Nicole Brown Simpson’s sisters hope film will shed light on domestic violence | OJ Simpson

The sisters of Nicole Brown Simpson hope an upcoming documentary about the victim who was beaten and stalked by her ex-husband OJ Simpson will shed new light on resources for victims of domestic violence, they said Wednesday.

“I asked Nicole all the wrong questions,” Denise Brown told CBS Mornings. “I said, ‘Why?’ Why are you with him? And these are the questions you don’t want to ask a victim of domestic violence. You want to be supportive. You want to listen.

Denise, Dominique and Tanya Brown spoke to the news show ahead of Saturday night’s premiere of the four-part documentary series The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson.

The Lifetime documentary series comes 30 years after Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were stabbed to death outside her Los Angeles home.

Authorities charged OJ Simpson with murder in the double slayings, but in the so-called “trial of the century,” a jury acquitted him. He was later found responsible for both deaths in a civil case.

Many documentaries have focused on the specifics of the crime, its aftermath, and its implications on Simpson’s career as a successful professional football player and actor. But The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson seeks to tell the story of the woman abused by OJ Simpson before confessing to her murder.

“Let’s humane Nicole,” Denise Brown told CBS in reference to the show’s goal. “Let Nicole’s voice be heard. Let’s tell his story – let’s tell it to the world. Let people know who Nicole really was.

According to Lifetime, 50 participants in the documentary offer one of the most comprehensive accounts yet of the life and death at age 35 of Nicole Brown Simpson, a mother of two.

“She was a beach girl, and then she had kids and she loved her kids,” Dominique Brown told CBS. “Going to recitals, doing things with the kids and the family and all that – I think that ease has come back to him, and I love it.

“We would like to remember Nicole smiling.”

The sisters said they hoped learning more about her would motivate viewers to volunteer at domestic violence shelters and be aware of the shame felt by many survivors of such abuse.

The Brown sisters said it was a grueling process to make the series a reality.

“I came away very angry because I had no idea what a horrible person he was to her,” Tanya Brown said of OJ Simpson.

OJ Simpson died of cancer on April 10. He was 76 years old and had paid only a fraction of the more than $33 million he was ordered to pay to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman for their murders.

• In the United States, the domestic violence hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). In the UK, call the National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247 or visit Women’s Aid. In Australia, the National Domestic Violence Advice Service is 1800 737 732. Other international helplines can be found via www.befrienders.org