OJ Simpson supposedly still owed Ron GoldmanHis family had lost more than $100 million at the time of his death on Wednesday, April 10.
Simpson, who died aged 76, was acquitted of his ex-wife’s murders Nicole Brown Simpson and Goldman, one of her close friends, in 1995. Two years later, he was found liable in civil court for more than $33 million for the murders.
A lawyer for Ron’s father, Fred Goldman, told the Daily Mail on Thursday, April 11, that the Goldman family is still chasing payments and Simpson’s debts, including interest, now exceed $100 million. Debt collection lawyer David Cook said he plans to “begin” the collection process at Simpson’s estate.
“We will work on that. There could be something out there,” he told the outlet. “We’ve had this problem for a very long time…It could be a trust issue. It could be a probate process. It could all be gone.”
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Cook added that he and his team of lawyers in Nevada are “just beginning” to track down the money owed to the Goldman family.
The Goldman family was on track for decades to get their payout from Simpson, even though the disgraced former athlete struggled with financial problems over the years.
The original ruling apparently resulted in Simpson auctioning off thousands of dollars worth of his sports memorabilia to pay the Goldmans. A bankruptcy court ruling in 2007 gave the Goldman family the rights to Simpson’s novel, which is about how the murders of Ron and Nicole would have occurred if Simpson had been the killer.
The Goldmans made changes to the book and published it as If I Did it: Confessions of the Killer.
RICK MEYER/AFP via Getty Images It was the process that captivated a nation. After OJ Simpson – who died of prostate cancer on Wednesday, April 10 – was arrested and charged with the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman in June 1994, Simpson’s subsequent trial was played on camera […]
After news of Simpson’s death broke, Fred continued to focus on Ron in a statement Us weekly on April 11th.
“The only thing I have to say is that today is another reminder of how long Ron has been gone and how long we’ve missed him,” Fred said Us. “The only thing that really matters today are the victims.”
Simpson’s family shared the news of his death after a battle with cancer via X.
“On April 10, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren,” the Simpson family said in a statement via X. “During this time of transition, his family asks that you respect their wishes for privacy and grace.”