Cora's Depo Officer John Edwards testified in the criminal trial that Nicole came running to the Ashford gates half-clothed and battered yelling that O.J. was going to kill her. His statement makes for a powerful argument that O.J. did exactly that in light of the fact that she was killed and so much evidence points to O.J. as the killer. O.J. said nothing about that part of Edward's testimony. Only when Edwards added that O.J. had lots of guns and that she feared he would shoot her did he turn to his attorney and whisper, "He's lying." Key portions of Edwards' testimony are contradicted by O.J., his housekeeper and the photos Edwards took that don't show her with a black and swollen eye that he said he saw when she stumbled into his arms in 1989. The problem with this embellishment to his story is that it does conform to the pictures he took as well as a picture taken of Nicole for an O.J. movie in 1979 -- a picture that Nicole Brown said she took in 1986. However, Edward's wasn't the only person Nicole told that O.J. was going to kill her. She also told her close friend Cora Fischman Cora Fischman's Civil Trial Deposition, March 19, 1996 Question's to Cora Fischman by Robert Baker Q: And what did you say to Resnick at that time? A: At that time she was -- actually she was shocked when I told her, and she said, "Yeah, I thought" -- "Nicole told me," I said, "that you two had an affair, and she told me not to tell you or else you're gonna kill her," because Nicole used to say that, "Oh, don't tell Faye. Faye's gonna kill me if you tell her that I told you about this." Q: Okay. By the way, do you think Faye Resnick killed Nicole? A: No. Q: You don't think that that statement had anything to do with Nicole's death? A: Well, Nicole used that word "kill" a lot, you know, as a figure of speech, so I really didn't have -- to me it was like I was saying I killed somebody, you know, "My dad's gonna kill me if I do something wrong," you know, or -- Q: I see. So when she said to you that O.J. was going to kill her, you took that as just a figure of speech and not seriously. Is that what you're trying to say? A: Hearing from her most -- yeah, right. Like, "Judy's gonna kill me if she finds out I'm smoking. Don't tell my mom," you know. Q: And she used that figure of speech in relation to O.J. Simpson, too, from time to time. Is that right? A: I never paid attention. To me it was like I saw her every day, so -- Q: My question to you is: She said to you from time to time, "O.J.'s going to kill me." Is that true? A: Yes. Q: And when she said that to you, you attached no significance to it? A: I never did, yeah. Q: You thought she didn't really mean what she was saying. Right? A: No. Q: Is that right? A: Yes. Q: And the reason you thought that is because she used this figure of speech all the time. Right? A: Yes. Q: And she said that Judy was going to kill her. Right? A: Yes. Q: And Faye was going to kill her. Right? A: Yes. |