O.J., Sister-in-Law Spar

By Stephen M. Silverman

09/08/1998 at 12:00 AM EDT

O.J. Simpson and his ex-sister-in-law, Denise Brown, aired some of their dirty laundry on TV this week. The altercation began on the Fox News Network on Thursday when Brown's interview about Simpson and a purported lie-detector test he took in regard to the 1994 killings of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman was interrupted by a phone call from Simpson. (Simpson, on Friday's "Today" show, said that the Fox producers had asked him to call.) The fireworks began instantly. "You murdered Nicole and you know it," said Brown, who claimed that Simpson never got along with her because he couldn't "control" her. Simpson countered by accusing Denise of having sex with all of her sister's friends and adding that Nicole was afraid that Denise would also sleep with him. "You know what?" responded Brown. "You are a pig, a lowlife, a no-good son of a gun. You are pathetic." Simpson was acquitted of criminal charges in the 1994 murders, but was found liable for the deaths in a subsequent civil trial.