Nicole Brown Simpson was the wife of the American football star O. J. Simpson. Gifted with natural beauty, Nicole won the homecoming queen’s crown at her high school and shortly after that, she started working as a waitress at an upscale club. Her stint as a waitress led to her meeting with O. J. Simpson, a football idol and NFL star. The duo started courting each other immediately and eventually married in 1985. However, their marriage was characterized by public spats, violence and unending fights. Simpson was said to dominate Nicole in every aspect of her life. The volatile relationship carried on for many years before Nicole decided to file for divorce in 1992. Despite many attempts at reconciliation, the couple couldn’t get along. On 13 June 1994, Nicole was found murdered along with her friend Ron Goldman outside her home in Los Angeles. The primary suspect in the brutal murders was O.J. who was acquitted in one of the most covered criminal trials in 1995. However, in 1997, upon the appeal of Nicole’s family, the trial was reopened and O.J. was found responsible for the deaths. The court ordered him to pay $33.5 million to the victims’ families in damages. While Nicole’s life ended abruptly, her murderer remains a convicted felon who has been granted parole.