Carl Douglas cross-examines Ron Shipp, pressing him on a late-night visit to Simpson's home with a blonde woman, which Shipp clarifies occurred three weeks before the murders (not one week as implied) and involved a married family friend. Douglas closes by eliciting an admission that Shipp has a history of drinking problems, a credibility attack to undermine his earlier testimony.
# 1 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. MR. DOUGLAS, YOU MAY WIND IT UP FOR THE AFTERNOON, PLEASE.
# 2 MR. DOUGLAS: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
# 3 Q: BY MR. DOUGLAS: IT IS TRUE, IS IT NOT, THAT ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE DEATH OF NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON, YOU VISITED MR. SIMPSON'S HOUSE UNANNOUNCED AT ABOUT 10:00 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH A BLOND FEMALE? TRUE?
# 4 A: NO. THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY --
# 5 MR. DARDEN: YOUR HONOR, YOU KNOW, I OBJECTED TO THE QUESTION. I THOUGHT THE COURT SUSTAINED IT.
# 6 THE COURT: NO. OVERRULED.
# 7 Q: BY MR. DOUGLAS: YOU MAY ANSWER.
# 8 THE COURT: BUT NOT VERY BROAD HERE.
# 9 RON SHIPP: NO. THE NIGHT THAT THE BLOND FEMALE WAS OVER, THAT WAS THREE WEEKS BEFORE. IT WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF MY WIFE AND WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS WITH HER HUSBAND. HER NAME IS LISA MADIGAN. THAT WAS THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO.
KEY QUOTE # 10 Q: BY MR. DOUGLAS: IS SHE ABOUT SIX FOOT ONE RESEMBLING NICOLE SIMPSON?
# 11 A: NO. I AM SORRY. SHE'S ABOUT -- LISA'S 5/9, ALMOST 5/10.
# 12 Q: WAS THIS THE WOMAN WHO YOU WANTED TO SHARE THE JACUZZI WITH?
KEY QUOTE # 13 MR. DARDEN: YOUR HONOR, OBJECTION. HOW IS THIS RELEVANT?
# 14 THE COURT: THE FACT THAT HE WAS OVER THERE THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AGO, THAT'S ABOUT IT. THAT'S RELEVANT, COUNSEL.
# 15 MR. DOUGLAS: VERY WELL.
# 16 Q: BY MR. DOUGLAS: WHEN YOU WERE THERE ON THIS OCCASION, DID YOU ASK MR. SIMPSON TO GO AND BRING YOU SOME WINE?
# 18 Q: YOU DRINK A LOT, DON'T YOU?
# 20 Q: YOU'VE HAD A DRINKING PROBLEM, HAVEN'T YOU?
# 21 A: IN THE PAST I HAVE.
# 22 MR. DOUGLAS: WE CAN STOP NOW, YOUR HONOR.