Gretchen Stockdale testified in August 1995 about her relationship with O.J. Simpson, which she characterized as a "good communicative friendship" rather than dating. She said they met casually at a charity event in 1988, encountered each other several times over the years, and that she contacted him in fall 1993 for advice about an investment issue. Marcia Clark conducted the direct and redirect examinations, Gerald Uelmen conducted the cross-examination, and the court also examined Stockdale; the record identifies her as having received Simpson's "totally unattached" voicemail hours before the murders.