Romance and Dating

Christopher Darden Opens Up About His Relationship With Marcia Clark

'In lawyer land, a half truth is a truth.'

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Interest in the O.J. Simpson case is still high. This weekend’s Emmy wins for Sarah Paulson, Courtney B. Vance, and Sterling K. Brown for their portrayal of real life attorneys Marcia Clark, Johnnie Cochran, and Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson is the latest reason for the renewed interest in the trial that opened the floodgates of wall-to-wall 24/7 news coverage.

One of the questions that has never been answered, yet has been most intriguing for the public, surrounds the nature of the relationship between the prosecutors, Clark and Darden. They’ve both been tight-lipped about what exactly went down, but in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Darden opens up a bit:

“We were more than friends,” Darden said, cautiously choosing his words. “We were inseparable back then.”

When pressed on whether or not he’d ever tell the whole truth about the nature of their relationship, the 60-year-old lawyer said, “I think I have told the truth.”

“In lawyer land, a half truth is a truth,” he added.

While Darden says he “really can’t remember the details” of his time with Clark during the trial, he was insistent that the two never kissed, sharing, “I’m not a kisser. Kissing is intimate. Kissing is more intimate than sex.”

 

That's why no kissing. It's too personal.

Vivian Ward agrees.

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He went on to describe Clark with some choice words:

When Darden, who fielded interview questions with the same verbal dexterity lawyers bring to an interrogation, was asked how he’d describe his relationship with Clarke in only one word, he chose a very telling noun: “Fire.”

However, Darden then danced around his choice, denying that “fire” had any romantic connotations. “I don’t think fire’s romantic. I think fire’s passion,” he argued.

Any way you slice it, that sounds hot.

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Darden Finally Admits He Was ‘More Than Friends’ With Marcia Clark [ET Online]

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Kathryn Rubino is an editor at Above the Law. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter (@Kathryn1).

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