tense A tense day combined challenges to the plaintiff's DNA statistics with emotional family testimony. On cross-examination, Dr. Bruce Weir was pressed about errors and discrepancies in his criminal-trial calculations, including an unexplained thousand-fold RFLP discrepancy. On redirect, he attributed earlier errors to rushed conditions and expressed full confidence in his current formula-based, peer-reviewed calculations; on recross, he acknowledged that he had previously testified before he was ready. Other testimony addressed conflicting accounts of Simpson's hand cuts, Kardashian's description of an unusual June 14 LAX trip, and Sharon Rufo's and Juditha Brown's accounts of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.
- Cross-examination identified an unexplained thousand-fold RFLP discrepancy between one criminal-trial figure and Weir's civil-trial estimate
- Defense directed that numerous earlier frequency figures be crossed out on a visual chart; many later estimates had larger denominators and represented rarer profiles
- Leroy Taft contradicted his deposition by denying he saw multiple cuts on Simpson's hand at Parker Center on June 13
- Robert Kardashian's deposition revealed Simpson made an unusual trip to LAX to retrieve golf clubs while allegedly in shock
- Ron Goldman's mother testified to virtually no contact with her son after he moved to California with his father
- Nicole's mother Juditha Brown described Simpson's visibly angry demeanor at a dance recital and their final 'I love you' phone call