Disgraced NFL star OJ Simpson reportedly owed more than $100 million to the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson at the time of his death on April 10.
Although he was acquitted of murder in 1995, OJ was ordered to pay the families $33.5 million after he was found responsible for Nicole and Ron’s deaths in a 1997 civil lawsuit.
David Cook, the lawyer representing Ron’s father, Fred Goldman, revealed to PEOPLE that not only has the family not received the money, but interest has also accrued over the years.
“He died without penance,” Cook said of Simpson. “He didn’t want to give Fred a penny, not a penny, never anything, ever.”
Cook also claimed that the Goldmans had renewed the court ruling in 2022. In legal documents obtained by the New York Post, Simpson has only paid the Goldman family $133,000 since 1997.
Cook reaffirmed that OJ still owes the current sentencing status. Although the family’s previous lawyers had tried to obtain the pension Simpson received from the NFL, they “didn’t get anywhere” with it. They had also tried to gain the trust of the retired footballer.
The Goldmans ended up getting the rights to OJ’s 2007 book. Yes, I do. They made some money from their sales over the years.
Cook further explained that the Goldman family will consider hiring lawyers from Nevada, Florida and California to ensure they receive the money they are owed.
“We need to get a lawyer or lawyers to deal with this,” Cook said. “Very intelligent people to determine who they are or what they would be, and [start] take statements from people and/or find out who they are and what information we need.”
The executor of OJ Simpson’s estate is determined to make sure Ron Goldman’s family doesn’t receive a penny of what they are owed
Meanwhile, OJ Simpson’s executor, Malcolm LaVergne, is determined to prevent any money from reaching Ron Goldman’s family.
LaVergne reportedly stated that he expected the Goldmans to get “zero, nothing” from Simpson’s estate.
“Them specifically,” LaVergne said of the Goldmans. “And I will do everything in my capacity as executor or personal representative to try to ensure that they don’t get anything.”
LaVergne’s animosity toward Ron Goldman’s family has to do with them obtaining the rights to Simpson’s 2007. After gaining control of the rights, the Goldmans retitled the book If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer.
LaVergne later said there was never a court that forced Simpson to pay the original $33.5 million.
Years after the 1997 civil suit, OJ claimed he was living off the NFL and private pensions. He had also auctioned off valuable possessions. That includes his Heisman Trophy, which sold for $230,000.
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