Denise Brown educates on domestic abuse

WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. — Denise Brown knew little about domestic violence before her sister was killed on June 12, 1994.

It was only after Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were slain outside Simpson’s home that her sister learned of the verbal, emotional and physical abuse her sister suffered when married to football star O.J. Simpson.

Simpson was acquitted in the 1994 slayings.

Brown has spent the last 12 years traveling the world trying to educate people about domestic violence and promote legislation that would stop it.

She brought her message to Mercer County Tuesday night as the keynote speaker at the 30th anniversary dinner for AWARE — Women: Advocacy, Resources and Education — the county’s only full-service facility for victims of domestic violence.

Brown met with the media before the dinner to explain her mission.

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