O.J. Simpson's 'If I Did It' to be published

[gldstwmn]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/08/14/simpsonbook.ap/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A literary agent for the family of stabbing victim Ronald Goldman has made a deal to repackage and publish O.J. Simpson's canceled "If I Did It" book about the slayings of Goldman and Simpson's ex-wife, a spokesman for the agent said Monday.


Fred Goldman, father of the slain Ron Goldman, gained the rights to O.J. Simpson's book in July.

1 of 2 Details of the agreement, including the name of the New York publishing house, will be released Tuesday, said Michael Wright, a spokesman for Los Angeles-based literary agent Sharlene Martin of Martin Literary Management.

"The family and publisher have pledged to leave Simpson's manuscript entirely intact, but they will also add key commentary," Wright said in a prepared statement. "The Goldmans, the publisher and Sharlene Martin will all contribute portions of sales proceeds to the Ron Goldman Foundation for Justice."

Wright declined further comment. Martin primarily represents self-help, nonfiction and memoir writers, including "You'll Never Nanny in This Town Again" author Suzanne Hansen, according to her Web site.

The Simpson book, in which he reportedly explains how he might have committed the killings, was not released last year as originally planned because of public outrage.

Last month, a federal bankruptcy judge awarded rights to the book to Goldman's family to help satisfy a $38 million wrongful death judgment against the former football star.

Simpson has maintained his innocence in the 1994 killings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Goldman. Simpson, who now lives near Miami, was acquitted of murder in 1995.

[BlackWidow]

"Confessions Of A Double Murderer"

I think he will finally tell the truth - You know he must be racked with guilt.
Otherwise why would he write this?

[GardenStateGirlie]

oh vomit :distress:

[strandinthewind]

oh vomit :distress:

Exactly - it was tacky for OJ to do it and IMO even tackier for the Goldman's to do it. This is just another example of Goldman's craziness and IMO, love of the limelight at any cost. But, hey, its all in the name of the dollar ain't it :rolleyes:

[SuzeQuze]

Will people buy this? I think it's way too disturbing for me to read it.

[danax6]

oh vomit :distress:My sentiments exactly.

Exactly - it was tacky for OJ to do it and IMO even tackier for the Goldman's to do it. This is just another example of Goldman's craziness and IMO, love of the limelight at any cost. But, hey, its all in the name of the dollar ain't it :rolleyes:What? No 'it's his story to tell' or anything else that could possibly redeem him from bringing this garbage to the limelight? I must confess I find that shocking, coming from you. ;)

[JazmenFlowers]

wait...I'm confused. he wrote the book, cancelled it and then the Goldmans got the rights and are going forward with it? that's ****ed up.

I doubt I'll read this, but I will check out highlights.

[irishgrl]

Exactly - it was tacky for OJ to do it and IMO even tackier for the Goldman's to do it. This is just another example of Goldman's craziness and IMO, love of the limelight at any cost. But, hey, its all in the name of the dollar ain't it :rolleyes:
wrong. I think the Goldmans are hoping that people will buy the book just to make sure the Goldmans get the $$$ they are entitled to.

OJ figured folks would buy it out of morbid curiosity, I think the Goldmans are banking on the sympathy of the public to generate income that OJ cant touch and that the Goldmans deserve.


PS: I'd LOVE to see the "key commentary" myself!

[Sarah]

what a sorry sack of crap. i have no desire to read how he might have done it. we saw weeks and weeks of how he did it all during the trial.

did you guys see oj fielding questions on a live call-in type show? one guy asked... "hey oj, here's a question from my son. was it harder to rush 2000 yards in one season or slice two throats in one night?" classic.

[JazmenFlowers]

did you guys see oj fielding questions on a live call-in type show? one guy asked... "hey oj, here's a question from my son. was it harder to rush 2000 yards in one season or slice two throats in one night?" classic.
oh snap. I gotta find that on youtube.

[strandinthewind]

So, it is okay for the G's to take the blood money but not OJ's kids, who the money would have gone to if OJ had been allowed to publish it. Blood money is blood money to these eyes.

Also, FG seemingly loves the limelight. I truly feel for this man as his daughter was brutally murdered. But and in kindness, I think it is time to let it go because at this point he seems like an absessed man. Can't say I blame him though.

Anyway, these people are BW's friends - so I am letting this go.

[JazmenFlowers]

So, it is okay for the G's to take the blood money but not OJ's kids, who the money would have gone to if OJ had been allowed to publish it. Blood money is blood money to these eyes.

Also, FG seemingly loves the limelight. I truly feel for this man as his daughter was brutally murdered. But and in kindness, I think it is time to let it go because at this point he seems like an absessed man. Can't say I blame him though.

Anyway, these people are BW's friends - so I am letting this go.
I'm gonna respect that you say you are letting it go, but I just wanted to make one point. I don't see where the love of the limelight is coming from. and it may just be my ignorance since I don't really follow this anymore, but I rarely, if ever, hear about OJ and this whole debacle. :shrug:

[gldstwmn]

Exactly - it was tacky for OJ to do it and IMO even tackier for the Goldman's to do it.

I was truly shocked by this decision. I'm surprised the Browns haven't tried to stop it.

[gldstwmn]

Will people buy this? I think it's way too disturbing for me to read it.

I don't think I can do it. I've read my fair share of trashy novels but this...I don't know.

[gldstwmn]

did you guys see oj fielding questions on a live call-in type show? one guy asked... "hey oj, here's a question from my son. was it harder to rush 2000 yards in one season or slice two throats in one night?" classic.

I did see that. The must have paid him a fat brown paper bag full of cash to do that interview. Then the guy that runs that network was on tv all high and mighty complaining about (allegedly) unscreened phone calls and invoking some kind of journalistic integrity bull****. Ugh.

[gldstwmn]

Anyway, these people are BW's friends - so I am letting this go.
Black Widow? :confused: Barbara Walters? :confused:

[gldstwmn]

"Confessions Of A Double Murderer"

I think he will finally tell the truth - You know he must be racked with guilt.
Otherwise why would he write this?

Do sociopaths feel guilt? I doubt it. He did it for the money.

[Sarah]

Do sociopaths feel guilt? I doubt it. He did it for the money.

Yeah, +1. He doesn't give a damn. He murdered two people, got caught, went through the system, beat it, and is a free man save for a "nasty reputation". Realistically, if I was in his same position, I might not give a crap either, because all things considered, I got the cake and ate it, too. Does that make sense?

[strandinthewind]

Black Widow? :confused: Barbara Walters? :confused:

I believe Black Widow was friendly with Nicole Brown Simpson. I think he also knows the Goldmans.

[strandinthewind]

. . . What? No 'it's his story to tell' or anything else that could possibly redeem him from bringing this garbage to the limelight? I must confess I find that shocking, coming from you. ;)

It is OJ's story to tell and I support his right to tell it. But, I think it is way tacky for him to tell it and i would never buy that book. Those are different notions. That is the fundamental underpinning of the doctrine of free speech.

[Tango]

It is OJ's story to tell and I support his right to tell it. But, I think it is way tacky for him to tell it and i would never buy that book. Those are different notions. That is the fundamental underpinning of the doctrine of free speech.

The whole thing is crazy. OJ hasn't really paid anything for his crime. Instead, WE, the buying public are supposed to help pay off OJ's judgement! Gimme a break. The sentencing should have involved something other than a financial cost. I don't have the wisdom to figure out the right penalty for him, but it should involve cleaning bathrooms forever, or something else menial, something that involves his time, since he was responsible for the lose of precious life time of two individuals.

[strandinthewind]

The whole thing is crazy. OJ hasn't really paid anything for his crime. Instead, WE, the buying public are supposed to help pay off OJ's judgement! Gimme a break. The sentencing should have involved something other than a financial cost. I don't have the wisdom to figure out the right penalty for him, but it should involve cleaning bathrooms forever, or something else menial, something that involves his time, since he was responsible for the lose of precious life time of two individuals.


Oh Lord - I just cannot resist -- OJ owes the state and the public nothing. The state did not convict him in a criminal proceeding. Like it or not, he is innocent in the eyes of the law. Whether people believe differently is irrelevant from a legal point of view. If one does not like that, then change the US Constitution's sanctioning of double jeopardy.

He was, however, found responsible in a civil court, which has different standard of proof and different penalties from criminal court. That finding of liability resulted in a monetary award to the aggrieved parties.

The two are wholly mutually exclusive.

As for the we the public paying off the civil judgment - don't but the book no matter the publisher - that is the only power of this that an unrelated individual has :shrug: I will not buy this book.

[Tango]

Oh Lord - I just cannot resist -- OJ owes the state and the public nothing. The state did not convict him in a criminal proceeding. Like it or not, he is innocent in the eyes of the law. Whether people believe differently is irrelevant from a legal point of view. If one does not like that, then change the US Constitution's sanctioning of double jeopardy.

He was, however, found responsible in a civil court, which has different standard of proof and different penalties from criminal court. That finding of liability resulted in a monetary award to the aggrieved parties.

The two are wholly mutually exclusive.

As for the we the public paying off the civil judgment - don't but the book no matter the publisher - that is the only power of this that an unrelated individual has :shrug: I will not buy this book.

Exactly my point. He was found responsible in civil court. But this book deal is allowing the public, not OJ, to pay for his jugement.

[carrie721]

Exactly my point. He was found responsible in civil court. But this book deal is allowing the public, not OJ, to pay for his jugement.

only if people buy it :shrug:

[strandinthewind]

Exactly my point. He was found responsible in civil court. But this book deal is allowing the public, not OJ, to pay for his jugement.

Touche' :cool:

[gldstwmn]

I believe Black Widow was friendly with Nicole Brown Simpson. I think he also knows the Goldmans.

Oh. I'm sorry Andre.

[strandinthewind]

Oh. I'm sorry Andre.

We had a big discussion about it awhile back in some other thread.

And, yes, I am sorry for his loss :nod:

[gldstwmn]

The whole thing is crazy. OJ hasn't really paid anything for his crime. Instead, WE, the buying public are supposed to help pay off OJ's judgement!

I hadn't quite thought about it that way but you're right.

[strandinthewind]

I hadn't quite thought about it that way but you're right.

And - FG is using the work of the man who allegedly murdered his son to pay it. That just rubs me the wrong way. In other words, suppose OJ had personally gotten the rights from the sale of this book and then the court attached those rights in payment of the civil judgement - would FG have objected then? Considering he is looking to make money in this current way, it is likely he would not have. FG only objected to the initial publication because the money was to go to a trust for OJ's kids and, therefore, outside of the grasp of the civil court's jurisdiction to enforce the monetary award. So, I conclude that it is not the story FG objects to, it is the fact that FG is not getting the money made off of it. AND - this is FG's right to do this. I just think it is tacky just as I thought it was tacky for OJ to do it.

[BlackWidow]

We had a big discussion about it awhile back in some other thread.

And, yes, I am sorry for his loss :nod:

Thanks. I met the Goldman's a few times.
I knew Nicole very well. It is just too unbelievable to wrap my brain around.

[SuzeQuze]

And - FG is using the work of the man who allegedly murdered his son to pay it. That just rubs me the wrong way. In other words, suppose OJ had personally gotten the rights from the sale of this book and then the court attached those rights in payment of the civil judgement - would FG have objected then? Considering he is looking to make money in this current way, it is likely he would not have. FG only objected to the initial publication because the money was to go to a trust for OJ's kids and, therefore, outside of the grasp of the civil court's jurisdiction to enforce the monetary award. So, I conclude that it is not the story FG objects to, it is the fact that FG is not getting the money made off of it. AND - this is FG's right to do this. I just think it is tacky just as I thought it was tacky for OJ to do it.

Maybe it feels like at least some form of justice to Goldman. OJ "confesses" plus he pays. I don't know, in his position I might do the same thing.

I'm also sorry BW. I read the books about Nicole and she sounded like a fun and special person.

[BlackWidow]

Maybe it feels like at least some form of justice to Goldman. OJ "confesses" plus he pays. I don't know, in his position I might do the same thing.

I'm also sorry BW. I read the books about Nicole and she sounded like a fun and special person.

The bottom line is - She had finally gotten out of a bad situation and was killed for doing so and finally standing her ground.

[strandinthewind]

Maybe it feels like at least some form of justice to Goldman. OJ "confesses" plus he pays. I don't know, in his position I might do the same thing . . . .

I honestly do not know if I wouldn't either. Certainly, both of the deceaseds' families have incurreced huge expenses and there was comparatively little money actually received from the civil judgement. So, I might do it as well. Plus, I freely admit I like money and this could prove to generate millions for me if I were in their position.

[irishgrl]

So, it is okay for the G's to take the blood money but not OJ's kids, who the money would have gone to if OJ had been allowed to publish it. Blood money is blood money to these eyes.

Also, FG seemingly loves the limelight. I truly feel for this man as his daughter was brutally murdered. But and in kindness, I think it is time to let it go because at this point he seems like an absessed man. Can't say I blame him though.

Anyway, these people are BW's friends - so I am letting this go.
I cant believe you're saying that! what makes you think any $$$$ OJ would have made would have found its way to his KIDS? That man is about as narcissistic as they COME!

The Goldmans WON a settlement, and since OJ would never have paid them as he was ORDERED to do, I think its only RIGHT that the Goldmans appropriate whatever royalties would have resulted from this book. I do believe a lot of people sympathise with the Goldmans and I think this would be a PERFECT way to STICK it to OJ. The JERK.

[irishgrl]

I don't think I can do it. I've read my fair share of trashy novels but this...I don't know.
like I said, if I had the $$$, I'd prob buy it for the "key commentary" alone, but beyond that even if there were no "key commentary" I'd buy it just to put $$ in the Goldmans' coffers. $$$ that OJ will NEVER see but should have paid. Its justice in MY eyes.

[irishgrl]

Exactly my point. He was found responsible in civil court. But this book deal is allowing the public, not OJ, to pay for his jugement.
ok, you're not getting it. the public is NOT paying OJ's fine, what is happening is that OJ is NOT getting the royalties that he hoped to get from publishing this tripe. He is plainly hurting financially, and this is a huge slap in his face IMO if the Goldmans get the $$$ and he doesnt.

[jannieC]

I don't believe OJ wrote this book out of guilt AT ALL. I believe he wrote it out of arrogance and because he needed the money. The whole thing is sick and nothing anyone does will bring back the victims.

[BlackWidow]

like I said, if I had the $$$, I'd prob buy it for the "key commentary" alone, but beyond that even if there were no "key commentary" I'd buy it just to put $$ in the Goldmans' coffers. $$$ that OJ will NEVER see but should have paid. Its justice in MY eyes.

mine too....

[JWS]

ok, you're not getting it. the public is NOT paying OJ's fine, what is happening is that OJ is NOT getting the royalties that he hoped to get from publishing this tripe. He is plainly hurting financially, and this is a huge slap in his face IMO if the Goldmans get the $$$ and he doesnt.

While he is no longer living the "high" life as before, OJ still receives a $300,000 annual pension from the NFL which can't be touched...and neither can his Florida home. He'll live out the rest of is life fishing and playing golf in Florida.

[strandinthewind]

ok, you're not getting it. the public is NOT paying OJ's fine, what is happening is that OJ is NOT getting the royalties that he hoped to get from publishing this tripe. He is plainly hurting financially, and this is a huge slap in his face IMO if the Goldmans get the $$$ and he doesnt.

Your argument is illogical because OJ was never going to get the royalties. Under your scenario, if he did, he would pay tax on them and then the court would immediately seize them to pay off the civil judgement :shrug:

I remember reading that he had set up a trust for his kids that would accept all rev. from the sale of the book. He would have no access to that money other than to request the trustee spend it for school and the like. I could be wrong though.

In any event, the court correctly ruled that this book was OJ's asset and OJ cannot distrute that asset without the permission of the court, which has a lien on all of his allowable assets.

[GypsySorcerer]

I don't believe OJ wrote this book out of guilt AT ALL. I believe he wrote it out of arrogance and because he needed the money. The whole thing is sick and nothing anyone does will bring back the victims.

While he is no longer living the "high" life as before, OJ still receives a $300,000 annual pension from the NFL which can't be touched...and neither can his Florida home. He'll live out the rest of is life fishing and playing golf in Florida.

Agreed on all counts. As for this book, I have no desire to read something that is simply OJ thumbing his nose at everyone in print.

[irishgrl]

Your argument is illogical because OJ was never going to get the royalties. Under your scenario, if he did, he would pay tax on them and then the court would immediately seize them to pay off the civil judgement :shrug:

I remember reading that he had set up a trust for his kids that would accept all rev. from the sale of the book. He would have no access to that money other than to request the trustee spend it for school and the like. I could be wrong though.

In any event, the court correctly ruled that this book was OJ's asset and OJ cannot distrute that asset without the permission of the court, which has a lien on all of his allowable assets.
do you have something that proves OJ wouldnt have gotten the royalties?

I dont think anyone begrudges his kids anything, they are innocent. However, I can think of no other reason for him to float this nasty godawful tripe unless he needed the $$$$.

Thank GAWD the Court has a lien on all his allowable assets.

[strandinthewind]

While he is no longer living the "high" life as before, OJ still receives a $300,000 annual pension from the NFL which can't be touched...and neither can his Florida home. He'll live out the rest of is life fishing and playing golf in Florida.

With all due respect, $300,000 a year is not that much money when you are used to having way more. I think OJ probably put money away in cash in some offshore account or some dummy corporation here way before the criminal trial. There are legal ways to do this. By the time the civil judgment was handed down, the money was not part of OJ's assests anymore.

Many people do things like this. I make no comment on it being a moral thing to do mind you. But, it can be done legally.

[strandinthewind]

do you have something that proves OJ wouldnt have gotten the royalties . . . .

I remember seeing an interview with him where he said that. It makes sense that he would. Again, if he got one dime from this in his name, the court would seize it :shrug:

On edit - here is something from wikipedia:

A corporation owned by OJ Simpson's four daughters filed for chapter 7 bankuprtcy relief in the Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Florida on April 13, 2007 in the case of In re Lorraine Brooke Associates, Inc., Case No. 07-12641 (Bankr.S.D.Fla. July 2, 2007)(Cristol C.J. Emeritus). Frederic Goldman filed a secured claim in the amount of approximately $38 million dollars based on the judgment against OJ Simpson obtained in the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1997. The corporation owned various intellecutal property related to OJ Simpson. Goldman put into evidence the May 8, 2006 contract between the Debtor and HarperCollins contract concerning the publication of the book titled "If I Did It", a letter by Simpson stating that he wrote the book, the trail of money which was paid by HarperCollins which showed that it ultimately reached Simpson or his benefit, and documents under which Simpson transferred to the Debtor his rights to the book and related intellectual property rights. Goldman previously obtained an assignment order and restraining order dated March 13, 2007 in the aforementioned California State Court. He further obtained an order declaring the Debtor corporation a surrogate of Simpson. Goldman argued to the bankruptcy court that the Debtor was barred from re-litigating the California State Court assignment and surrogate orders. The bankruptcy court gave full faith and credit to the California State Court orders and barred the relitigation of the issues. The court also found that the Debtor was part of a scheme or device to hinder, delay, or defraud creditor Goldman by the use of the corporate veil. The court found the Debtor to be the nominee of Simpson. The court pierced and lifted the corporate veil from the device created for the sole purpose of secreting the possible assets from creditor Goldman. The court further found a lack of separate existence between the Debtor and Simpson and that the Debtor was incorporated without any legitimate business purpose. The court allowed Goldman's claim in the bankruptcy case.
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[JWS]

Agreed on all counts. As for this book, I have no desire to read something that is simply OJ thumbing his nose at everyone in print.


Krista, clear your message box. I have a PM

[irishgrl]

The court also found that the Debtor was part of a scheme or device to hinder, delay, or defraud creditor Goldman by the use of the corporate veil. The court found the Debtor to be the nominee of Simpson. The court pierced and lifted the corporate veil from the device created for the sole purpose of secreting the possible assets from creditor Goldman. The court further found a lack of separate existence between the Debtor and Simpson and that the Debtor was incorporated without any legitimate business purpose. The court allowed Goldman's claim in the bankruptcy case.

HAH! GOOD! OJ is a WEASEL. ARRGH!

[GypsySorcerer]

Krista, clear your message box. I have a PM

Done. :wavey:

[irishgrl]

Well, Well! this is interesting:

Denise Brown wants O.J. book boycott

By JACOB ADELMAN, Associated Press Writer 54 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES - The sister of Nicole Brown Simpson on Tuesday called for a boycott of the O.J. Simpson book "If I Did It" about the slaying of Simpson's ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman.
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Denise Brown said she was "shocked and horrified" to learn that a literary agent for the Goldman family had reached a deal to publish the controversial book.

In a prepared statement, she said she couldn't bear that her sister's two children "will have to be subjected to this step by step manual on how their mother and her friend Ron were murdered."

Brown's condemnation came a day after Los Angeles-based literary agent Sharlene Martin of Martin Literary Management announced a deal to publish "If I Did It."

The publishing house that will print the book was identified as Beaufort Books, a small publisher in New York. Its recent titles include "The Knock at the Door" by Margaret Ajemian Ahnert and "The Presence Process" by Michael Brown.

"We will be working diligently to not only publish this book well, but to honor the memory of the victims of this terrible crime: Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson," Beaufort president Eric Kampmann wrote in a statement announcing the deal.

The book will be published with Simpson's original manuscript intact and include commentary, said Michael Wright, a spokesman for Martin. The Goldmans, the publisher and Martin will contribute portions of sales proceeds to the newly formed Ron Goldman Foundation for Justice to help victims of violent crime, he said.

The new plan to publish "If I Did It" came months after HarperCollins dropped the book because of public outrage.

Last month, a federal bankruptcy judge awarded rights to the book to Goldman's family to help satisfy a $38 million wrongful death judgment against Simpson.

In her statement, Brown accused Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, and other family members of hypocrisy for publishing a book that he had called "disgusting and despicable" when Simpson first planned to publish it.

David Cook, an attorney for Fred Goldman, called Brown inconsistent for denouncing the publishing plan after lawyers for her and her family sought a share of possible profits from the book for themselves.

Simpson has maintained his innocence in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Goldman in 1994. The former football great, who now lives near Miami, was acquitted of murder in 1995.

I like Denise, but I find her argument a bit disingenuous....and contradictory.

[strandinthewind]

. . . I like Denise, but I find her argument a bit disingenuous....and contradictory.

I wonder if the Brown family cannot attach the rev. from the book to pay their portion of the civil award because the Goldman family got, via a circuitous legal route, the right to the awards. I guess that must exclude the money from the Brown's portion.

[irishgrl]

I wonder if the Brown family cannot attach the rev. from the book to pay their portion of the civil award because the Goldman family got, via a circuitous legal route, the right to the awards. I guess that must exclude the money from the Brown's portion.
well, personally, I think the Brown family are owed at least as much as the Goldman famly....werent they joined? if not, that was a bad decision on somebody's part...

[SuzeQuze]

like I said, if I had the $$$, I'd prob buy it for the "key commentary" alone, but beyond that even if there were no "key commentary" I'd buy it just to put $$ in the Goldmans' coffers. $$$ that OJ will NEVER see but should have paid. Its justice in MY eyes.

That's a good point. I may buy it. Just knowing that money will go to the Goldmans and that OJ will be flipping out might be enough. Who needs to read it? I'll probably read the commentary though if I do buy it.

[strandinthewind]

Inrterestingly, why would OJ care if the money went to the Goldman's? Yes, he tried that trust thing for his daughters, but it didn't work out. There is that to be concerned over. But, if the book is to be released and OJ was not getting the money anyway, why should he be angry that it, if it does we, which is unlikely, will pay off his judgement :shrug: In other words, if this book is a hit and the judgement is paid off, then OJ can begin to make significant income, which is possible, without the liens in place. IMO, it is a win win for OJ if this book is successful and even though he personally is not and was never going to get any of the sales rev.

[strandinthewind]

well, personally, I think the Brown family are owed at least as much as the Goldman famly....werent they joined? if not, that was a bad decision on somebody's part...

I do not know. The articles state the court awarded the Goldman family the rights to the book. It did not indicate the Brown family was part of that award. Indeed, the Brown family has tried to get some of the money, I think, to no avail. If that is happening, them Goldman ought to be ashamed of himself. Clearly, the Brown's were just as hurt as the Goldman's. Maybe it is because the Goldmans alone moved to get the rights and the Browns were not part of that :shrug:

[irishgrl]

the whole thing is just mind-boggling :shrug: so much pain and suffering...except OJ who has a sociopath's indifference to his heinous acts :mad:

[SuzeQuze]

Inrterestingly, why would OJ care if the money went to the Goldman's? Yes, he tried that trust thing for his daughters, but it didn't work out. There is that to be concerned over. But, if the book is to be released and OJ was not getting the money anyway, why should he be angry that it, if it does we, which is unlikely, will pay off his judgement :shrug: In other words, if this book is a hit and the judgement is paid off, then OJ can begin to make significant income, which is possible, without the liens in place. IMO, it is a win win for OJ if this book is successful and even though he personally is not and was never going to get any of the sales rev.

Because he is completely egocentric and obviously rageful.

[JWS]

I guess the screenplay and movie will be next. OJ can play himself.