Shapiro continues cross-examining Denise Brown about whether she dated Reggie MacKenzie and about the seating arrangement, timing, flowers, and O.J.'s demeanor surrounding Sidney's recital. Denise denies dating MacKenzie, expresses uncertainty about positioning and timing, says she did not see O.J. give Sidney flowers, and describes his demeanor when she said goodbye as quiet.
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT:) # 2 MR. SHAPIRO: MAY WE APPROACH AGAIN?
# 3 (A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE BENCH, NOT REPORTED.) # 4 THE COURT: MR. SHAPIRO.
# 5 MR. SHAPIRO: I'M NOT QUITE THIS THIN.
KEY QUOTE # 6 MR. DARDEN: NOT QUITE THAT FUNNY EITHER, MR. SHAPIRO.
KEY QUOTE # 7 THE COURT: MR. DARDEN, THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR. MR. SHAPIRO.
# 9 Q: BY MR. SHAPIRO: THE INCIDENT AT THE RED ONION, THERE WAS ANOTHER FRIEND OF MR. SIMPSON'S THERE, A FOOTBALL PLAYER BY THE NAME OF REGGIE MACKENZIE?
# 11 Q: IS HE A GENTLEMAN THAT YOU ALSO HAVE DATED AND BEEN ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED WITH?
# 13 Q: HAVE YOU DATED HIM?
# 14 A: HAVE I DATED REGGIE?
# 17 Q: I WANT TO NOW DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE INCIDENT AT THE RECITAL.
# 19 Q: THE RECOLLECTION OF EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE IS THAT O.J. WAS ALWAYS BEHIND NICOLE?
# 20 A: NO. HE WAS BEHIND ME.
# 21 Q: AND NICOLE WAS WHERE IN RELATIONSHIP TO YOU AND HIM?
# 22 A: SHE WAS ONE ROW BACK AND TO THE LEFT OF ME AND O.J. WAS ON THE OTHER CORNER TO THE RIGHT OF ME.
# 23 Q: WAS HE BEHIND HER?
# 24 A: I DON'T THINK SO, BECAUSE SHE WAS AT THE VERY LAST ROW.
# 25 Q: WHEN YOU SAY HE WENT TO THE CORNER WITH A CHAIR, WAS HE BEHIND HER OR NOT?
# 26 A: I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK THEY WERE PARALLEL.
KEY QUOTE # 27 Q: PARALLEL. AND YOUR ATTENTION WAS DIRECTED MORE TOWARDS WATCHING HE AND YOUR SISTER RATHER THAN WATCHING THE SHOW AND THE PERFORMANCES?
# 28 A: NO. AT THIS TIME, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE MY SON WAS.
# 29 Q: HOW LONG INTO THE PERFORMANCE WAS THIS?
# 30 A: WHEN THEY WENT OUTSIDE TO PLAY. I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
# 31 Q: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA AS TO THE TIME FRAME?
# 32 A: GOSH, I REALLY DON'T KNOW. IT WAS BEFORE SIDNEY CAME ON TO DO HER DANCE.
# 33 Q: DO YOU REMEMBER O.J. LEAVING WITHOUT FLOWERS AND COMING BACK SOMETIME LATER WITH FLOWERS?
# 35 Q: DID YOU SEE HIM WALK IN WITH FLOWERS?
# 37 Q: IN FACT, YOU NEVER SAW HIM GIVE FLOWERS TO SIDNEY, DID YOU?
# 39 Q: AND YOU'VE TOLD THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY THAT HE DIDN'T GIVE FLOWERS TO SIDNEY?
# 40 A: I DIDN'T SEE IT. I DIDN'T SEE HIM GIVE HER FLOWERS.
# 41 Q: HOW MUCH TIME ELAPSED FROM THE TIME THAT YOU WERE LEAVING THE PERFORMANCE TO THE TIME THAT YOU FINALLY SAID GOODBYE TO THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE?
# 42 A: THE PEOPLE MEANING?
# 43 Q: DID YOU SAY GOODBYE TO PEOPLE BEFORE YOU GOT IN YOUR CAR AND LEFT OUT IN FRONT?
# 44 A: WE SAID GOODBYE TO O.J. AND RON FISCHMAN.
# 45 Q: AND HOW MUCH TIME ELAPSED FROM THE TIME YOU LEFT THE THEATER OR THE AUDITORIUM TO THE TIME THAT YOU SAID GOODBYE TO O.J. AND RON?
# 46 A: JUST A MINUTE OR TWO. COUPLE MINUTES.
# 47 Q: WHAT WAS O.J.'S DEMEANOR WHEN YOU SAID GOODBYE TO HIM?
# 49 MR. SHAPIRO: MAY I JUST HAVE A MOMENT, PLEASE?
# 50 THE COURT: CERTAINLY.
# 51 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN DEFENSE COUNSEL.)