EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Darden was NEVER intimate with Marcia Clark according to prosecutor's daughter

It was a burning question on the minds of millions of Americans during the O.J. Simpson trial: Did prosecutors Marcia Clark and Chris Darden hook up?

The chemistry between the two became the focus of Tuesday's episode of American Crime Story: The People V. OJ Simpson, especially after the pair go away together for the weekend and attend the birthday party of one of Darden's close friends.

There is plenty of drinking and laughing at the bar, and the pair share a moment when they get back to the hotel, but there is no intimacy between the two. 

Darden (played by Sterling K. Brown) walks Clark (played by Sarah Paulson) to the door of her room, but there is no kiss and they both go their separate ways that night.

That is how things played out in real life as well according to Darden's daughter. 

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Journalist Jeneé Darden with her father Chris Darden, the only black prosecutor in O.J. Simpson double murder trial, insists he did not have an intimate relationship with fellow prosecutor Marcia Clark

Marcia Clark (left) and Chris Darden (right) were prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson double murder trial in 1995. New miniseries hints at intimate relationship which was rumored during the time of trial because of their chemistry in the courtroom and the passing of secret notes

The chemistry between the two became the focus of Tuesday's episode of American Crime Story: The People V. OJ Simpson

There is plenty of drinking and laughing at the bar, and the pair share a moment when they get back to the hotel, but there is no intimacy between the two

Journalist Jeneé Darden insists there was no intimacy between the two prosecutors during the trial of the century - or at least that's what her dad told her.

Jenee, who lives in Oakland, California has opened up about the trial and her views on the miniseries in several detailed blog posts.

The 36-year-old writer reveals what it was like being the teenage daughter of the only black prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial, speaks of the impact the case had on her family, how the black community rose up against her dad and how he received death threats.

But in all the years since the trial ended and O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the double murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman - the question most people still ask her is: 'Did your dad hook up with Marcia Clark?'

Jeneé writes: 'I'm used to it after 20+ years. Being older helps because I handle it better.'

When the subject returned last Tuesday night in the sixth installment of FX's miniseries, the answer everyone was hoping for never emerged.

Instead the plot simply fueled the speculation.

After an intimate moment where Darden tries to cheer up Clark with a slow dance in her office, the scene cuts to the next morning, and we hear a radio DJ ask the audience to call in to vote on whether Clark is a 'b***h' or a 'babe'.

As Darden comes out of the bathroom in his underwear to grab the phone and call in, viewers were left disappointed when Marcia wasn't there with him.

But, according to Jeneé, there isn't any truth in it.

She writes: 'As for whether my father and Marcia were seeing each other,

I asked my dad during a car ride around the time of the trial.

'He said no. In other interviews, he won't confirm or deny the rumors. I told Access Hollywood: 'That's grown folks' business' because I was a kid at the time. And you know what? It's still none of my business.'

Jeneé refers to the 'Darden Daughter Dilemma' on her blog Cocoa Fly because in one case during her job search she was turned down flat from a black newspaper in Los Angeles once they learned her father was Chris Darden

For Jeneé the trial came to be a defining period in her life.

Her father was mired in controversy after stepping in as the only black prosecutor in a high-profile case that would focus heavily on race.

The backlash from the black community against Darden was immense and Jeneé says her father received death threats and she could see the deep affect it had on him.

She writes: 'Black folks were calling my father a sellout. Cochran fanned the flames in interviews insinuating my father was a token.

'The shunning from the black community weighed heavy on him.'

Jeneé points out that other black prosecutors have since labeled her father's struggle as the 'Darden Dilemma' - a label she's able to identify with.

'There's the Darden Dilemma and there's what I call Darden Daughter Dilemma,' she wrote on her personal blog Cocoa Fly.

'That's when the backlash your father received from his involvement in a high-profile case, spills into your own life. You know, guilty by association.'

Jeneé recalls an incident when she applied for a job with a black newspaper in Los Angeles a few years after O.J.'s defense lawyer Johnnie Cochran had died – and was turned down flat.

'When I walked into their headquarters, there were photos of Cochran on the wall. I rarely told people about my father and I damn sure wasn't going to say anything then.

'I interviewed with a panel of black journalists. The interview was going well. They were impressed with my personality and USC education, interning at Time in Europe, covering the 7/7 bombings in London, my clips, etc. 

'When I say it went well, we laughed during the interview.'

Then an African man on the panel noticed Jeneé's last name and asked if she was related to Christopher Darden.

She recalls: 'I could lie and say "no" but they're journalists. They would eventually figure me out. Or I'll be honest since they got to know me for me. I chose the truth. Instantly, all of their smiles disappeared, with the exception of the African man.

'The room got quiet and they ended the interview.'

Jeneé says she later followed up with the newspaper, but no one returned her calls or emails.

She adds: 'During the O.J. trial, I was a 15-year-old kid, living in East Oakland, wearing overalls and obsessed with the group TLC.

'Maybe they felt like they avenged O.J. by not considering me for the job.

'If people held a grudge against me for something my father did 10+ years ago, I wonder if talking to the black press back (then) would've made a difference. It speaks to how much the case meant to people.'

Jeneé also recalls how her grandfather, a retired Army veteran from Texas, was vocal about the case.

She recalls how he told his son to stay away from the trial, a fact repeated in episode two of the miniseries.

'There's a scene at the end where Grandpa tells my father to "stay the hell away from this" case. That's pretty true.

'My grandfather told my dad not to take the O.J. case. He thought they wouldn't win with O.J.'s star power and racial tensions at that time. He was right.'

She also writes about her father's view on O.J., commenting that the miniseries got it spot on.

'He was a fan of O.J. as an athlete. He also said that O.J. hardly gave back to the black community once he became famous.

Jeneé shares her personal thoughts on her father and the trial of the century on her blog Cocoa Fly

'O.J. grew up in the projects in San Francisco. My father grew up about 30 minutes away in a tough, Richmond neighborhood.

'Two black men from similar neighborhoods who made it out, going against each other. It was deep.'

During episode five of the miniseries, Jeneé she says Twitter erupted during the scene where Cochran turned to her TV dad and said: 'N***a please.'

'I could imagine the "Ooooohs" from people on Twitter as if they were kids watching a fight,' Jeneé writes.

'This was following my TV dad's request to the court that the n-word be removed from the trial.

'I asked my dad if that 'n***a please' comment happen (sic) and he said it did not happen.'

She adds: 'The O.J. Trial introduced wording into our everyday language. I believe the term 'n-word' actually came from the trial. 

'My father requesting the n-word be banned from the court was true.'

Ultimately, Jeneé admits the trial was a dark time for her and her family.

She recalls how she was proud of her dad when he was first associated with the case, but that all soon changed.

'We couldn't believe he would be involved somehow with the O.J. Simpson case,' she writes.

'I was so proud that my dad's superiors trusted him with such a big case. I knew this would be a big boost for his career. 

'Not long after, we got the call that he would be part of the prosecution against Simpson. The game changed.

'Some people hated my father and thought he was trying to bring O.J. down.

'Others loved him and thought he was trying to bring the victims justice.

'I wasn't sure who loved my father, who hated him. So I rarely told anyone he was my father.'

Before hosting Cocoa Fly, Jeneé was a producer for NPR's News and Notes hosted by Farai Chideya and Marketplace Money.

Jeneé's blog can be found at www.cocoafly.com.