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THE SIMPSON CASE: THE MARRIAGE; Handling of 1989 Wife-Beating Case Was a 'Terrible Joke,' Prosecutor Says [1]

['Sara Rimer']

Date: 1994-06-18

The Los Angeles District Attorney prosecuting the murder case against O. J. Simpson today described the handling of a domestic violence charge against the football star five years ago as "a joke, a terrible joke."

"It sure seems like he got special treatment," the District Attorney, Gil Garcetti, said at a news conference here.

According to police records released Thursday, Mr. Simpson beat his wife, Nicole, so badly on Jan. 1, 1989, that she required treatment at a hospital. The records also portray her as terrified for her life.

When the police arrived at the couple's house after the beating, the records show, Mrs. Simpson ran out of the bushes, yelling: "He's going to kill me! He's going to kill me!" She told the police that they had been called to her house on eight other occasions after her husband had beaten her, the records say, and Mr. Simpson complained about the frequency of the police calls.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/18/us/simpson-case-marriage-handling-1989-wife-beating-case-was-terrible-joke.html

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