09.13.07
Denise on GMA – Friday 9/14/2007
Denise with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America. We need to remember how this all started. Two people lost their lives June 12th 1994.
Making A Difference One Day At A Time
Denise with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America. We need to remember how this all started. Two people lost their lives June 12th 1994.
Cathy Burge said,
September 13, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Denise, saw you on Oprah and learned you had website. I see you are beginning a talk show. Will we be able to see it hear in Mass? I hope so. I had a hard time watching the show, only watched half. Anything about this damn book, I just walk away from tv. I am very sorry for the loss and pain that you and your family have gone through and still go through. I remember saying to my husband as I watched the trial, “I don’t know how those people put one foot in front of the other every day”. God Bless all of you. I will add this site to my list of favorites now. Hope to see you on tv Denise. You do wonderful work. I know that Nicole is smiling down on you.
Cathy Burge/Quincy MA
Jacqueline Coble said,
September 14, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Dear Denise,
I’ve been following you the past few days on Oprah and with Diane Sawyer this morning. I need to commend you on a job very well done. This book is just absolutely sickening. I have NOT read it nor do I plan on ever reading it! He is one very sick man with absolutely NO remorse whatsoever for what he has done. But one day, as we all must do, is he will have to answer to his maker for what it is he has done! His day will come. I’m just so elated what you have done for other women who have been beaten and battered. It’s so sad that it had to take what happened to your sister though. But I do believe her memory will always live on. I wish you and your family, much Love, Peace, and Happiness! Always remember to Live well, Laugh Often, and Love Much
God Bless You All!
Fondly,
Jackie Coble
Hamilton, Ohio
marie said,
September 14, 2007 at 2:51 pm
I just saw this interview and I understand your fight and everything, however what about their children? We never hear from them and after all it was their mother and father and they have a right to have their own feelings on the matter and should not see their Mother’s family constantly battling their father, what piece of mind do you think that gives them?
Do you not think going on national TV and talking about this book gives him the publicity that he wants?
Let’s talk about abuse what have all these years of fighting between the browns and simpsons done to the children?
Remember they have to live their lifes and having their mothers family in the news all of the time talking about thier father is not helping.
I watched the whole court case and I do not think we can keep convicting a man over and over again just because certain people do not think justice has been served in the courtroom, he has the right to live and not be harrassed also and to have relationships with his children without outside interference.
It is getting tiresome to hear the same thing from the Brown family and the Goldmans… The children are trying to move on so don’t you think it is time to let them fully heal?
The loss of one’s parent regardless of how they died is hard on any child, however the adults around the child who say they love and care for them needs to let them heal in their own time and not have to deal with the news everyday.
I am sure you are still in pain about your sister, however do you have the right to keep dragging her children into your pain?
Do you ever ask yourself this …. Am I really doing this for the children or am I doing this because I hate OJ simpson?
Just my thoughts
Vicky Moore / Camp Pendleton CA said,
September 14, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Denise I just saw your interview on Good Morning America and heard about your petition and I wish you luck on your quest to stop Book Stores from selling this Horrible Book. Your doing a wonderful job and keep up the grat work on getting the word out! Nicole would be proud of you!
Michele said,
September 14, 2007 at 3:11 pm
What was the address of the website u gave this morning on gma
Alexis Moore said,
September 14, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Denise,
As a survivor I would like to thank you and your family for your efforts and for providing a new perspective regarding domestic abuse across the nation.
Ellen said,
September 14, 2007 at 4:43 pm
I absolutely agree this book should not be published. However, since Sydney and Justin are now of age isn’t it enough already. I don’t want them to have any more money in trust. I also think they’ve been brainwashed by thier father. wish there was a way to undo that. Denise good luck with everything you’re doing and have tried to do. you’re a saint
jsso said,
September 14, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Denise,
Keep it up! I can’t stand seeing the Goldman’s trying to make it not about money. This is ALL about money…blood money. This book should never be published. All this does is put OJ back in the spotlight where he wants to be. Shame on them!
js
Leota Bowie said,
September 14, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Denise keep walking proud! Keep your shoulders square Lady you have done a great job with your journery your on and I feel so bad for your sister children…..Just keep in your mind one day this man OJ will be bite in the butt….what a person gives out will come back to bite you…and this will also happen to the Goldman’s …..Give your family a big hug and angels your way!
Hope to see yur T.V. show in Canada…..
Lynn Wehrmann said,
September 15, 2007 at 1:59 am
Hello Denise,
I saw you on Larry King talking about Reshaping society. I think today many people have forgotten what is good and right. These are the things that must be focused on to make changes for the benefit of all of us. When Larry asked you about a word on the title of the book you were discussing I though he had lost his mind. How miniscule, how trivial and unimportant is that when you are trying to talk about moving forward toward the betterment of our world. You are a courageous, and powerful woman standing up for what’s right. Thank you for helping us to remember what is important.
Arita M Yazzie said,
September 15, 2007 at 2:24 am
Good evening Denise, I just watch the Larry King show, and I must applaud you on how you are contributing to a society that appears to have gone a little mad. I personally lost a sister back in 1989, but maybe because of who she was (native) and the kind of life she fell into at times, it appears that justice was never served for our family. We were never even given statuses on what was happening, and eventually, her case was just closed. (She was viciously murdered). We did manage to move forward with the children she left behind, but to this day, I still wonder about what really happened and why law enforcement did not actively pursue a vigorous investigation,or even give us the courtesy of the case closure. In any event, it gladdens my heart to hear you talk about your niece and nephew because it appears that the news media, along with the Goldmans, simply want to air their personal feelings perhaps for publicity, ratings, and/or sympathy, without regard for the feelings of your niece and nephew. Stay strong and use your position to continue helping those in need.
Ellen said,
September 15, 2007 at 2:48 am
Dear Ms Brown and the Goldmans
I just want to say to all I am so sorry for your losses of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. What a horrible tragedy to have a life end the way it did.
I am not a fan of OJ Simpson. I don’t even like him as a person if you can call him a human being I think he is a bully and a creep with no morals or values.
Why he was granted custody of the children they shared is unimaginable after that trial. The justice system failed us all.
To me there is no justice if a man like that is set free to roam amongst us. The is a predator to me. He is worst than a child predator, who set to prey on us all
There is something wrong with our justice system this is for sure. To let a man like him go free is beyond me. He is a narcissist and believes that he was in the right and does no wrong. What world or planet is he on.
I know that I am not alone in this feeling that I have in regards to OJ
I am glad that your not supporting this crap of a book that he wrote. I am shocked that he got a publisher to publish it. They must be hard up for good books to put out. to sell.
It can’t be a good sell if nobody is interested in reading it. It has to be pure fiction on his part if for years when he has been adament that he didn’t kill them. Yeah right. Make me another sandwich, I am not buying it or his book for that matter.
Their killer was found years go in 1994, the evening these people were discovered murdered . He can stop searching for the killer and look at himself for a very long time in a mirror He is the ultimate drama king if there ever was one. Everyone is out to get me. Woe is me.
The Goldmans are also grieving the loss of their son and brother. Try to work with them in finding some justice and prevent OJ from getting the attention he is craving for. The only way he can win is by putting you all at odds with each other.
Don’t let him do this to you all. He is showing his true colors now with this fiasco he created in Los Angeles hotel His next book will be “If I robbed the hotel” lol. He is financially broke from what sources say. The media and court tv.
If he says the items that he retrieved in the hotel room were his and that was stolen from him I am curious as to why he didn’t phone the police on the stolen property? Why did he go with in the room with two other people with guns? If the property belonged to him why weren’t they insured or catologed with serial numbers, so the property could be traced back to him and properly identified if they are in fact his belongings that were stolen from him.
This story that he is telling people that he is once again a victim and he just happen on the property that was stolen from him, just happened to be there in that very hotel room. Very Ironic? I am a non believer in anything he has to say and you can not put much stock in his word
I hope you all can work together and get OJ where it hurts him the most. Even if this means you all work in separate camps so it seems now.
Your all working toward the same goal to make poor OJ go through his life with his tail between his legs and no place to go. The country clubs/golf clubs do not want the likes of him on their courses due to the stigma and reputation associated with him.
I wish you all well in getting OJ. You can only achieve in getting him if you all stay steadfast together and not let him tear you apart and at each other. Good luck to you all
Sinerely Ellen
Tim Royer said,
September 15, 2007 at 9:15 am
Denise,
I woke up to you trying your best to get the word out there with America watching. I watched in horror that his man is in a way hitting, Nicole once again with the book. I wish that “some people related to him” would see it the same way. He as a father is hurting them and hurt their mother. The Goldman’s will not have their son back no matter what they do. I miss you and the family and wish, and pray for you every night. I know and believe that Nicole is looking at your not only as her sister but a person that is upholding what America should morally be choosing.
With all my love to you and the family,
Tim Royer
Rachel said,
September 15, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Denise, I saw you on Larry King. Thought you handled yourself well and I agree that the Goldman’s would have best honored the memory of their son/brother and your sister by NOT allowing the psychotic ramblings of this madman to hit the book shelves. What are they thinking? Do we really need a “confession” from him at this point that isn’t going to result in a life of imprisonment? Anyone with half a brain already knows he’s guilty! I’m with you, I don’t see how reading a book by a killer can be a help to anyone who is currently feeling trapped in a life of domestic violence. That may be the biggest joke of all.
Keep doing what you’re doing. You’re right on this one.
Dan Usiskin said,
September 15, 2007 at 9:16 pm
I saw you on the Larry King show in the middle of september of this year and thought you gave a spectacular interview. Your reasoning regarding the death of your sister and Ron and the book just published was right on. The trial of O.J. Simson opened up a whole can of worms about race, the law, abuse, experts, and now an American public and the Goldman’s that originally Voiced disdain for the recent book published by Simpson-now a change of course. Shame. Please google Dan Usiskin-research.
No Name said,
September 16, 2007 at 4:43 am
I saw this interview with Oprah and although I never liked or cared for Denise, I have to agree with her that the Goldmans are hyprocrits. Before they got the rights to this dispicable book, it was considered “Blood Money”. Now that they have the rights Fred Goldman and his daughter think that if one woman buys it and reads it for information on domestic violence it would be a good thing. It came across as though he was begging the public to make a purchase to get as many 17cents as possible. He always came across as more interested in what money they could get than the pain of losing a son who acording to the media, he had not seen for years. I bet they had alredy spent that $33 million dollars. He has such venom in him. He needs to as God to allow him to be able to forgive. It’s not for him to want to punish. Vengence is mine says the Lord.
I don’t know if OJ actually did this killing, I still believe that if he did, he did not do this by himself. If he did not, he knows more about it than he is willing to admit. However, although it’s a horrible way to lose a loved one, why is it such a big deal. Look how many murders have been committed before this one and how many during these 13 years. Why is it that this one cannot go away. Isn’t this because it’s a Black man who supposedly killed 2 white people? If I remembered correctly, during the trial, wasn’t it made know during the trial that Denise and the Brown family knew that OJ always abused Nicole? No body seemed to have bothered to do anything to come to her rescue, because all of them were apparently profiting from his celebrity and financial status. Maybe if they had stepped up, she might still be alive. Look how many Black Americans in this country have been killed and falsely accused by whites. Why is this so special, that 13 years later it has to be a big deal? It’s time to move on, and it’s time for OJ to stay out of the lime light so that people can move on and think about all the problems such as families dying in the unnecessary war.
Chris Aable said,
September 16, 2007 at 9:48 am
What is particularly evil about O.J. Simpson’s behavior is that he stated back in 1995 that he would devote the rest of his life to catch the so-called “real” killer. Yet, shortly after getting out of jail he spends hundreds of hours playing golf, traveling to Vegas, making public appearances and more recently, writing a book that attempts to degrade the honor of Nichole.
As a psychologist I can state with confidence that O.J. Simpson’s actions have been a delusional spiral down a decades-long path of callous denial.
Love and peace to you and your family, Denise,
Chris Aable
http://www.self-evolution.org
rickyfico said,
September 16, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Denise, I saw you on Oprah on my birthday (September 13) and then the next night on Larry King. I really liked what you had to say on Larry about joining together to find ways to ensure a better world for our children. Reminds me of something I wrote not so long ago:
A community is comprised of many components of diversity that form together a common bond of cohesion. Deviation from this cohesion, by an act of immorality or lawlessness is an act of conspiracy against the community. For a community to survive and prosper, there must be an organized effort to promote unity through its common laws and observances of these laws. A concerted effort to promote harmony in the community by disallowing unremitting or habitual breaches is in its intentions, to ensure safety and enjoyment of the community.
Although a community can prosper and enjoy the benefits that each of its members help to provide through diversity of ideas and diversity of spirit I do not think that a community can truly prosper when there are vast differences in morality. If one cannot distinguish right from wrong, there is a good chance that his or her errors would impede the combined efforts towards happiness in the community.
The “family unit” has become much more mobile in today’s society than in other societies. The implications of this mobility are such that the further development of our moral conscience is dependent on our adaptability to the extraneous circumstances that exist.
Fragmentation of the family, through divorce or less noble means, such as abandonment, drug abuse, alcoholism and other means of negligence has had a greater impact on our community than we may be willing to accept. Being able to adapt in a world where the fragments of disenchantment beg for reconciliation is an undertaking that we cannot ignore. We must not close our doors to the disenfranchised, because if we do, we would only help to perpetuate the illness that already exists. Since families are the main components of our communities, the break-up of families through flagrancy is a direct insult on the community, therefore hampering the progress of the community.
What I have witnessed as a flagrant disregard for each other, through the actions of gangs and the like, I can then realize the full implication of this fragmentation. It is a sad state of affairs when our potential to do well and contribute to our community is diminished by the acts of radical withdrawal. We have to reconsider the importance of our roles as members of a family, members of a larger family called community and the interactions that combined, provide a better world environment for all of us. It is a great commitment but one that would offer a mDenise, I saw you on Oprah on my birthday (September 13) and then the next night on Larry King. I really liked what you had to say on Larry about joining together to find ways to ensure a better world for our children. Reminds me of something I wrote not so long ago:
A community is comprised of many components of diversity that form together a common bond of cohesion. Deviation from this cohesion, by an act of immorality or lawlessness is an act of conspiracy against the community. For a community to survive and prosper, there must be an organized effort to promote unity through its common laws and observances of these laws. A concerted effort to promote harmony in the community by disallowing unremitting or habitual breaches is in its intentions, to ensure safety and enjoyment of the community.
Although a community can prosper and enjoy the benefits that each of its members help to provide through diversity of ideas and diversity of spirit I do not think that a community can truly prosper when there are vast differences in morality. If one cannot distinguish right from wrong, there is a good chance that his or her errors would impede the combined efforts towards happiness in the community.
The “family unit” has become much more mobile in today’s society than in other societies. The implications of this mobility are such that the further development of our moral conscience is dependent on our adaptability to the extraneous circumstances that exist.
Fragmentation of the family, through divorce or less noble means, such as abandonment, drug abuse, alcoholism and other means of negligence has had a greater impact on our community than we may be willing to accept. Being able to adapt in a world where the fragments of disenchantment beg for reconciliation is an undertaking that we cannot ignore. We must not close our doors to the disenfranchised, because if we do, we would only help to perpetuate the illness that already exists. Since families are the main components of our communities, the break-up of families through flagrancy is a direct insult on the community, therefore hampering the progress of the community.
What I have witnessed as a flagrant disregard for each other, through the actions of gangs and the like, I can then realize the full implication of this fragmentation. It is a sad state of affairs when our potential to do well and contribute to our community is diminished by the acts of radical withdrawal. We have to reconsider the importance of our roles as members of a family, members of a larger family called community and the interactions that combined, provide a better world environment for all of us. It is a great commitment but one that would offer a mDenise, I saw you on Oprah on my birthday (September 13) and then the next night on Larry King. I really liked what you had to say on Larry about joining together to find ways to ensure a better world for our children. Reminds me of something I wrote not so long ago:
A community is comprised of many components of diversity that form together a common bond of cohesion. Deviation from this cohesion, by an act of immorality or lawlessness is an act of conspiracy against the community. For a community to survive and prosper, there must be an organized effort to promote unity through its common laws and observances of these laws. A concerted effort to promote harmony in the community by disallowing unremitting or habitual breaches is in its intentions, to ensure safety and enjoyment of the community.
Although a community can prosper and enjoy the benefits that each of its members help to provide through diversity of ideas and diversity of spirit I do not think that a community can truly prosper when there are vast differences in morality. If one cannot distinguish right from wrong, there is a good chance that his or her errors would impede the combined efforts towards happiness in the community.
The “family unit” has become much more mobile in today’s society than in other societies. The implications of this mobility are such that the further development of our moral conscience is dependent on our adaptability to the extraneous circumstances that exist.
Fragmentation of the family, through divorce or less noble means, such as abandonment, drug abuse, alcoholism and other means of negligence has had a greater impact on our community than we may be willing to accept. Being able to adapt in a world where the fragments of disenchantment beg for reconciliation is an undertaking that we cannot ignore. We must not close our doors to the disenfranchised, because if we do, we would only help to perpetuate the illness that already exists. Since families are the main components of our communities, the break-up of families through flagrancy is a direct insult on the community, therefore hampering the progress of the community.
What I have witnessed as a flagrant disregard for each other, through the actions of gangs and the like, I can then realize the full implication of this fragmentation. It is a sad state of affairs when our potential to do well and contribute to our community is diminished by the acts of radical withdrawal. We have to reconsider the importance of our roles as members of a family, members of a larger family called community and the interactions that combined, provide a better world environment for all of us. It is a great commitment but one that would offer a more civilized world for our children to enjoy.”
Authored by: Ricky J. Fico
rickyfico said,
September 16, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Somehow, my essay became commingled…
Debbie Hunt said,
September 16, 2007 at 8:34 pm
I agree that this book should not have been published. I’m sure I don’t understand how anyone can justify that they are getting punishment for a crime committed against their family member. Profit is not punishment. It is as bad, in my opinion only, to profit from the death of someone. I do agree that Simpson was responsible, but I also knew before it was ever over with and the verdict announced, that there would be an aquittal. The justice system set that in motion from the beginning. I think the prosecutor’s office and investigators caused the acquittal by their own actions the first day. Guilty but acquitted by default. Stand tall, you are a better person by not profiting from this book! Money does not replace a human being.
Denise said,
September 17, 2007 at 12:21 am
Hi everyone,
I have to make a statement regarding these blog entrees. I do not monitor these blogs. I appreciate everything that everyone is posting. The good much more than the not so good but different opinions is what makes the world go round. Good, Bad or Indifferent. I will be posting this on all the different conversations going on. I also want to let everyone know that I will get to each and every one of your emails. It will take time but I will respond. Thousands of emails are coming in from all over the world. Thank you all for your comments.
Denise Brown
Denise said,
September 20, 2007 at 5:04 pm
I got this email and thought I would share it:
I am furious about the way the “book” sort of just ignores you families loss and tends
To just go on and on about how great “the killer” was/is….such a great guy…
I was just moved to send this….
I sure hope they snag that man for this deal he has going….
It’s really NICE to see those cuffs on him again….
Denise Brown
denisebrown said,
September 23, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Here is another person’s comment on the book:
I read the book and am sorry I wasted my time. I can totally understand your anger and wanting to stop it from being published. I don’t understand the thinking of the Goldman family in going ahead with the publication. If that had been their son being trashed for over 100 pages, I doubt they would have gone forward with it. Nicole deserved better.
Thank you for all you do to stop domestic abuse.
Greg said,
November 30, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Are you married your very pretty. Greg in Indiana
Jamie McDonald said,
April 8, 2008 at 7:15 am
Denise, thank you for remaining a voice of reason and integrity. I enjoy reading all the positive comments and support that you so well deserve. I particularly appreciated the one from Chris Aable, as he reminded me that we should never forget and as his website states, “Focus on the good, and work on the bad.” Thank you for doing both, Denise, and for inspiring others to do the same.
Rhonda Pearson said,
June 4, 2008 at 1:20 am
Denise
How can i reach you by phone ? my email is pearson_Rhonda@hotmail.com
Diana Allie said,
March 11, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Hi, Denise, I have seen you on TV many times, and everytime I seen you I feel for you, I was like your sister and stayed. In the end I had to go in hiding, I am having a difficult time maintaing housing, food, and other services. I think the reason people stay is because of the limited services they offer, I need to let you know that organizations advertise help, but are not sincere when it is time to help. I feel good I left my abusive husband, but very depressed that I can’t care for my children. please contact me if you know of any resources that can help people like me.
florence Carroll said,
March 12, 2009 at 9:55 am
chris will strike again. we must save rihanna