Gretna Green Way

Gretna Green Way was Nicole Brown Simpson's residence in Brentwood before she moved to the Bundy Drive condominium where she was killed. It was the first home she established on her own after separating from O.J. Simpson, and it featured prominently in testimony about their troubled relationship during that period. Brian "Kato" Kaelin, who lived as a houseguest at Gretna Green before later moving to Simpson's Rockingham estate, testified extensively about conversations in which Nicole expressed fear of being beaten again and spoke repeatedly about whether to reconcile with Simpson. The residence was the site of a documented domestic violence incident on October 25, 1993, when Kaelin returned home to find Simpson's Bronco parked in the street with its flashers on and Simpson yelling outside the house — an episode that resulted in a police call and left splintered wood on the ground. Witnesses including Denise Brown, Cora Fischman, and Faye Resnick offered testimony connecting the Gretna Green residence to Nicole's social life and her ongoing interactions with Simpson during this period. The location also appeared in testimony about the geography of Brentwood, with Allen Cowlings describing the short drive from Rockingham down Gretna Green to San Vicente and over to Bundy — a route that placed Simpson's estate in close proximity to both of Nicole's successive homes.