU THAT SHE WOULD HANDLE IT, CORRECT?
MS. BROWN: RIGHT.
MR. DARDEN: DID SHE HANDLE IT?
MS. BROWN: I GUESS IN HER OWN WAY SHE DID.
MR. DARDEN: WELL, YOU TOLD US THAT YOU EXPECTED HER TO RETURN TO THE HOTEL; IS THAT CORRECT?
MS. BROWN: YES.
MR. DARDEN: OKAY. WELL, WHEN SHE DIDN'T RETURN TO THE HOTEL, DID YOU -- DID YOU DO ANYTHING TOWARD FINDING OUT WHY SHE DIDN'T RETURN TO THE HOTEL?
MS. BROWN: YOU KNOW WHAT, I REALLY DON'T REMEMBER. I JUST TOLD HER TO COME BACK.
MR. DARDEN: WELL, DID YOU DO ANYTHING TOWARD FINDING OUT IF SHE WAS OKAY?
MS. BROWN: OH, WE HAD TALKED LATER ON, YEAH.
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MR. DARDEN: MISS BROWN, SHOWING WHAT YOU HAS BEEN MARKED PEOPLE'S 10 FOR IDENTIFICATION, IS THAT A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUR SISTER, NICOLE?
MS. BROWN: YES, IT IS.
MR. DARDEN: IS THAT A PHOTOGRAPH THAT YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE?
MS. BROWN: YES, IT IS.
MR. DARDEN: DO YOU KNOW WHO TOOK THAT PHOTOGRAPH?
MS. BROWN: I DID.
MR. DARDEN: DO YOU RECALL WHEN IT WAS THAT YOU TOOK THAT PHOTOGRAPH?
MS. BROWN: YEAH. IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE '89 INCIDENT.
MR. DARDEN: WAS ON IT NEW YEAR'S DAY ITSELF?
MS. BROWN: YEAH. I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER.
MR. DARDEN: THAT PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTS CERTAIN INJURIES TO YOUR SISTER; IS THAT CORRECT?
MS. BROWN: YES, IT DOES.
MR. DARDEN: THE SWELLING OVER HER RIGHT EYE, THAT ISN'T HOW SHE USUALLY LOOKED, IS IT?
MS. BROWN: NO, IT IS NOT.
MR. DARDEN: YOUR HONOR, MAY I SHOW THE JURY PEOPLE'S 11 FOR IDENTIFICATION?
THE COURT: YES, YOU MAY.
MR. DARDEN: MISS BROWN, SHOWING YOU PEOPLE'S 11 FOR IDENTIFICATION, IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH YOUR SISTER HAS HER RIGHT ARM RAISED; IS THAT CORRECT?
MS. BROWN: YES.
MR. DARDEN: DO YOU SEE ANY INJURY TO HER RIGHT ARM THERE?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DO.
MR. DARDEN: WHAT DO YOU SEE?
MS. BROWN: A BRUISE, A BIG BRUISE.
MR. DARDEN: AND DIRECTING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER -- OF HER HEAD OR FOREHEAD, DO YOU SEE ANY INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER HEAD?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DO.
MR. DARDEN: THAT IS NOT HOW SHE USUALLY LOOKED, IS IT?
MS. BROWN: NO, IT IS NOT.
MR. DARDEN: YOU TOLD US A MOMENT AGO THAT YOU TOOK THESE PHOTOGRAPHS; IS THAT CORRECT?
MS. BROWN: YES, I DID.
MR. DARDEN: OKAY. WOULD YOU DESCRIBE FOR US, PLEASE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LEAD TO YOUR TAKING THESE PHOTOGRAPHS?
MS. BROWN: NICOLE ASKED ME TO TAKE THEM FOR HER.
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MR. DARDEN: MISS BROWN, ARE THESE THE ONLY TWO PHOTOGRAPHS YOU TOOK?
MS. BROWN: YES, THEY ARE.
MR. DARDEN: AFTER YOU TOOK THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THEM?
MS. BROWN: I GAVE THEM TO NICOLE. SHE TOOK THEM.
MR. DARDEN: OKAY. AND DID YOU KNOW BACK IN 1989 WHETHER OR NOT YOUR SISTER NICOLE HAD A SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX AT UNION BANK?
MS. BROWN: NO, I DID NOT.
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