When Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were murdered on June 12, 1994, her two children were 8 and 5 years old.
When neighbors found bodies at Brown’s home Brentwood, California, At the townhome, police woke sleeping children and ushered them out the back door so they could escape the horrific scene.
their father, Former NFL player OJ Simpsonwas arrested for their murders, then acquitted after what many have called “the trial of the century.” Over 100 million people in the United States alone watched his acquittal on television.
Before welcoming Sydney and Justin with Brown, Simpson had three children with his first wife Marguerite Whitley – Arnelle, Jason and Aren. Aren drowned in the family swimming pool in 1979 before her second birthday.
Simpson died of metastatic prostate cancer this April at the age of 76, Fox News Digital previously reported.
O.J. Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson, Jason Simpson, Sydney Brooke Simpson, Justin Ryan Simpson pose at the March 16, 1994, Los Angeles premiere of “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult,” which starred O.J. ( Vinny Zuffante/Getty Images )
As Wednesday marks 30 years since the murders of Brown Simpson and Goldman, O.J. Simpson’s surviving children are moving into adulthood. Ever since Simpson was granted full custody of the children and moved to Miami, Brown Simpson’s family lost touch with all four children, her sister Denise Brown told Lifetime’s filmmakers “Life and murder The book, “The Best Friend” by Nicole Brown Simpson, was released last week in anticipation of the anniversary.
Sydney and Justin’s aunt, Dominique Brown, told the people In May of this year, Brown Simpson said her children would “prefer to just live quietly and raise their families.”
Fox News Digital was unable to reach any of the Simpson children for comment — here’s what we know about their lives today.Arnell Simpson
Arnelle Simpson, now 55, was born on Dec. 4, 1968, when her football player father was 21 years old.
Denise Brown said in the Lifetime documentary that before her stepmother’s death, Arnelle “tolerated Nicole.”
“Being a girl, Arnelle was more on her mother’s side,” Brown’s older sister recalled. “You broke up my mom and dad, that kind of thing.”
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O.J. Simpson and his daughter Arnelle Simpson pose at The Forge Restaurant on June 20, 2007 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images)
Simpson divorced his first wife, Whitley, in 1979, two years after he began dating Brown.
Arnelle was a strong supporter of her father, having testified in her father’s case. 1995 trial The news of Brown Simpson’s death left her “emotional”, “out of control” and “distraught”. She explained how much her father’s family missed him and wanted him to come back home.
Later, at Simpson’s 2017 parole hearing for a 2007 armed robbery at a Las Vegas hotel, he requested his father’s release.
“As a family, we recognise that he is not a perfect person, but he has tried his best to behave in a manner consistent with his overall nature and character as a person and a father,” he added. CBS reported.
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OJ Simpson listens to testimony during his daughter Arnelle Simpson’s parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center, July 20, 2017 in Lovelock, Nevada. (Jason Bean-Pool/Getty Images)
USA Today In 2017 it was reported that Earnell Simpson was living in Fresno, California. She was put in charge of his NFL pension, interests, and assets after her father was arrested in Las Vegas.
She remained very close to her father and managed his estate until his death.
Arnelle Simpson has appeared in several documentaries about her father’s trial, including “O.J.: Trial of the Century.” She told Georgia Newsday that it has been difficult to maintain a career with her family’s reputation, but she has worked for a rapper named Hash and produced some fashion shows.
Jason Simpson
OJ Simpson’s second child with Whitley, Jason, was living a private life as a chef at Atlanta’s restaurant St. Cecilia. Los Angeles Times Reported in 2016.
Born in 1970, Jason was with his father when he was inducted into the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame in 1980. He was also present at the premiere of “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult” with Brown Simpson and his two stepsiblings, three months before his stepmother was murdered.
After the infamous police chase, in which officers pursued Simpson’s slow-moving white Bronco, Jason Simpson met his father at his home in Brentwood. He tried to talk to his father, but police handcuffed him and took him back home.
O.J. Simpson’s son Jason Simpson got married at Geisa Tropical Gardens in Miami, Florida. Guests were greeted by Jason at O.J.’s home and brother Justin and sister Sydney helped with the preparations, May 14, 2005. (Alamy)
Simpson’s eldest son was never implicated in the murders of his stepmother and Ron Goldman. However, private detective William Dear has spent the last 30 years trying to prove that Jason was indeed the killer. The CBS reportHe published a book on his theory in 2012, which spawned the documentary series “Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence.”
Sydney Simpson
Sydney, the first child of O.J. Simpson and Brown Simpson, was born on October 17, 1985 and was just 8 years old when her mother died.
In Lifetime’s recent documentary on Brown Simpson’s life, Denise Brown gave a glimpse into Sidney’s confusion at the time.
“One night I was putting her to bed and we were talking, she said ‘Denise, is my daddy in jail?’ I said yes,” the older Brown sister recalled. “She said, ‘Is my daddy going to die?’ I said, ‘No, why?’ She said, ‘People who kill others, don’t they kill them?’ And I said, ‘They’ve already said they’re not going to do that, Sydney.’”
Sydney Simpson, daughter of OJ Simpson, is seen running errands in Miami on April 20, 2024. (MEGA/GC Images)
She and Justin moved in with their father To Miami In 2000, six years after his mother’s death, his father was awarded full custody.
In 2001, the FBI raided Simpson’s home for drugs because of his connection to drug dealer Andrew Anderson. The Tampa Bay Times reported.
Nonetheless, Sydney graduated from Boston University with a degree in sociology in 2010. People’sand spent some time in Atlanta before moving to St. Petersburg, Florida.
There, she purchased several properties that she rents out and maintains. Tampa Bay Times Reported in April 2016.
According to People, the photos of Sydney and Justin were taken at the wedding of Dennis Brown’s son, Sean Brown, in 2016.
Sydney was spotted a few days after her father’s death in April, when his funeral was held in Las Vegas. daily Mail Speaking to photographers outside her Florida home, she took a car seat and headed to her apartment.
Details about Sydney’s family are vague; in the Lifetime documentary, Dominic Brown said that his sister’s children have “their own families” and “their own kids”.
“They just want to live a normal, happy life,” he said. “They don’t have both of their parents. It’s hard for them. It’s sad. I don’t know if it’s hard or not, but it’s sad for them. And I think their privacy is important to them.”
Justin Ryan Simpson
Born on August 6, 1988, Justin Simpson was just 5 years old when his mother was murdered outside their home while he was sleeping upstairs.
Days after his father’s death in April, Justin’s godfather David Brobeck told People that Brown Simpson’s children “Good Life,
“They’ve grown up, and they have their own families now, and they’re doing really well,” he said. “They’re wonderful people and parents, and we wish them all the best and send them lots of love.”
O.J. Simpson’s son Justin Simpson was spotted walking around the day his father was released from prison on parole. (Splash)
In 2016, Justin was hired as a real estate agent by Coldwell Banker in St. Petersburg — he told the Tampa Bay Times that it’s “a great place to live.”
“Why not St. Pete?” he told the outlet. “It’s so beautiful here.”
In February 2022, he announced that he and his wife were expecting a daughter.
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“We are so excited, scared, nervous and in love,” they wrote. “In just a few months we will be welcoming little Lana and we can’t wait for you to meet her!”
