Nicole Brown Simpson told former lover she'd 'rather die' than return to O.J. Simpson before her murder

Nicole Brown Simpson told Joseph Perrulli she would 'rather die' than return to her estranged husband, O.J. Simpson, after he had beaten her severely. Perrulli, who later wrote a memoir about their relationship, recalled her transformation post-divorce and her fear of O.J. lingering near her home. The murders of Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman occurred in 1994.