JohnO Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I just read an interesting article.....it appears the reason that O.J.'s book "If I Did It," his "fictional" account of how he would have murdered his ex-wife and Ron Goldman, is finally getting published, is because Ron's father Fred Goldman owns all rights to the book now! It was ruled as partial settlement on FG's civil suit against Simpson, which he won in court after O.J. was acquitted in his criminal trial.The main change Fred has done is to take the word "If" on the cover and shrink it down to microscopic size, so the title now appears to read "I Did It". Goldman is appearing on Oprah today to plug the book. While I never had any intention at all of buying this book (or even picking it up to glance at it), knowing that Ron Goldman's family is getting any profits changes things a bit.....although the Brown family (O.J.'s ex-wife's family) considers this "blood money", and says that Fred G. is despicable. On the other hand, Goldman claims he's collected less than $10,000 to-date of the $38 M civil lawsuit he won against O.J. about a year after his acquittal in the criminal trial. Fred says he knows he's not going to wind up with much money from this book, but at least it's money that's not going in Simpson's pocket, so he won't be able to profit from the alleged murders he may or may not have committed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raspathens Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I have always thought a lot of Fred Goldman until now. Why get involved in this? If he needed the money for a good reason I might understand. If he really doesn't think he will get any money out of it, why participate in O.J.'s twisted world? Everyone knows that O.J. killed his son, so this weird, backhanded admission book means nothing. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoGal Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 The only saving grace for Goldman at this point would be to donate ALL monies made on the book to some women's shelter, domestic violence org. et. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoGal Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 The only saving grace for Goldman at this point would be to donate ALL monies made on the book to some women's shelter, domestic violence org. et. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 My understanding is Goldman is much more interested in ensuring that Simpson makes no money off of the book...than profiting himself, which will likely be limited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raspathens Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 If he could beat that other rap, this should be a piece of cake. http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/14112984/detail.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 Hmmm...the Palace Station is a very old, kinda run-down casino, compared with those on the Strip...and definitely not the kind of place one would expect to find a celebrity like Simpson! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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