Simpson, Denise Brown Engage in TV Argument

O.J. Simpson and Denise Brown exchanged insults in a televised confrontation Thursday, with his ex-sister-in-law calling Simpson “a pig” for suggesting she wanted to have sex with him.

Simpson called in to a live Fox News Channel discussion that included Brown. He was angry that Fox News Live host Shepard Smith had suggested Simpson testified that he had taken a polygraph test after his ex-wife’s murder, something Simpson has denied.

The discussion quickly turned personal.

“What makes you think you could pass it now?” said Brown, who was interviewed in a studio in Anaheim. “You murdered Nicole and you know you did it.”

Simpson was acquitted of criminal charges in the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. However, he was found liable for their deaths in a subsequent civil trial and was ordered to pay the victims’ families $33.5 million.

During the show Thursday, Simpson and Brown bickered over money, with Simpson saying that he had been generous to the Brown family before his ex-wife’s slaying and that Brown had profited from the attention she received in the aftermath of the court cases.

“I avoid the media as much as I can,” said Simpson, who called from an undisclosed location. “If there’s a door opening, you guys are showing up. You put your faces on TV so you can make money. You’re the only person who’s benefited from this, Denise. You’ve made money. You’re not on welfare anymore.”

Brown said she and her family never received money from Simpson.

“We didn’t get along because you couldn’t control me,” she said.

Simpson retorted: “We didn’t get along because Nicole was afraid you were going to have sex with me.”

“Your ego is riding a little bit too high,” Brown said. “Simpson, you’re a pig.”

Brown, appearing on a later Fox News Channel show, said Simpson called her mother after the argument and apologized for some of his comments.