00:00It's one of the most notorious double murders in American history.
00:03The slaying of O.J. Simpson's wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in 1994.
00:09But this man says it could have been him.
00:11He was dating Nicole after she split from the football great,
00:14and he tells Jim Murray Simpson gave him a death stare he'll never forget.
00:20He's a key figure in the O.J. Simpson saga you never heard about until now.
00:25His name is Joseph Perulli, and he had a passionate love affair with Nicole Brown Simpson just months before her
00:32murder.
00:32Your name never came up before, and yet you were dating Nicole Simpson not long before she was murdered.
00:38That's right.
00:39Joseph says he met Nicole through their mutual friend, Kris Jenner, and he was instantly smitten.
00:44Nicole had recently separated from O.J. Simpson when she and Joseph Perulli began seeing each other.
00:50He says she was definitely interested in a new relationship.
00:53They dated for about three months, but Perulli says it came to an end because O.J. Simpson was stalking
00:59and threatening him.
01:00He was always around. I felt there was no chance for us to have a relationship.
01:05Do you think Simpson was following you?
01:07Yes, I do. I saw somebody entirely different.
01:11A chilling, he fixed me with this stare I'll never forget.
01:15And it was emblazoned upon my consciousness. I couldn't stop thinking about it.
01:19In his new memoir, The Forgotten Briefcase, Joseph is sharing his account of his ill-fated friendship with Nicole.
01:26Joseph packed photos, letters, and mementos of their romance in a briefcase.
01:31He says only now, 30 years later, has he been able to open the briefcase again.
01:36I found all these things I had written about her, and she came back to life.
01:40And it almost felt like she directed me there to do that.
01:42Joseph is haunted by the fact that Nicole was found slain with her friend Ron Goldman,
01:47a model and part-time waiter from a local restaurant.
01:50When you heard of Ron Goldman's murder, did you wonder if that could have been you?
01:54You know, I went into shock, I think, and I knew exactly what had happened.
01:58Joseph's new memoir, The Forgotten Suitcase, is available now on Amazon.
02:10Joseph's new memoir, The Forgotten Suitcase, is available now on Amazon.
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