The death of O.J. Simpson at 76 leaves the fate of his estate — whatever of that exists — in question.
The football great turned acquitted murderer said in recent years that he subsisted entirely off of his NFL and private pensions. Many of his most valuable possessions were seized following a 1997 civil trial that awarded $33.5 million to the families of Ron Goldman and Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, both brutally murdered outside her Brentwood apartment on June 12, 1994. The weapon, a knife, was never found.
“It increases by 10 percent every year,” Fred Goldman, Ron’s father, told The Hollywood Reporter in 2022 of the civil trial amount awarded to the Goldmans. “It’s a ridiculous number, none of which has ever appeared. [Simpson] never paid one single penny. Anything that we were able to take was through our own efforts of taking things away from him.”
But with Simpson now dead, the story could...
The football great turned acquitted murderer said in recent years that he subsisted entirely off of his NFL and private pensions. Many of his most valuable possessions were seized following a 1997 civil trial that awarded $33.5 million to the families of Ron Goldman and Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, both brutally murdered outside her Brentwood apartment on June 12, 1994. The weapon, a knife, was never found.
“It increases by 10 percent every year,” Fred Goldman, Ron’s father, told The Hollywood Reporter in 2022 of the civil trial amount awarded to the Goldmans. “It’s a ridiculous number, none of which has ever appeared. [Simpson] never paid one single penny. Anything that we were able to take was through our own efforts of taking things away from him.”
But with Simpson now dead, the story could...
- 4/12/2024
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the wake of pushback by victims’ families to Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Kim Goldman is speaking out about TV producers who fail to alert survivors about their true crime TV shows.
Goldman – whose brother Ron was murdered alongside Nicole Brown Simpson in 1994 – said she was “not surprised” to learn that families were caught off guard by Ryan Murphy’s latest series for Netflix. The serial killer limited series starring Evan Peters hit the 1B hours mark within the first 28 days of its release window.
“I’m not surprised,” Goldman told EW. “The same creator did the same thing to our family. I’ve seen [this type of backlash] from Gabby Petito’s family about the Lifetime movie. Lots of other families have talked about how their case has been exploited without any involvement or even a courtesy call. It’s pretty gross.”
Goldman recounted how she first learned about Murphy’s...
Goldman – whose brother Ron was murdered alongside Nicole Brown Simpson in 1994 – said she was “not surprised” to learn that families were caught off guard by Ryan Murphy’s latest series for Netflix. The serial killer limited series starring Evan Peters hit the 1B hours mark within the first 28 days of its release window.
“I’m not surprised,” Goldman told EW. “The same creator did the same thing to our family. I’ve seen [this type of backlash] from Gabby Petito’s family about the Lifetime movie. Lots of other families have talked about how their case has been exploited without any involvement or even a courtesy call. It’s pretty gross.”
Goldman recounted how she first learned about Murphy’s...
- 10/18/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
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It has been nearly three decades since Fred Goldman and daughter Kim Goldman were transformed almost overnight into reluctant celebrities amid almost inconceivable grief for Ron Goldman — their son and brother, respectively. Ron was a 25-year-old tennis instructor and waiter who was murdered, along with Nicole Brown Simpson, outside her Brentwood home on July 12, 1994. Ron was there to return a pair of sunglasses that Nicole’s mother had left at his restaurant — but in a dark twist, he came upon Nicole’s murder scene and met the same fate.
What followed was dubbed the Trial of the Century, with Nicole’s estranged husband, NFL star turned actor O.J. Simpson, ultimately being found not guilty of either killing. A civil lawsuit in 1997 did find Simpson liable for both deaths and awarded the Goldmans millions in damages — less than 1 percent of which they say has been recouped.
It has been nearly three decades since Fred Goldman and daughter Kim Goldman were transformed almost overnight into reluctant celebrities amid almost inconceivable grief for Ron Goldman — their son and brother, respectively. Ron was a 25-year-old tennis instructor and waiter who was murdered, along with Nicole Brown Simpson, outside her Brentwood home on July 12, 1994. Ron was there to return a pair of sunglasses that Nicole’s mother had left at his restaurant — but in a dark twist, he came upon Nicole’s murder scene and met the same fate.
What followed was dubbed the Trial of the Century, with Nicole’s estranged husband, NFL star turned actor O.J. Simpson, ultimately being found not guilty of either killing. A civil lawsuit in 1997 did find Simpson liable for both deaths and awarded the Goldmans millions in damages — less than 1 percent of which they say has been recouped.
- 7/8/2022
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Court TV’s first original true crime series, OJ25, will look back at the world-famous O.J. Simpson murder case 25 years later. The series will premiere on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 9:00 p.m. Et on Court TV.
OJ25 will relive the trial using Court TV’s extensive library, featuring every minute of the double murder trial. OJ25 will encapsulate the week’s courtroom action in the chronological order in which it took place 25 years ago in Los Angeles ̶ from the trial’s start on January 24, 1995 until the verdict in early October. New episodes of the original 37-part series will premiere on Court TV weekly each Thursday night.
As companion to OJ25, Court TV will also make the complete trial available in weekly chronological installments on CourtTV.com every Thursday starting January 23.
OJ25 includes exclusive new interviews with numerous trial participants from multiple vantage points, ranging from Los Angeles police detectives, attorneys,...
OJ25 will relive the trial using Court TV’s extensive library, featuring every minute of the double murder trial. OJ25 will encapsulate the week’s courtroom action in the chronological order in which it took place 25 years ago in Los Angeles ̶ from the trial’s start on January 24, 1995 until the verdict in early October. New episodes of the original 37-part series will premiere on Court TV weekly each Thursday night.
As companion to OJ25, Court TV will also make the complete trial available in weekly chronological installments on CourtTV.com every Thursday starting January 23.
OJ25 includes exclusive new interviews with numerous trial participants from multiple vantage points, ranging from Los Angeles police detectives, attorneys,...
- 1/16/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
It has been 25 years since the infamous deaths of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson. The criminal case shook America and left family members and those closest to the victims unsatisfied. Ron Goldman’s siblings and family have stayed out of the spotlight, but on the anniversary of their loved one’s death, they are speaking […]
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- 6/13/2019
- by Rebecca Maloof
- Uinterview
Kim Goldman, sister of Ron Goldman -- who was killed by O.J. Simpson -- is so terrified of her ex-husband's threats and attacks on Ron's name ... she's demanding court protection. Kim divorced Michael Hahn in 2007, but says he's emotionally abused her ever since. In court docs, obtained by TMZ, Goldman says Hahn has sent her a series of threatening emails over the years -- even invoking her late brother, Ron, and father Fred. According to Kim,...
- 7/26/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Ron Goldman's father and sister, Kim and Fred Goldman, admit that were taken aback by O.J. Simpson's behavior during his parole hearing on Thursday.
The Goldmans appeared on Good Morning America on Friday, and reacted to the parole board in Lovelock, Nevada, granting the former NFL pro's parole. "It was shocking," Kim Goldman said of Simpson's pending release from prison after being locked up for a 2007 botched robbery. "I think I expected that [Simpson] was going to come in with a script -- 'I did these crimes, I'm so sorry, I'm remorseful, I know that there was a gun in the room.'"
Exclusive: Oj Simpson Juror Says He Underwent Intense Therapy After Murder Trial, Talks Not-Guilty Verdict
"I thought he was going to follow what I thought was going to be a very strategic plan for the day and then he went off-script," she added. "He became exactly who he normally is, and I started...
The Goldmans appeared on Good Morning America on Friday, and reacted to the parole board in Lovelock, Nevada, granting the former NFL pro's parole. "It was shocking," Kim Goldman said of Simpson's pending release from prison after being locked up for a 2007 botched robbery. "I think I expected that [Simpson] was going to come in with a script -- 'I did these crimes, I'm so sorry, I'm remorseful, I know that there was a gun in the room.'"
Exclusive: Oj Simpson Juror Says He Underwent Intense Therapy After Murder Trial, Talks Not-Guilty Verdict
"I thought he was going to follow what I thought was going to be a very strategic plan for the day and then he went off-script," she added. "He became exactly who he normally is, and I started...
- 7/21/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
On the day that could see O.J. Simpson granted parole from prison, the family of Ronald Goldman says they will likely never see justice in the decades-old death of their loved one.
“Ron never gets to spend his life doing what he wanted to do,” Goldman’s father, Fred, said during a Thursday appearance on Good Morning America. “We’ll never get to share his life, and the killer will walk free and do whatever he wants.”
Fred said his family will “probably … never get the justice” in Ron’s death.
Simpson, 70, was notoriously acquitted of the 1994 double-slaying of Ron...
“Ron never gets to spend his life doing what he wanted to do,” Goldman’s father, Fred, said during a Thursday appearance on Good Morning America. “We’ll never get to share his life, and the killer will walk free and do whatever he wants.”
Fred said his family will “probably … never get the justice” in Ron’s death.
Simpson, 70, was notoriously acquitted of the 1994 double-slaying of Ron...
- 7/20/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
Ron Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, fought back tears as he talked about the possibility that O.J. Simpson might soon walk free.
On Thursday, just hours prior to Simpson's parole hearing in Lovelock, Nevada, Ron Goldman's dad and his sister, Kim Goldman, sat down with Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos to talk about what life has been like since the former NFL pro started serving a prison sentence for his part in the robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas in September 2007 -- and the possibility that he could be released as early as Oct. 1.
Watch: Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman's Families Say American Crime Story Is 'Epitome of Disrespect'
In 1995, Simpson was found not guilty in the murders of Ron Goldman and his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. In 1997, however, Simpson was found guilty for their deaths in a civil trial, and was ordered to pay over $33 million to the families of the...
On Thursday, just hours prior to Simpson's parole hearing in Lovelock, Nevada, Ron Goldman's dad and his sister, Kim Goldman, sat down with Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos to talk about what life has been like since the former NFL pro started serving a prison sentence for his part in the robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas in September 2007 -- and the possibility that he could be released as early as Oct. 1.
Watch: Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman's Families Say American Crime Story Is 'Epitome of Disrespect'
In 1995, Simpson was found not guilty in the murders of Ron Goldman and his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. In 1997, however, Simpson was found guilty for their deaths in a civil trial, and was ordered to pay over $33 million to the families of the...
- 7/20/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
On Thursday, O.J. Simpson will appear remotely from prison to ask Nevada’s parole board for his freedom nearly nine years after being sentenced to prison in an armed robbery.
The notorious former football star, who was acquitted of the 1994 double-murder of his then-wife and her friend, was convicted in 2008 for his role in the robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas a year earlier.
Simpson, now 70, was sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison. His parole hearing is set for 10 a.m. local time.
Here are five things to know about the hearing.
1. Former Prosecutor:...
The notorious former football star, who was acquitted of the 1994 double-murder of his then-wife and her friend, was convicted in 2008 for his role in the robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas a year earlier.
Simpson, now 70, was sentenced to nine to 33 years in prison. His parole hearing is set for 10 a.m. local time.
Here are five things to know about the hearing.
1. Former Prosecutor:...
- 7/20/2017
- by Greg Hanlon
- PEOPLE.com
On the eve of a hearing Thursday that could release O.J. Simpson from a Nevada prison, the family of murder victim Ronald Goldman is expressing “frustration” at the possible outcome.
Goldman was killed — along with Simpson’s wife, Nicole Brown Simpson — in the high-profile 1994 double-slaying for which Simpson was acquitted a year later. The former football star subsequently was judged liable for the deaths in a civil case brought by the two victims’ families.
Then, in 2008, O.J. Simpson, now 69, was convicted for his role in the armed robbery and kidnapping of two sports-memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas, in a case...
Goldman was killed — along with Simpson’s wife, Nicole Brown Simpson — in the high-profile 1994 double-slaying for which Simpson was acquitted a year later. The former football star subsequently was judged liable for the deaths in a civil case brought by the two victims’ families.
Then, in 2008, O.J. Simpson, now 69, was convicted for his role in the armed robbery and kidnapping of two sports-memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas, in a case...
- 7/19/2017
- by Jeff Truesdell and K.C. Baker
- PEOPLE.com
It has been nearly 20 years since O.J. Simpson was found civilly responsible for the death’s of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman despite being acquitted of killing them.
Now, Simpson sits in prison on an unrelated conviction and will be eligible for parole in October — but the Goldman family says they don’t want to see the man freed.
“He did a horrible, heinous crime and I have no feeling except rot in hell,” Goldman’s sister Kim Goldman told ABC News in an exclusive interview aired Friday on Good Morning America.
Simpson’s 1995 murder prosecution, subsequent acquittal and...
Now, Simpson sits in prison on an unrelated conviction and will be eligible for parole in October — but the Goldman family says they don’t want to see the man freed.
“He did a horrible, heinous crime and I have no feeling except rot in hell,” Goldman’s sister Kim Goldman told ABC News in an exclusive interview aired Friday on Good Morning America.
Simpson’s 1995 murder prosecution, subsequent acquittal and...
- 2/3/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
Kim Goldman made things extra-personal following the series finale of FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson” this week. After declaring relief that the series — which chronicled the Simpson trial stemming from the murders of her brother, Ron Goldman, and Nicole Brown Simpson — had run its course, Goldman tweeted Simpson’s address to enable others to send hate mail to Simpson. “Finally, it’s over. #PeoplevsOJSimpson @Acsfx,” Goldman tweeted Wednesday, a day after the season finale of the anthology series. Also Read: Sarah Paulson Finds Oj Guilty: 'It Could Be Nobody Else' (Video) After another Twitter user asked, “@KimEGoldman @Acsfx am I allowed to.
- 4/7/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story is receiving rave reviews, Emmy buzz and has become the go-to watercooler show of the season, but it's not without its detractors. The family of Ron Goldman, who along with Nicole Brown was murdered, has spoken out against the FX series and the pain it's causing the family of the victims. Kim Goldman, Ron's sister, said the series "just kind of ripped the Band-Aid right back off, poured gallons of salt in it." "They're going to leave the Band-Aid off and leave us to be and I think it's really insensitive to not consider the families at all throughout this process," she said. The series follows O.J. Simpson's infamous...
- 4/1/2016
- E! Online
Ron Goldman’s sister and father do not see the entertainment value of FX’s American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, which explores the trial that cleared Simpson of the murders of Goldman and Nicole Brown. Ron Goldman’s Family On ‘People v. Oj Simpson’ Kim Goldman, the late Ron Goldman’s sister, finds it hard to understand why […]
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- 3/15/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Welcome to Outrage Watch, HitFix's semi-regular rundown of entertainment-related kerfuffles. Not feeling anxious enough already? Get your fix of righteous indignation below, and stay posted for outrage updates throughout the week. The People v. O.J. Simpson has won critical acclaim and become a ratings hit for FX, but at least two people in America aren't singing its praises: Fred and Kim Goldman, father and sister of Ron Goldman, whose murder alongside Nicole Brown Simpson kicked off the most sensational court case of all time. "I don’t know what the probative value is of the show," says Kim Goldman in a preview clip from Tuesday's episode of Steve Harvey (embedded below). "It’s everywhere all over again and people are, ‘Oh, the acting is riveting and this is such a great plot line,’ and I’m thinking, ‘These are murders.'” Goldman added that the show has "ripped the Band-Aid...
- 3/14/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Ron Goldman’s father and sister apparently aren’t among the many fans of FX’s “The People v. Oj Simpson.” Fred Goldman and Kim Goldman are appearing on “Steve Harvey” on Tuesday, and a preview snippet reveals that they’re not happy with their family tragedy playing out all over again on the small screen. Kim Goldman, in particular, compared the experience to having “gallons of salt” poured in a newly re-opened wound. Also Read: Sarah Paulson on 'Outrageous' Sexism Marcia Clark Faced During Oj Simpson Trial “I don’t know what the probative value is of the show.
- 3/14/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story is still not sitting well with the family of Ron Goldman. Kim Goldman, Ron's sister, and Fred Goldman, Ron's father, appeared on The Steve Harvey Show and addressed the popular FX series. Fred said he was troubled by the series and its focus on the attorneys involved with the trial. "Ron and Nicole appeared as dead bodies in the beginning and that's it. So far there's not been a mention of them again, and I suspect that's the way it'll continue. There's going to be a whole generation of people who never knew anything about this trial that will see this series and take it as gospel, when in fact it won't be and isn't," Fred told Steve...
- 3/14/2016
- E! Online
Not everybody is as happy with The People v. O.J. Simpson as Marcia Clark. Kim Goldman, sister to murder victim Ron Goldman, spoke out against the series in an interview with Today. "I'm forced now to have to endure this week after week," Goldman told Today. The FX series retells the events of O.J. Simpson's murder trial. He was accused of murdering Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson and eventually found not guilty by a jury. The series is based on Jeffrey Toobin's book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson. Of course since it's a TV series and depicting events that writers weren't privy too, there are some liberties. But Clark, the prosecutor during the trial, praised to show for...
- 2/4/2016
- E! Online
To most of the nation, Ron Goldman was the "other victim" who was murdered alongside Nicole Brown Simpson in what became one of the most sensational criminal cases of all time. But to the family who will always love him, he was their everything. "My brother was the closest thing next to my father," his sister, Kim Goldman, 44, tells People. "He was my best friend and I am heartbroken that my brother was never able to realize his dreams and come into his own." Adds their father, Fred Goldman, 75: "When his sister Kim was born, he took to that like,...
- 1/27/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
To most of the nation, Ron Goldman was the "other victim" who was murdered alongside Nicole Brown Simpson in what became one of the most sensational criminal cases of all time. But to the family who will always love him, he was their everything. "My brother was the closest thing next to my father," his sister, Kim Goldman, 44, tells People. "He was my best friend and I am heartbroken that my brother was never able to realize his dreams and come into his own." Adds their father, Fred Goldman, 75: "When his sister Kim was born, he took to that like,...
- 1/27/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
Revealed. Kim Goldman, the sister of the late Ron Goldman, who was murdered alongside Nicole Brown Simpson more than two decades ago, opened up to Meredith Vieira about why she requested to visit with O. J. Simpson in prison. "I feel that I needed to be the last face that he saw," Goldman said of the request. "My brother was found with his eyes open... If you believe the testimony that he was lying dying for about a minute watching his killer walk away, and I needed [...]...
- 9/22/2015
- Us Weekly
Before it was about the mother of slow-speed car chases, an N-word-spouting detective, The Tonight Show's Dancing Itos or a glove that, on the day, did not fit, the O.J. Simpson case was about the June 12, 1994, slayings of two innocent people: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. "I can't imagine two more brutal murders. They were both killed at the hand of Simpson wielding a knife in an utter state of rage, and they were defenseless and he was a very powerful man," says Daniel Petrocelli, who offered this theory to the jury as one of the attorneys who...
- 6/12/2014
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
Before it was about the mother of slow-speed car chases, an N-word-spouting detective, The Tonight Show's Dancing Itos or a glove that, on the day, did not fit, the O.J. Simpson case was about the June 12, 1994, slayings of two innocent people: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. "I can't imagine two more brutal murders. They were both killed at the hand of Simpson wielding a knife in an utter state of rage, and they were defenseless and he was a very powerful man," says Daniel Petrocelli, who offered this theory to the jury as one of the attorneys who...
- 6/12/2014
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
The family members of Ron Goldman, who was found murdered on June 13, 1994, along with Nicole Brown in a crime O.J. Simpson was accused of committing, are still stuck in the '90s in many ways, they said when they appeared with famous houseguest Kato Kaelin on NBC's Today Wednesday morning. "It's like yesterday," Fred Goldman said of his son's death almost 20 years ago. "The loss is exactly the same. Nothing has changed." Video: Ron Goldman's Sister Almost Killed O.J. Simpson Ron's sister Kim Goldman, who recently wrote a book called Can't Forgive about how
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- 6/11/2014
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nearly 20 years after her brother, Ron Goldman, was killed along with O.J. Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, Kim Goldman opens up about her interactions with Simpson, including almost killing him, and how she feels that the accused murderer is now behind bars. Goldman reveals in her new book, Can't Forgive: My Twenty-Year Battle With O.J. Simpson, that she once considered killing the man she believes is responsible for her brother's death, following Simpson's acquittal in the murder trial. On Friday's Today, Goldman shared what was going through her mind in that moment. Story: Jay Leno's
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- 5/9/2014
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fred Goldman, Ron Goldman's father, is speaking out about the statements Hulk Hogan made in an interview with Rolling Stone referencing his son's murder. -- read on for more details. "Murder as a solution to marital problems is disgusting, and making that comparison dishonors every murder victim and their family," Fred Goldman tells "The Insider." "Hogan should be ashamed of himself." In addition Ron Goldman's Sister, Kim Goldman only had this to say about Hogan's comments: "It's disturbing." After discussing the Hulk Hogan situation with Fred Goldman, attorney David Cook released the following statement: "First of all, Hulk Hogan needs to dial down his rage and dial up his maturity," Cook says. "Hogan appears to be an enormous teddy bear of a person, but listening to him it sounds like the teddy bear gone bad."
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- 4/16/2009
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
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