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O.J. Simpson allegedly died hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in debt to Ron Goldman‘s family. An attorney for Goldman’s household spoke out following the 76-year-old’s dying this week and claimed that Simpson’s debt accrued in curiosity over the previous few a long time.
“He died without penance,” Goldman’s father’s lawyer, David Cook, instructed PEOPLE. “He did not want to give a dime, a nickel to Fred, never, anything, never.”
The outlet reported that Simpson was ordered to pay Goldman and ex-wife Nicole Brown‘s households $33.5 million after being discovered liable in a wrongful dying lawsuit in 1997. Cook alleged that the debt now racks as much as $114 million after rising in curiosity. He additionally famous that the court docket judgment had been renewed in 2022.
PEOPLE reported that authorized paperwork from the yr of 2022 revealed that Simpson had solely paid the Goldman household $133,000 since 1997. Cook added, “He [still] owes on the current status of the judgment.”
The legal professional additionally identified that the Goldman household is wanting into hiring legal professionals within the states of Nevada, Florida and California to determine the place Simpson’s cash will likely be now that he’s lifeless.
“We need to get a lawyer or a number of lawyers who deal with this, very smart people to determine who it is or who it would be, and [start] taking depositions from people and/or finding out who they are and what information we need,” Cook defined to the outlet. “It’s a big deal.”
On April tenth, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with most cancers.
He was surrounded by his youngsters and grandchildren.
During this time of transition, his household asks that you just please respect their needs for privateness and style.
-The Simpson Family
— O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) April 11, 2024
On June 12, 1994, Simpson’s ex-wife, Brown, and her pal Goldman have been stabbed to dying exterior of her residence in Los Angeles. Simpson was charged with their murders however was later acquitted following a months-long trial that spanned from 1994 to 1995.
Although Simpson was acquitted, Fred Goldman filed a civil lawsuit in opposition to the previous athlete in 1997. The jury on the time discovered that Simpson was answerable for Brown and Ron Goldman’s deaths.
Simpson’s youngsters broke the information of their late father’s dying on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Following their announcement, Fred Goldman supplied a press release to a number of retailers, noting, “This is just a reminder for us of how long Ron has been gone, how long we have missed him and nothing more than that. That is the only thing that is important today. It is the pain from then until now. There is nothing today that is more important than the loss of my son and the loss of Nicole. Nothing is more important than that.”