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O.J. Simpson allegedly died thousands and thousands of {dollars} in debt to Ron Goldman‘s household. An legal professional for Goldman’s household spoke out following the 76-year-old’s demise this week and claimed that Simpson’s debt accrued in curiosity over the previous few many years.
“He died with out penance,” Goldman’s father’s lawyer, David Prepare dinner, advised PEOPLE. “He didn’t wish 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 demise lawsuit in 1997. Prepare 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. Prepare 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 can be now that he’s useless.
“We have to get a lawyer or various attorneys who take care of this, very good individuals to find out who it’s or who it will be, and [start] taking depositions from individuals and/or discovering out who they’re and what info we’d like,” Prepare 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 kids and grandchildren.
Throughout this time of transition, his household asks that you just please respect their needs for privateness and beauty.
-The Simpson Household
— O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) April 11, 2024
On June 12, 1994, Simpson’s ex-wife, Brown, and her buddy Goldman have been stabbed to demise outdoors of her dwelling 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 towards the previous athlete in 1997. The jury on the time discovered that Simpson was answerable for Brown and Ron Goldman’s deaths.
Simpson’s kids broke the information of their late father’s demise on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Following their announcement, Fred Goldman offered a press release to a number of shops, noting, “That is only a reminder for us of how lengthy Ron has been gone, how lengthy now we have missed him and nothing greater than that. That’s the solely factor that’s vital right this moment. It’s the ache from then till now. There may be nothing right this moment that’s extra vital than the lack of my son and the lack of Nicole. Nothing is extra vital than that.”
