With the media's "Camp O.J." ordered to move away from O.J. Simpson's Brentwood estate, attention turned Friday to the two young children who once lived there with him.
Uncertainty over custody of the children continued, with their maternal grandparents appearing to waver in their willingness to turn them over to Simpson. The children were back with the Brown family in Dana Point, an hour's drive south of Simpson's home.Juditha Brown, mother of the slain Nicole Brown Simpson, said it was difficult to let go of her grandchildren when they were reunited with their father on Wednesday for the first time in more than a year. But she said she was coming to terms with their need to be with their father.
"Blood is thicker than anything," Brown said in an interview published Friday in the Los Angeles Times. "He is their father."
The Browns, however, declined to say whether they would fight Simpson's right to raise 7-year-old Justin and Sydney, 9.
For now, she said, she expects that Simpson will allow them to stay in school in Dana Point, where security personnel are guarding the Brown household and the Nicole Brown Simpson Foundation, a group dedicated to the cause of domestic violence. Nicole Brown's sister, Denise, reportedly has received death threats, including one that "We're going to get you the way we got your sister."
Meanwhile Friday, the William Morris Agency confirmed that it had signed prosecutor Marcia Clark as its newest client. An agency publicist said Clark would have representation in four areas: literary, lectures, television and movies.
"The world is her oyster," said a Morris employee who asked not to be identified by name. "Maybe she writes a book. Maybe she becomes a television commentator."
Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, said Clark was away from the office and unavailable for comment. Gibbons said Clark has not left her job as a prosecutor.
"She has an agent now," Gibbons said. "I suggest you speak to him."
On the defense side of the case, in which Simpson was acquitted Tuesday on double-murder charges, lawyer Johnny Cochran Jr. was rebuffed in his request to have the civil lawsuits against his client dropped.