When I first met Brian "Kato" Kaelin in

October 1994, he was eager to tell me his story.

I told him I was only interested in the whole

truth, not a version of it, a spin on it, or any-

thing that sounded suspiciouslylike fiction. He

agreed and, despite the reservations of"his peo-

ple," began to meet with me secretly for a series

of interviews that, over the next five months,

covered virtually every detail of the days leading

up to and following the murders of Nicole

Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. We pored

over the facts of the year he spent living with

Nicole in her house on Gretna Green, and the

six months he lived with O.J. at the now infa-

mous Rockingham estate.

No matter what you may think of Kato,

the one indisputable fact is that he lived with

both the primary victim and her alleged killer,

and, while in that privileged position, became a

confidant of both.

And what they told him, he told me.

The information is at once revelatory and

shocking, detailed and emotional, frightening

and incredible, yet rings with the perfect pitch

of undeniable truth. I realized 1 had to tell

everyone all that I knew. This is, after all, a case

of murder, not self-promotion.