From: Solitairea1
Date: February 02, 2006
Time: 02:12 AM
BY MR. PETROCELLI: Q. Did you and Nicole Brown ever discuss opening up a coffee shop? A. Yes, we did. Q. In what time frame did you have these discussions? A. We had started talking about that in the last two or three months of her life. Q. Did the discussions get serious? A. Yes, they did. Q. Did you and Nicole prepare a business plan? A. Yes, we did. Q. Did anyone assist you with the plan? A. No. Q. Did you or Nicole consult anyone regarding the opening of the coffee shop? A. Nicole had checked into Starbucks, we were thinking about opening a franchise. She found out that they didn't sell franchises. Then we were looking for locations sometimes to see different places to open, to just open our own coffee - we were going to have like a java-poetry bar with coffee and teas and such. Q. Did you and Nicole discuss how much money it would cost to open up the coffee shop? A. Yes. We thought that we could each put $40,000 into it. Q. Do you know whether Nicole had that money? A. She said she did. Q. Did you have that money? A. Yes, I did. And also my ex-husband was willing to finance any monies that I needed. Q. Who was that? A. Paul Resnick. Q. You have told us that your relationship with Nicole began in July of 1992? A. Yes. Q. And you were extremely close friends with her until she died in June of 1994? A. Yes. Q. In July of 1992, did you have a problem with drug abuse? A. No, I did not. Q. Were you sober in July of 1992? A. Yes, I was. Q. Were you sober from July of 1992 through the end of 1992? A. Yes, I was. Q. Were you sober for the first six months of 1993? A. Yes, I was. Q. Were you sober for the last six months of 1993? A. Yes, I was. Q. Were you sober in January of 1994? A. Yes, I was. Q. In February of 1994? A. Yes, I was. Q. In March of 1994? A. Yes, I was. Q. In April of 1994? A. Yes, I was. Q. Were you sober for the first two weeks of May of 1994? A. Yes, I was. Q. Were you sober for the second two weeks of May 1994? A. I had relapsed the latter part of May 1994. Q. About the last week or so'? A. Yes. Q. And that relapse continued until June 9, when you went into the Exodus treatment center? A. No. June 8th. Q. June 8, 1994? A. Yes. Q. So it was only during the last couple of weeks of Nicole's life that you had a problem with this relapse? A. Yes. Q. Now, when you say you relapsed during the last couple of weeks of Nicole's life, what do you mean by that? A. That means that I had - what do I mean by "relapsed"? Q. Yes. A. That means that I had gone into treatment in 1992 and due to a very stressful time in my life, at that time my father had died - excuse me, my sister had died, my father had gone into a coma for eight months, and I was going through a divorce, and I relapsed in 1992, went into treatment. Q. When was that in 1992? A. I believe the date was February 20th. And from 1992 until - from February 20th until 1990 - until the late part of May 1994, I was sober, off of cocaine.