On December 3, 1996, Al got called upon the witness stand, where he contradicted O.J.’s testimony. He admitted that he had taken Nicole Brown to the hospital after fighting with O.J. on New Year’s eve in 1989. Cowling’s confessed that Nicole had told him that Simpson had hit her on their way to the hospital.
Al Cowling’s testimony differed from what O.J. had claimed that he had “never … never … never” hit his wife.
Furthermore, Al’s friend Jennifer Peace also testified during the trials. In front of the grand jury, she claimed that Cowlings had confessed about Simpson calling him on the murder night.
She said,
“He (OJ Simpson) kept saying over and over. I did not mean to do it. I’ve done something terrible; I didn’t mean for things to turn out this way.”
Peace added that Cowlings had confessed that the knife used to kill the two victims “sleeps with the fishes.” Al Cowlings, however, completely denied he had said anything to Peace about the murder.
