Who Did It?


The continuing controversy over If I Did It, O.J. Simpson's hypothetical memoir, made its way onto Winfrey's show Thursday, with all the major players—minus one big one—taking to the airwaves to discuss their feelings on the book.

The rights to the book, also released Thursday, passed from Simpson to the family of the late Ron Goldman following a bankruptcy judge's ruling. The family continues to attempt to collect more than $30 million owed them from the wrongful-death judgment against Simpson.

Who killed Nicole Simpson? It’s a question most people considered answered even before O.J. Simpson wrote his “hypothetical” book about how he would have murdered his ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman if he had done it. Now, the only folks who still think O.J.’s innocent are the jurors from his criminal trial. And even some of them may finally be having their doubts. (“Hmmm, maybe there was something to all that ‘DNA’ mumbo jumbo, after all …”)

The new controversy is over the decision by Ron’s father, Fred Goldman, to publish O.J.’s self-serving book — to which the Goldman family gained the rights thanks to their judgment against O.J. in a civil trial 10 years ago.
Nicole Simpson’s family is furious about the move. In a telephone interview, Nicole’s sister, Denise Brown, told the Washington Post, “This is evil, this is blood money,”

 

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