Goldman family’s suit against Simpson rejected
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A federal judge Wednesday refused to hear a lawsuit filed by the father of murder victim Ronald Goldman seeking money paid to O.J. Simpson for his book “If I Did It.”
Simpson was acquitted in October 1995 of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson, his former wife, and her friend Goldman. But a civil jury later returned a $33.5-million judgment against Simpson, ruling that he was liable to the victims’ families for their wrongful deaths. They have not received substantial money.
Simpson received $895,000 for the book, which was not published. The judge said the suit should have been filed in Florida.
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