A court-ordered auction of the rights to O.J. Simpson’s book “If I Did It” was canceled because Simpson’s company has declared bankruptcy. Fred Goldman, the father of murder victim Ron Goldman said he would ask the bankruptcy court to sell him the book rights as part of his campaign to collect $33.5 million in damages Simpson was order to pay in 1997.
Simpson’s book was scrapped after a nationwide outcry over his making a windfall from his, allegedly, murdering Goldman and Nicole Simpson. His book reportedly would have described a fictional tale of how Simpson had committed the murders, if he indeed had. Simpson was found not guilty in criminal court of murdering the pair, in a sensational trial. He was later found responsible for the murders in civil court and ordered to pay Goldman for the death of his son.
Since the 1997 civil verdict, Simpson has found ways to pay Goldman little of the $33.5 million the court ordered him to pay.
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