O.J. Simpson beat charges of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in the humiliating Trial of the Century, but one loyal housekeeper defended him to the very end — and even testified that Nicole was the real terror in their marriage! The National ENQUIRER exclusively exposed the troubling court deposition given by Simpson’s longtime maid Michelle Abudrahm — as she revealed the bizarre secrets of the football great’s stormy marriage. The housekeeper’s shocking claims still provided new insight into the couple’s miserable home life, even as Simpson was found liable for the brutal deaths of Nicole and Ron outside her Brentwood home on the night of June 13, 1994…
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The Israeli-born maid had once been fired by Nicole in 1990 — only to return to Simpson's mansion two years after their divorce. In her initial testimony, Michelle was one of the few witnesses who wasn't supportive of Nicole —saying that Simpson's wife
"would get more angry and furious than he" during their arguments. "She would scream all the time," said MIchelle, who conceded early in her statements that she was still close to Simpson, despite resigning her position with him in 1994.
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When asked by attorneys for the Brown family if Nicole cursed at Simpson, the maid replied: "Sometimes. Sometimes he screamed back, but not as much as she did. I think sometimes he would just walk away." Michelle also insisted that she never saw Simpson hit Nicole. In fact, she says the only violent incident she ever witnessed came a few months before the murders — claiming Nicole had attacked
her while
Simpson was considering a reconciliation with his ex-wife.
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"Nicole hit me," she said. "Nicole hit me in the face" — adding that Nicole had a hot temper and was sometimes "crazy." Michelle claimed the incident occurred shortly after Nicole arrived at
the estate with their children. Michelle said she was cleaning the kitchen when Nicole walked in and ordered her to leave the house. When Nicole saw her still in the house some time later, she became irate and asked her when she was leaving. "And I said, 'Nicole, when I leave, I leave,'" the maid testified.
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"So she start screaming," Michelle continued. "Like, 'Don't you know how to be nice?' And I said, 'Nicole, if anybody should be nice, it should be you,' and that's how she smacked me. She smacked me really hard. I was very upset, you know." Later, she told O.J. what had happened. "I said, 'Did you see — look at my face.' He couldn't believe it. He just couldn't. He was like stunned or something. He didn't say anything. He couldn't believe what she had done."
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She said Simpson took Nicole outside and spoke to her for a few minutes before she drove off. A few hours later, Nicole returned and apologized. "She said, You know, Michelle, I'm sorry I hit you but you are a bitch.' " Abudrahm claims she bore no grudge against Nicole but said: "But sometimes she just get... so crazy." But, added Michelle, she understood that Nicole had never forgiven her for defending Simpson over a domestic abuse case on New Year's Eve in 1989.
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Simpson would plead
"no contest" to spousal abuse charges after police were called to the couple's home. Michelle, however, had refused to back up Nicole after her employer had called the cops on her husband (with this photo taken that night). "I didn't see her get hit," Michelle insisted. When asked if Nicole had any marks on her face before she fell down, the maid replied: "No."
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Michelle also said in her deposition that there was an innocent reason for the mud and grass stains that police found on Nicole's clothes, claiming: "I saw her fall down!" During the Simpson murder trial, the defense team had also brought up that
Simpson's friend Kato Kaelin had also been estranged from Nicole after siding with Michelle's account of the evening.
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Michelle also said in her deposition that there was an innocent reason for the mud and grass stains that police found on Nicole's clothes, claiming: "I saw her fall down!" During the Simpson murder trial, the defense team had also brought up that
Simpson's friend Kato Kaelin had also been estranged from Nicole after siding with Michelle's account of the evening.
Michelle couldn't keep her old employer from being hit with a $25 million ruling that found him liable for Nicole and Ron's wrongful deaths. But the housekeeper had also been willing to testify for Simpson during his murder trial. In that case, however,
Judge Lance A. Ito had ruled that her testimony would be irrelevant — declaring: "I didn't want to get into Nicole versus Michelle!"
The Israeli-born maid had once been fired by Nicole in 1990 — only to return to Simpson's mansion two years after their divorce. In her initial testimony, Michelle was one of the few witnesses who wasn't supportive of Nicole —saying that Simpson's wife
"would get more angry and furious than he" during their arguments. "She would scream all the time," said MIchelle, who conceded early in her statements that she was still close to Simpson, despite resigning her position with him in 1994.
Photo credit: Getty Images
When asked by attorneys for the Brown family if Nicole cursed at Simpson, the maid replied: "Sometimes. Sometimes he screamed back, but not as much as she did. I think sometimes he would just walk away." Michelle also insisted that she never saw Simpson hit Nicole. In fact, she says the only violent incident she ever witnessed came a few months before the murders — claiming Nicole had attacked
her while
Simpson was considering a reconciliation with his ex-wife.
Photo credit: Files/Getty
"Nicole hit me," she said. "Nicole hit me in the face" — adding that Nicole had a hot temper and was sometimes "crazy." Michelle claimed the incident occurred shortly after Nicole arrived at
the estate with their children. Michelle said she was cleaning the kitchen when Nicole walked in and ordered her to leave the house. When Nicole saw her still in the house some time later, she became irate and asked her when she was leaving. "And I said, 'Nicole, when I leave, I leave,'" the maid testified.
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"So she start screaming," Michelle continued. "Like, 'Don't you know how to be nice?' And I said, 'Nicole, if anybody should be nice, it should be you,' and that's how she smacked me. She smacked me really hard. I was very upset, you know." Later, she told O.J. what had happened. "I said, 'Did you see — look at my face.' He couldn't believe it. He just couldn't. He was like stunned or something. He didn't say anything. He couldn't believe what she had done."
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She said Simpson took Nicole outside and spoke to her for a few minutes before she drove off. A few hours later, Nicole returned and apologized. "She said, You know, Michelle, I'm sorry I hit you but you are a bitch.' " Abudrahm claims she bore no grudge against Nicole but said: "But sometimes she just get... so crazy." But, added Michelle, she understood that Nicole had never forgiven her for defending Simpson over a domestic abuse case on New Year's Eve in 1989.
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Simpson would plead
"no contest" to spousal abuse charges after police were called to the couple's home. Michelle, however, had refused to back up Nicole after her employer had called the cops on her husband (with this photo taken that night). "I didn't see her get hit," Michelle insisted. When asked if Nicole had any marks on her face before she fell down, the maid replied: "No."
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Michelle also said in her deposition that there was an innocent reason for the mud and grass stains that police found on Nicole's clothes, claiming: "I saw her fall down!" During the Simpson murder trial, the defense team had also brought up that
Simpson's friend Kato Kaelin had also been estranged from Nicole after siding with Michelle's account of the evening.
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Michelle couldn't keep her old employer from being hit with a $25 million ruling that found him liable for Nicole and Ron's wrongful deaths. But the housekeeper had also been willing to testify for Simpson during his murder trial. In that case, however,
Judge Lance A. Ito had ruled that her testimony would be irrelevant — declaring: "I didn't want to get into Nicole versus Michelle!"
