Jackie Cooper, a tennis professional and longtime friend of O.J. Simpson, testified in the civil trial about a pivotal Memorial Day weekend spent with Simpson just days before the murders. Over a round of golf, a long phone call, and dinner at the LaQuinta Hotel, Cooper described Simpson as sad and in distress, repeatedly returning to the subject of Nicole — saying "it was final" and "she really meant it this time." On cross-examination, the defense exposed that Cooper had never mentioned any conversation about Nicole in his earlier LAPD interview, undermining the weight of testimony that had painted a portrait of a man consumed by a relationship he couldn't let go.