To add to Tristram's post: The Goldmans gained the rights to publish the book and are selling it.

But as been said earlier, O.J. has gone out of his way to avoid paying the civil judgment(the Goldmans can't touch O.J.'s NFL pension).

I wouldn't be surprised if he put the money from the Take-Two deal in his kids' names, or in offshore accounts where it couldn't be touched.

I find that I'm one of the few people I know who absolutely HATES the fact that OJ Simpson lost that civil suit. I think the entire thing is a hideous perversion of the justice system. I know some may say the fact he wasn't conviced is also a perversion, but that's irrelevent. One flaw in the justice system isn't fixed by creating another massive flaw.

I was fairly young when the whole thing occured, so I didn't follow it that much. I don't know whether he's guilty, and until recently really haven't had a strong opinion on the matter. Now I'm fairly certain that he is either guilty, or at the very least a complete and utter ****. But the thing is, I don't care whether he's a killer or not, when it comes to the civil suit that is. What matters is that he was found not guilty. And our system opperates on a "innocent untill proven guilty" system.

Legally, there is no difference between OJ Simpson and ANY OTHER person accused of murder and found not guilty. Now, there is precedent for any one of them to be hit by a huge lawsuit that could destroy what was left of their lives. Considering how many wrongfully convicted people were released with the advent of DNA evidence, and considering that the burdon of proof in a civil suit is far less than that of a criminel trial, I'm fairly certain that wrongful death suits aren't some magic solution that will only hurt the truly guilty. Innocent people will lose those lawsuits and have their lives destroyed. And what hope do those people have for justice? With OJ out there, any change in the system that would protect them will never be approved.

Really, what was done to OJ was just a new form of vigilantism, plain and simple. They "knew" he was a killer even if the courts said otherwise, so they got him themselves. They were just smart enough to try something different than actually killing him.

So go ahead and cheer about this if you want. Just pray (or hope, if you're an athiest) you'll never be unlucky enough to find yourself suspected of a crime you didn't commit and sued in civil court even though you were found not guilty.

I'm glad that he won't see any of the money. If someone can get out of a murder charge by simply confusing the jury, then he deserves it. This guy wasn't even proved innocent. All the evidence was against him. His lawyer just played the Chewbacca Defense well.

well i guess that's what you get when you murder people.

Next we'll hear form the looney lawyer that Take Two supports murderers fpr real

And Thompson will just see the name of the company and STILL subpoena OJ to add him to his 'killer' witness list.

Nightwing, he just wrote a book smugly admitting he did it. And he was found guilty is a civil suit.

Yeah, well, Cato went on Mad TV joking about how HE did it "it was me. Me, me, me.". But you don't see the large part of society smacking him around. And quite frankly, I think Cato had more to do with the murders (maybe not directly but certainly paid to have them done) than Simpson.

Note for the record I'm by no means any more a Simpson fan than I am of ANY famous person in sports. I don't care about professional sports much at all. So if anyone out there thinks this is a fan worship thing on my part, they'd be wrong.

As to Civil Suits, everyone knows that they have the least burden of proof when dealing with a crime.
Accuser: "You did it!"
Accused: "No I didn't!"
Judge: "They say you did so you did! Guilty!"

Ok, maybe it takes a little more, but that little bit more usually isn't admissable in a Criminal Trial. And usually with good reason.

As a professional football player, Simpson probably would have made the cut for his name to be in the game had there not been this murder issue. But, I think, as it is, his name was picked more likely BECAUSE of the controversy over the murder charge rather than his popularity as a professional football player.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

*sigh* He should have used the Chewbacca Defense. Then he wouldn't be in this bind.

What? How does that work? Was he originally ordered to pay money to the victim's estate and refused? I'm kind of confused, it just seems to me like they're taking his money for the hell of it.

OJ should keep having to be in Leslie Nielsen movies, that sounds like a just punishment.

@ArchRanger

After OJ was found not guilty of the criminal charge of murder, he was sued on the civil charge of wrongful death. There he was found guilty, but being a civil trial the most that can be done is award restitution to the families of the deceased. OJ's done his level best to avoid paying, claiming he doesn't have the money etc. So now it seems that every time some money comes his way, he gets ordered to fork it over to the families as part of what he owes.

@bayushisan

I don't really have any sympathy for OJ myself. I'm fairly certain that even if he isn't a killer, he's a horrible and disgusting person, as I can't imagine any decent person with respect for the dead writing and trying to publish something like "If I did it." And as I said I really don't know much about the trial, so it may very well have been a horrible farce.

But that doesn't change the fact that I don't like the idea of a civil suit being won against him afterwards. As I said, legally, there's no real difference between OJ and any other person accused of murder and found not guilty. Meaning that if he can lose a wrongfull death suit after being cleared in trial, anyone can. And I hate that idea. I don't like it, and even if it does provide some comfort to the family and some punishment to a killer in this case, I still view it as a form of vigilantism. I'm certain in the past, that some people who were lynched were in fact guilty, and were perhaps cleared in a trail that was every bit as much as a farce as OJ's apparently was. That doesn't change the fact that what was done was wrong.

So we've got an OJ Simpson conspiracy theorist? The mid-90's called to say the give a shit. I, on the other hand, don't.

Oh, and as we've seen several times (including one rather prolific case that is ongoing right now), if you write a book detailing how you murdered real people, you probably murdered them. Cause, as OJ would say, this shit just writes itself.

Eh, I really don't care what happens to his money. I'm just afraid that people will claim the developers used OJ Simpson's image in the game as some kind of gimmick. Even if prior events hadn't occurred he still would've been approached since the theme of the game is retired football players... or basically anyone who's played football and doesn't have any kind of contract/obligation to the NFL.

[...] TheStreet.com reports that Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of 2ksports, paid OJ Simpson $50,000 for the rights to use his likeness in All-Pro Football 2k8. I LOVE this game and I am a huge fan of 2k games, but when I found out “The Juice” was in the game AND you can give him the “throat slash” TD celebration, I realized the money should have been spent on some real All-Pros that should have been in the game, like Bo Jackson or Deion Sanders. [...]

@Lavarock

You can sue someone for "wrongful death". It's kind of like suing someone for murder in a civil court, instead of them being brought on felony charges in a criminal court. After OJ won his criminal trial, the families of the deceased pressed one of these civil suits against him. As this trial wasn't made into a circus, and burden of proof is lower, OJ lost this one and as such owes millions to the families. He still hasn't paid in full. Hence every time it looks like some significant money is going to come his way, he's gets ordered to fork it over as part of the payment.

@Mad Scientist

Umm, they didn't need a precedent for that, it could happen regardless. Hell, it's probably happened before, and I'm fairly certain it's happened since with no need to draw upon OJ's trial for precedence. Civil lawsuits and criminal charges aren't connected. If I drive a bulldozer into the side of your house, you can sue me for property destruction regardless of whether or not charges of vandalism get pressed. Same principle in the OJ case, that the court could not find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt does not bar the families of the deceased from seeking restitution for damage done. That they had a strong case against OJ isn't the court system's fault, it's OJ's fault.

"If it happened in one case, it could happen in any case!" is a poor argument as it draws on all of one data point. I keep bringing up the irregularity of the OJ case because it makes this data point in particular a bad one to draw upon. The available evidence makes for a strong case against OJ. Had his trial proceed more normally he might well have been convicted of murder. Thus it's a poor point to use to draw conclusions about the normal functioning of thing like you're trying to do.

Furthermore, that someone who was almost convicted (or as many would likely say, wrongfully acquitted) of murder in an irregular trial later gets convicted of wrongful death in a regular trial does a couple things. First it generates little to no outrage as most see it as justice finally being served. Second it says absolutely nothing about the chances of someone rightfully acquitted in a regular trial of losing a civil lawsuit.

You've got a valid concern; innocent people surviving criminal charges only to lose to civil charges. Which I'm sure does happen, people get stuck settling all the time in civil suits for lack of ability to continue to defend themselves and I'm sure some of them are not only innocent but already have warded off criminal charges like you suggest. But don't use OJ's case to make your argument. It doesn't work, and indeed works against the point you're trying to make.

No matter what his football credentials might be, what sane company would dare to associate themselves with him?

Maybe Take Two is taking their controversial Rockstar marketing tactics and applying them to football now. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

I don't know all the details of the case. I wasn't in the jury, and I know full well the press lies or gets things wrong and forms opinions that aren't based on reality.

Even there, I can't help but think that even if this guy IS a murderer, if we're not giving him free room and board for life, it seems awfully cruel to destroy his means. If the man can't cultivate the means he's acquired throughout his career to earn his way through life, maybe it's in his best interests to put on a poncho and a fu manchu beard and move to some other country where he can still live out his last miserable years as a former star shunned by society.

The Assassins ... classy :D

Many of you seem to think that one has to prove innocence. You are wrong. You ARE innocent until proven guilty, period. Only guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, until that time, you are innocent. Unless of course, you live under a dictatorship. Stop spreading missinformation.

Who cares if the trial is a farce, that is moot point now. They did not prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to the jury which cleared him of the charges against him, meaning he is still innocent until proven otherwise. The same age old problem applies, rather than finding the truth regardless of what it is one way or the other, someone has to take the blame, right? This mentality has been in practice since the stone ages. We call ourselves an advanced civilization, riiiight.

The civil suit is trivial to a certain degree. Any damages gained will never bring the victim back. Though money helps, it serves as a constant reminder of what was lost. No amount money can ever fill the void of a lost loved one.

In the end, O.J. alone knows the real truth regardless of what people think they know. He ultimately has to live with whatever that truth may be. Being on either side of the spectrum in his case, isn't a very good place to be, regarldless of where the truth lies.

recent news: OJ robs Vegas memorabilia shop. wtf?

Sorry if this has been brought up but....wouldn't owning the book get their money and more if they marketed it right? All money goes to the Poor Families of those Victims....and then Sell the book to a movie company with a profits go to the families kinda marketing they'd get more then enough to cover the civil Fees.

I don't give a rats butt about weather he's guilty or not but wouldn't forcing him to fork over all his income that he's receiving be a little over the top? After all the guy has kids and the guy still has to eat...I mean wasn't he just recently arrested for Robbery...sounds like he's hard up for cash...I dunno it just seems like there's too much wrong with this whole thing...it's like well our family members are dead....but hey! We can make a fortune ripping the murder off for yeeeears... money doesn't equal even a minute comparison to the lives he did or did not take...I couldn't imagine doing this kinda low shameful act if say my bro-in-law was famous and killed my sister...the money wouldn't at all make up for what he did...blood for blood is all that can make up for it...and the money wouldn't comfort me any...neither would the thought that I was making his pockets hurt....

Then again Ron Goldman doesn't impress me after all didn't he try and get OJ's Hismen (how is that spelled?) Trophy? I'm a firm believer of not jacking people's acheivements for your petty attempts at making them pay...stuff like that is not acceptable...

I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU Jesus WHEN YOU SAID:
"September 18th, 2007 at 6:38 am
OJ is innocent.
Did anyone see him commit the crime? no.
Was anyone there no.

Even if he killed his wife, who gives a sh!t it’s over and done with, he should put his money somewhere safe so the greedy ass goldmans don’t get it." UNQUOTE ____________________

FINALLY, A VOICE THAT MAKES SENSE!!! I AGREE WITH YOU EMPHATICALLY!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD MAN GOLDDIGGING, if he could HE
would like to have not only, OJ'S WATCH TO
PUT ON HIS BODY AND HIS MEMORABILIAS,
BUT HE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE THE
load in O.J.'S PANTS SINCE he never had any worth
mentioning.......no wonder he is jealous of
O.J.! IT COULDN'T BE BECAUSE OJ KILLED HIS
SON BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S
CRIMINAL COURT SAID OJ DID NOT KILL RON
GOLDDIGMAN OR NICOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If AMERICA IS GOING TO HAVE VIGILANTES
AND KANGAROO COURTS THEN shut down the SUPREME
COURT AND ALL ITS little underling courts.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IS A SIN BEFORE GOD!

YOU GUYS FORCED OJ INTO A LIFE OF CRIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If he was not ordered to pay some damn fools
for the death of their family members,that THE
COURTS SAID HE DID NOT DO..... he would
not have to try to regain his property, give
up OR TRY TO HIDE his property, or any of the
shady dealings he MAY HAVE been involved in.

THE GOLDDIGGERMANS ACT AS IF THEY ARE G-L-A-D,
exceedingly happy,happy happy
SOMEBODY KILLED THEIR SON and MORE THAN HAPPY TO
HAVE O.J. TO BLAME because how dare he O.J.
BE a rich BLACK man.....richer than the GOLDDIGGERMANS!
I'm waiting for TIGER WOODS TO GET HISDS COMING UPPANCE!
hehehe. I can't think of too many rich BLACK MEN WHO
HAVEN'T BEEN PUT through the grinder!

The more I think about this the angrier I feel.
IF O.J. HAD BEEN FOUND GUILTY BY THE WHITE MAN'S
COURT THEN I WOULD AGREE WITH THE WHITE MAN AND
I WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE THERE TO SEE OJ DIE IN
THE CHAIR. I WOULD EVEN OFFER TO PULL THE SWITCH,
BUT OJ WAS FOUND NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT
GUILTY! I don't KNOW for a fact, whether in
reality IF O.J. KILLED THEM OR NOT BUT THE
EFING LAW OF THIS LAND SAYS INNOCENT UNTIL
P-R-O-V-E-N prrrrrrrrrrrrrroven guilty!
IF I COULD WAVE A MAGIC WAND EVERY SINGLE SOUL
CLAMORING FOR THE HEAD OF O.J.SIMPSON would WALK
IN HIS SHOES STEP FOR STEP and go through all
the agony we have put him through!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Especially, the GOLDDIGGERMANS, they would relive
oj's agony over and over for all eternity!

BELIEVE IT OR NOT I cannot stand O.J.SIMPSON!
He is a race traitor! He makes me feel that he
is getting what he deserves BECAUSE HAD HE
stayed with his OWN PEOPLE this would never
have happened EVEN IF HE HAD KILLED A BLACK
WOMAN, he wouldn't be forced into a life of
crime or driven to insanity!

AMERICA IS EXTREMELY WICKED WHEN IT COMES TO RACISM. Read
the statistics FOR PROOF. Read the news and
read not just history but the archives in the
last century AND THINGS SEEM TO BE GETTING
WORSE IN THIS NEW CENTURY. O.J. LOVE WHITE
PEOPLE WITH A PASSION. BLACKS IN GENERAL LOVE
WHITE PEOPLE and the more we love you the more
you kick our butts......THE JENA, LOUISIANA SIX
is an EXAMPLE, MICHAEL VICK,will spend time in
jail for killing dogs and MARY WINKLER is free
after being found guilty of killing her husband.

....EVERYONE who cannot see the injustices are
definitely racist!

RESPONSE TO Mad_Scientist, WHO SAID:

"September 13th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
I find that I’m one of the few people I know who absolutely HATES the fact that OJ Simpson lost that civil suit. I think the entire thing is a hideous perversion of the justice system." excerpt end.

kudos.....WELL SAID! AT LEAST EVERYONE IN THE U.S.A haven't gone completely mad and have some fairness in them!

THANKS FOR YOUR POST; YOU Stilled my butterfly stomache! I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW EASY IT IS FOR SO MANY PEOPLE TO SCREAM FOR BLOOD....like savages!