RESNICK TESTIFIES, TEARFULLY\Murder victim's friend described abuse, lawyer says.Byline: Larry Neumeister Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Faye Resnick Faye Resnick testified in the civil suit of Fred Goldman vs. O.J. Simpson. She claimed that O.J. Simpson stalked his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson in the months before she was killed with her friend Ronald Goldman. She claimed that Simpson used cocaine. , a friend of O.J. Simpson's slain ex-wife and author of a tell-all book about her, broke down in tears Saturday as she answered deposition questions about allegations of abuse in Simpson's marriage, an attorney said. "That was the part that I thought was very powerful," said Michael Brewer, a lawyer for Ronald Goldman's mother. Resnick, who lives in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , answered questions for four hours at the offices of Brown family attorney John Q. Kelly. The deposition was closed to reporters, and Resnick did not comment outside. "She's been threatened with death, but she's agreed to testify voluntarily," her attorney, Leonard Marks, told reporters without elaborating. Later, Marks said most of the questions concerned conversations Resnick had with Simpson and Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson Nicole Brown Simpson (May 19, 1959 – June 12, 1994) was the wife of American football player O.J. Simpson. Found murdered at her home in Los Angeles, California, along with her friend Ronald Goldman, her death led to one of the most controversial and widely-discussed criminal . Brewer said she broke down four times as she recounted Simpson's alleged abuse of Nicole Brown Simpson. Resnick, whose book portrayed Simpson as a jealous wife-beater, maintains that Simpson killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Goldman. Simpson has claimed that Resnick had drug-world ties which were to blame for the murders. The Brown and Goldman families are pursuing wrongful death claims Wrongful death is a claim in common law jurisdictions against a person who can be held liable for a death. The claim is brought in a civil action, usually by close relatives, as enumerated by statute. against Simpson, despite his acquittal on criminal charges. The deposition resumes today, with Simpson's attorneys expected to focus on Resnick's drug use. Resnick has admitted being addicted to cocaine. She checked into a rehabilitation clinic just days before the June 12, 1994, slayings outside a condominium she had shared with Nicole Brown Simpson. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Faye Resnick arrives at the office of attorney John Kelly John Kelly or Jack Kelly is the name of: People
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