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Kim Goldman Recalls Disturbing Courtroom Moment After The O.J. Verdict (VIDEO)

Kim Goldman Recalls Disturbing Courtroom Moment After The O.J. Verdict
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For months, Kim Goldman sat in a Los Angeles courtroom watching the 1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson, the former pro football player accused of killing her brother, Ron, as well as Simpson's ex-wife. As prosecutors Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden sparred with Simpson's defense attorney, the late Johnnie Cochran, Kim desperately hoped for a conviction. Then, on October 15, 1995, the jury returned the not guilty verdict that divided the nation.

It's been 20 years since her brother's death, and Kim vividly remembers what happened in the courtroom in the moments that followed Simpson's dramatic acquittal. She tells "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" that she had a sinking feeling about the outcome.

"I don't think I believed, honestly, that we were going to get a guilty verdict," Kim says. "I'd been sitting in the courtroom for so many months watching the body language and the facial expressions that I just wasn't convinced."

Still, as soon as she heard the words not guilty, Kim crumbled. "I just fell apart, shaking and crying," she remembers.

Then Cochran allegedly made a remark that sent Kim over the edge.

"He looked over and he went, 'Gotcha,'" she says. "I pretty much was done at that point. We got up and walked out."

Kim shares more of her story on "Oprah: Where Are They Now?" this Sunday, June 22, at 9 p.m. ET on OWN.

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O.J. Simpson Timeline
June 1994(01 of23)
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June 12, 1994: O.J. Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and friend Ronald Goldman are found dead in Los Angeles. Simpson is arrested after a widely televised freeway chase in his white Ford Bronco. (AP) (credit:AP)
October 1995(02 of23)
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Oct. 3, 1995: Simpson is acquitted of two counts of murder after the "trial of the century" in Los Angeles. (AP) (credit:AP)
February 1997(03 of23)
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February 1997: Simpson is found liable for damages in a civil wrongful death lawsuit and ordered to pay $33.5 million to Goldman, Nicole Brown Simpson estates. (AP) (credit:AP)
October 2011(04 of23)
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Oct. 24, 2001: Simpson is cleared of all charges in a Florida case involving an alleged road-rage incident. (AP) (credit:Getty Images)
September 2007(05 of23)
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Sept. 13, 2007: Simpson and five men confront memorabilia dealers Alfred Beardsley (pictured) and Bruce Fromong in a Palace Station hotel room in Las Vegas. Middleman Thomas Riccio hides audio recorder in the room. Beardsley, Fromong report an armed robbery. Two of the five men later testify they had guns. (AP) (credit:Getty Images)
September 2007(06 of23)
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Simpson and five other men are arrested and charged with felonies including kidnapping, armed robbery. Four co-defendants later take plea deals and testify for the prosecution. Each is convicted of at least one felony and sentenced to probation. (AP) (credit:AP)
September 2008(07 of23)
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Simpson and co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart go on trial in Clark County District Court. Simpson is represented by Miami attorney Yale Galanter (left) and Las Vegas lawyer Gabriel Grasso (right). (AP) (credit:AP)
December 2008(08 of23)
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Judge Jackie Glass sentences Simpson to nine to 33 years in prison. Stewart gets 7 1/2 to 27 years. Simpson is imprisoned at the state prison in Lovelock. (AP) (credit:Getty Images)
October 2008(09 of23)
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Jury finds Simpson, Stewart guilty on all 12 charges including kidnapping, armed robbery, conspiracy, coercion, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon. (AP) (credit:Getty Images)
April-May 2009(10 of23)
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April-May 2009: Galanter (pictured) and Grasso split. Galanter and Las Vegas lawyer Malcolm LaVergne appeal Simpson's conviction to Nevada Supreme Court. (AP) (credit:Getty Images)
August 2009(11 of23)
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August 2009: A California Superior Court judge orders several items taken from the Las Vegas hotel room returned to Simpson. An attorney for the Goldman estate gets other items to auction. (AP) (credit:AP)
September 2010(12 of23)
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September 2010: Nevada Supreme Court denies Simpson's appeal. (AP) (credit:AP)
October 2010(13 of23)
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October 2010: Nevada Supreme Court grants Stewart a new trial, says Simpson's fame tainted trial and Stewart should have been tried separately. (AP) (credit:AP)
January 2011(14 of23)
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Stewart avoids retrial, pleading guilty to felony robbery and conspiracy. He is sentenced to probation and house arrest, and freed from prison after serving more than two years. (AP) (credit:Getty Images)
March 2011(15 of23)
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March 2011: LaVergne asks the full seven-member state Supreme Court to reconsider appeal. Galanter not part of the case. (AP) (credit:AP)
May 2011(16 of23)
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Glass resigns from Clark County District Court to become a TV judge, replacing Nancy Grace on "Swift Justice with Jackie Glass." (AP) (credit:Getty Images)
May 2011(17 of23)
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May 17, 2011: Nevada Supreme Court rejects LaVergne's bid to reconsider Simpson appeal without comment. (AP) (credit:AP)
March-April 2012(18 of23)
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Grasso sues Galanter in federal court in Las Vegas, alleging nonpayment of fees; Galanter sues Grasso, another lawyer and LaVergne in Florida state court, alleging defamation and slander. (AP) (credit:AP)
May 2012(19 of23)
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New Simpson appellate lawyer Patricia Palm (pictured) files writ of habeas corpus with Clark County District Court, seeking Simpson's release from prison and reversal of his conviction, alleging ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel. Veteran criminal lawyer Ozzie Fumo later joins the case. (AP) (credit:AP)
September 2012(20 of23)
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September 2012: Nevada Supreme Court rejects Palm's bid to disqualify the Clark County district attorney's office from handling the case because the current district attorney, Steve Wolfson, is married to Glass (pictured). (AP) (credit:Getty Images)
October 2012(21 of23)
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Clark County District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell agrees to hear 19 of 22 grounds for relief, schedules five-day writ of habeas corpus hearing. (AP) (credit:AP)
May 2013(22 of23)
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May 13, 2013: Hearing begins in Las Vegas. (AP) (credit:AP)
May 2013(23 of23)
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May 15, 2013: Simpson expected to testify. (credit:AP)
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