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O.J. Simpson allegedly died tens of millions of {dollars} in debt to Ron Goldman‘s household. An legal professional 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 with out penance,” Goldman’s father’s lawyer, David Cook dinner, instructed PEOPLE. “He didn’t need to give a dime, a nickel to Fred, by no means, something, by no means.”
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 dinner alleged that the debt now racks as much as $114 million after rising in curiosity. He additionally famous that the courtroom 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 dinner added, “He [still] owes on the present standing of the judgment.”
The legal professional additionally identified that the Goldman household is wanting into hiring attorneys within the states of Nevada, Florida and California to determine the place Simpson’s cash shall be now that he’s lifeless.
“We have to get a lawyer or quite a lot of attorneys who cope with this, very sensible individuals to find out who it’s or who it could be, and [start] taking depositions from individuals and/or discovering out who they’re and what data we’d like,” Cook dinner defined to the outlet. “It’s a giant deal.”
On April tenth, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with most cancers.
He was surrounded by his youngsters and grandchildren.
Throughout this time of transition, his household asks that you just please respect their needs for privateness and charm.
-The Simpson Household
— O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) April 11, 2024
On June 12, 1994, Simpson’s ex-wife, Brown, and her pal Goldman had been stabbed to dying exterior of her house in Los Angeles. Simpson was charged with their murders however was later acquitted following a months-long trial that spanned from 1994 to 1995.
Though 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 liable 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 offered an announcement to a number of retailers, noting, “That is only a reminder for us of how lengthy Ron has been gone, how lengthy we have now missed him and nothing greater than that. That’s the solely factor that’s vital at the moment. It’s the ache from then till now. There’s nothing at the moment that’s extra vital than the lack of my son and the lack of Nicole. Nothing is extra vital than that.”