O.J. Simpson’s Estate to Pay Nearly $58 Million to Ron Goldman’s Dad

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O.J. Simpson‘s estate is paying its debts.

Almost three decades after a court ruled in favor of Ron Goldman’s family in a wrongful death lawsuit against the late football star – who was previously found not guilty in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron – the estate has received a multi-million-dollar payment.

According to documents obtained by People on November 14th, executor Malcolm LaVergne has accepted a claim of $57,997,858.12 from the Goldmans, and will also include any accrued interest on that amount.

Ron Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman, originally requested over $117 million in damages. This amount included the $33.5 million O.J. Simpson was found responsible for in a 1997 civil trial, plus what he believed to be the accumulated interest. However, Simpson’s attorney, LaVergne, pointed out that the interest calculation was incorrect when formally submitting the claim.

LaVergne stated in the document that the calculation was made honestly and he’s willing to collaborate with Goldman Sachs to arrive at a more precise figure.

On November 15th, the lawyer stated to TMZ that the estate is selling off possessions – including a Bible given to Simpson by Robert Kardashian Sr., the late father of Kim Kardashian – in order to cover debts and make payments.

LaVergne, who is managing O.J. Simpson’s estate following his death in April 2024, confirmed Goldman’s claim and stated his priority is paying back taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service, including around $636,945 to the State of California.

TopMob News has reached out to the Goldman family for comment and has not yet heard back.

In 1997, the Goldman and Brown families were awarded millions of dollars in damages, but most of it remained unpaid during O.J. Simpson’s lifetime. Despite their efforts to receive the money, Simpson’s attorney, LaVergne, recently told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in April 2024 that no court ever ordered him to pay.

This recent victory happened almost two years after LaVergne stated he would attempt to prevent his family from inheriting anything from the estate.

He told the Review-Journal that he wants the Goldmans to receive absolutely nothing. He specifically stated this applies to them, and he’ll do everything he can, in his role as the estate’s executor, to make sure they don’t get any inheritance.

Days later, however, LaVergne expressed regret over the way he had spoken about the decision.

Looking back, I realize my previous comment – saying I hoped they would receive nothing – was too strong,” he told NBC News. “Now that I understand what’s expected of me as the person handling the estate, I need to be more measured in my statements and focus on fulfilling my responsibilities.

To learn more about the infamous 1994 murders and the dramatic trial of O.J. Simpson, continue reading.

O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown began dating in 1977, and he divorced his first wife, Marguerite, in 1979. They married on February 2, 1985, and had two children: a daughter, Sydney, born eight months later, and a son, Justin, born in 1988.

When police arrived at the Simpson home in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles around 3:00 AM on January 1, 1989, responding to a report of domestic disturbance, Nicole reportedly told them, “You guys never do anything! You come here, you’ve been here eight times already, but you never take any action about him.”

Simpson maintained that he hadn’t hit Nicole, claiming he only pushed her out of bed. When officers asked him to come to the police station for questioning, he drove away. Shortly after, Nicole visited the station and indicated she didn’t want to press charges, but she was willing to try resolving the issue through mediation outside of court.

After pleading no contest to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge, Simpson received a sentence on May 24, 1989, that included two years of probation, 120 hours of community service, $470 in fines, and mandatory counseling sessions – which he was permitted to attend by phone – twice a week.

After deciding to move on, I helped Nicole and her children, Justin and Sydney, find a new place and she filed for divorce in February of ’92. The settlement was finalized that October, where O.J. agreed to a significant lump sum payment of $433,750, along with $10,000 monthly for the kids. She also kept ownership of one of her rental properties. Eventually, she found a beautiful condo on South Bundy Drive in Brentwood and moved in at the start of ’94 – it was a fresh start for her and the children.

As a lifestyle expert, I’ve always emphasized the importance of recognizing red flags in relationships, and the details emerging from the case are truly disturbing. It wasn’t just a breakup; it was a pattern of control and intimidation. O.J. would swing between threats and attempts to reconcile, creating an incredibly unstable environment. Witnesses and prosecutors revealed he’d even repeatedly show up at her window, once while she was with another partner. In her diary, Nicole detailed a particularly chilling threat from June 3, 1994, where he essentially warned her she’d suffer consequences for ‘hanging up on me,’ and used very aggressive language, believing he could do whatever he wanted with no repercussions. It’s a stark reminder that abuse often escalates, and controlling behavior is never a sign of love.

On June 7, 1994, she contacted a domestic violence shelter in Santa Monica, telling them her former partner was stalking her. Sadly, she was found dead five days later.

In 1994, TIME magazine faced criticism for making O.J. Simpson appear darker in a cover photo of his mugshot. Critics accused the magazine of unfairly emphasizing racial stereotypes and noted that Newsweek had published the same photo without changing its color.

According to managing editor James R. Gaines, in a statement posted online, TIME magazine didn’t intend any racial meaning with the photograph. He explained that the LAPD provided the photo to an artist specifically to create cover art, and the artist was free to interpret it as they chose.

Gaines acknowledged that saying someone who is ‘blacker’ looks more sinister could be seen as racist. However, he added that if anyone was offended by the statement, he sincerely apologized.

As a lifestyle expert, I’ve seen how public figures often try to control their narratives, and the O.J. Simpson case is a prime example. While many books have explored the story – even one published by O.J. himself in 2007, claiming a hypothetical confession – his first book, I Want to Tell You, actually hit shelves way back on January 7th, 1995. That’s right, it came out while the trial was still actively happening, which was a really unusual move.

The book was supposedly made up of the defendant’s responses to the thousands of letters he received while in prison. He published it as a way to control the narrative before the prosecution could portray him as a dangerous abuser who had followed through on his threats. It went on to sell over 650,000 copies.

Oh my gosh, before everyone was obsessed with the amazing The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and O.J.: Made in America – seriously, Ezra Edelman’s documentary was a masterpiece! – there was this other movie, way back when. It was called The O.J. Simpson Story, and it starred Bobby Hosea and Jessica Tuck. It came out so fast, it felt like they were just trying to get it on Fox while everyone was still talking about everything. It really focused on how crazy things were between O.J. and Nicole, which was… intense, to say the least. I remember being completely glued to the screen!

The New York Times described the film as something the defense would definitely not want the jury to view, and noted it unintentionally presented a different side of the story compared to O.J. Simpson’s own account in his book.

Fox made a point of not airing the TV movie until the jury had been sequestered.

Marcia Clark, seemingly very confident in her strategy, chose not to call Jill Shively as a witness during the trial. Shively had told the grand jury she saw O.J. Simpson in his white Bronco speeding away near Bundy Drive shortly after 10:45 p.m. on the night of the murders. Clark also directed the grand jury to disregard Shively’s account, stating she didn’t want them to consider evidence she didn’t fully believe.

Clark was furious that Shively spoke to Hard Copy before her scheduled testimony. The prosecutor believed they had enough other witnesses and evidence to convict O.J., and didn’t need any further proof linking him to the crime scene within the relevant timeframe.

O.J. Simpson failed a lie detector test that his lawyer, Robert Shapiro, had set up for him, scoring a very low result of minus-24, as detailed in the book The Run of His Life. While lie detector tests can’t be used as evidence in court, they can influence an investigation and help lawyers develop a defense strategy.

In 2016, while teaching at Harvard and consulting with the defense team remotely, Alan Dershowitz told the New York Daily News that the public release of O.J. Simpson’s polygraph results during the height of the FX series ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ potentially indicated a breach of confidentiality between the defense and their client.

According to Dershowitz, only four people were aware of the polygraph test. He stated he wasn’t one of them. Those four individuals were Robert Kardashian (who has since passed away), Bob Shapiro, O.J. Simpson, and the examiner who administered the test.

However, maybe there were more.

In a 2019 interview with the Huffington Post’s Highline, defense attorney F. Lee Bailey criticized his colleague Robert Shapiro’s handling of the O.J. Simpson case. Bailey said Shapiro made a critical error by administering a polygraph test to O.J. without consulting him first. According to Bailey, the test was flawed and yielded useless results. He recounted telling Shapiro, “First you stop being an ahole. You call before you give the polygraph test!” Bailey claimed he reviewed the polygraph charts before Shapiro destroyed them and found them to be unreliable. Shapiro did not respond to Bailey’s comments.

According to TIME magazine, prosecutors believed O.J. Simpson didn’t act alone in the crime. They monitored his close friend, Al Cowlings, and his son, Jason, hoping to find someone who helped him, but they never found any proof of an accomplice.

On June 17, 1994, O.J. Simpson surrendered to police at his home after a slow-speed chase that covered 50 miles across Los Angeles freeways. His friend, Al Cowlings, drove O.J.’s white Ford Bronco during the pursuit. Simpson was immediately jailed and held without bail throughout his trial. Initially, he was placed on suicide watch, costing taxpayers $81,000. After that, his daily incarceration cost averaged $55.69.

According to the L.A. County auditor’s office, the case cost the city about $800,000 a month.

Before joining Marcia Clark’s team, Christopher Darden was investigating Ronald Cowlings, who was briefly arrested because police thought he helped O.J. Simpson avoid capture. However, the District Attorney’s office decided not to press charges against Cowlings due to insufficient evidence.

O.J. Simpson’s legal team was surprisingly large, with at least ten lawyers involved. Key figures included civil rights advocate Johnnie Cochran, Robert Shapiro, and F. Lee Bailey. DNA experts Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, who later founded The Innocence Project, were also crucial. Other members of the team were Cochran’s colleagues Carl Douglas and Shawn Holley, O.J.’s friend Robert Kardashian, legal scholar Gerald Uelmen (then dean at Santa Clara University’s law school), and Alan Dershowitz. While some lawyers received more media attention than others, and not all spoke during the trial, they all contributed to the defense.

In 2003, Kardashian passed away from esophageal cancer, and Cochran died from brain cancer in 2005. After the trial, Shapiro shifted his legal work to civil cases and helped start LegalZoom. He also created the Brent Shapiro Foundation to raise awareness about drug abuse, following his son’s death from an overdose in 2005. Douglas and Holley continue to work as trial lawyers, representing many famous clients.

In 2006, Uelmen became the executive director of the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice. Scheck and Neufeld are professors at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law. Bailey, who was later stripped of his law license in Florida and Massachusetts, passed away in 2021.

Alan Dershowitz stopped teaching in 2013 and later became well-known for his past legal work with Jeffrey Epstein and for publicly questioning the investigation into possible connections between President Donald Trump and Russia. He maintained that his comments weren’t about defending Trump himself, but about protecting the principles of fair legal procedures and individual rights.

Brian Kaelin, an actor trying to launch his career, first started staying at Nicole Brown Simpson’s guest house in January 1993, shortly after meeting her in Aspen. He had originally planned to move into the condo O.J. Simpson owned to help with the children, but O.J. asked him to stay at his main property instead, reportedly because he didn’t want Kaelin spending too much time with his ex-wife.

Kaelin testified that on June 12th, O.J. came home from his daughter Sydney’s dance recital and said Nicole was keeping him from seeing her. He also complained about the dress Nicole was wearing, saying it was too tight. Kaelin recalled that he and O.J. went to McDonald’s and returned around 9:40 p.m.

Around 10:45 p.m., the man heard three loud bangs on his wall. When he went outside to investigate, he only saw a limousine parked nearby. The driver, Allan Park, later testified that he saw O.J. Simpson enter the house at 10:55 p.m.

Oh my god, it was around 11 p.m. when O.J. finally came outside! Kaelin was such a good friend, helping him with all his luggage and getting it into the limo. But O.J. was so particular – he absolutely had to put this one backpack in the trunk himself, Kaelin said. Then Park drove him straight to LAX for his 11:45 p.m. flight to Chicago. Can you believe he flew back the very next day on a 12:10 p.m. flight? It’s just…everything about that night is burned into my memory!

Kaelin revealed on OWN’s Where Are They Now? that he received frequent death threats while hosting a radio show, including faxes demanding his death.

In a 2015 interview with Barbara Walters, Kaelin stated he believed his former friend was guilty.

Kato Kaelin was a close friend of the Simpson family, so much so that Justin and Sydney Simpson named their dog after him. It was actually Kato, the Akita, whose barking alerted a neighbor walking his dog around 10:15 p.m. The neighbor, unaware of who owned the Akita, took the dog home, planning to find its owner the next day.

Oh my gosh, it was awful! Kato was acting so strange, all anxious and pacing. They took him outside, hoping he’d calm down, and he just led them, practically dragged them, back to Nicole’s place. And then… then they saw her. Right there, on the path just inside the gate, a woman… lying in a pool of blood. It was horrifying, absolutely horrifying! I can’t even imagine what they must have felt.

Shoemaker Bruno Magli received unexpected attention when a bloody footprint found at the crime scene was identified as being made by a size 12 Lorenzo boot from his brand.

O.J. Simpson initially claimed he didn’t own the shoes and even said he’d never be caught wearing them, calling them unattractive. However, photos later surfaced showing him wearing the same brand on multiple occasions.

Sam Poser, a men’s shoe buyer at Bloomingdale’s, testified in 2016 to Footwear News that O.J. Simpson was a pleasant customer. Poser showed Simpson a pair of Lorenzo shoes but couldn’t recall if he actually purchased them. He remembered Simpson buying comfortable, dress-casual clothing, but was more certain about what Simpson didn’t buy. After the criminal trial, a photo surfaced showing Simpson wearing Bruno Magli shoes at a Buffalo Bills game. This photo was presented as evidence in the civil case, confirming he had been wearing those shoes. Poser believes if that photo had been discovered before the criminal trial, it could have significantly altered the outcome.

Attorney Carl Douglas revealed to Dateline that his team subtly changed the decorations in O.J. Simpson’s home before the jury visited. They wanted to portray Simpson as more connected to his heritage than he actually was. Specifically, they removed a revealing photo of his girlfriend, Paula Barbieri, and replaced it with African art and a picture of O.J.’s mother.

Deputy District Attorney Cheri Lewis believed jurors shouldn’t see personal items in O.J. Simpson’s home, like photos of his children or his collection of trophies from his time playing for USC and the Buffalo Bills. She pointed out that Nicole Brown Simpson’s apartment had been emptied of all personal belongings, removing any sense of warmth or family life, and argued it wouldn’t be fair to show jurors a different picture at O.J.’s home.

The jury visited O.J. Simpson’s home as part of the crime scene tour to understand the distance between his house and where Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were killed. This was to help them determine if he had enough time to commit the murders and then return home to meet his driver, Allan Park, and catch his 11:45 p.m. flight to Chicago.

Alan Dershowitz appeared in court occasionally, but primarily supported O.J. Simpson’s defense from a distance due to his teaching commitments at Harvard Law School. He famously monitored the trial on both CNN and Court TV, and instantly faxed his thoughts and advice to his colleagues, allowing them to read his memos directly in the courtroom.

In February 1995, he told the Christian Science Monitor that this case felt like a first for the 21st century. He believed having a lawyer dedicated to research and monitoring the case from outside the courtroom was a developing trend, and predicted that larger law firms handling complicated cases would increasingly adopt this approach.

Judge Lance Ito thought about stopping the television cameras from broadcasting the trial (he had already blocked them from showing graphic crime scene photos). However, the defense attorneys believed the public had a right to see everything, and the trial ultimately became a major television event.

Ito also paid close attention to how he was portrayed in the media, and he enjoyed the fame, including a regular segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno called “Dancing Itos.”

Peter Neufeld later explained to TIME that the judge had been enthusiastic about something and wanted to share it with everyone privately. However, Neufeld emphasized how inappropriate this was, given the seriousness of the murder case – two people had died in a horrific way, and another person’s life was at stake. Showing the lawyers a comedic performance in private was completely unacceptable for a judge presiding over such a case.

Chris Darden attempted to prevent the jury from hearing a recording of Mark Fuhrman using a racial slur, arguing it would excessively disturb the Black jurors—who comprised the majority of the panel—and unfairly bias them against Fuhrman.

He argued that if Mr. Cochran was permitted to introduce race as a factor, the entire case would shift its focus and become centered around racial issues.

Johnnie Cochran wasn’t having it.

The veteran activist and lawyer expressed disappointment that Mr. Darden was defending the man in question. Following this rebuke of opposing counsel, Cochran embraced O.J. and then departed for a funeral.

In a 2001 interview with TIME, Cochran recounted telling Darden not to use Mark Fuhrman as a witness. He was shocked when Darden entered the judge’s chambers with a copy of Andrew Hacker’s book, Two Nations, and gave it to Judge Ito. Cochran was stunned, realizing Darden was suggesting that if the jury heard a particularly offensive racial slur, the trial would shift from the facts of the case to whether jurors believed the defendants’ peers thought the trial was fair. Cochran immediately turned to Darden and, using the slur itself, told him to stop.

Honestly, I was absolutely livid with him. It wasn’t just about me, though – it felt like a slap in the face to our entire community. When I finally addressed him, I didn’t have any prepared remarks. Everything I said came straight from the heart, pure emotion.

The oversized leather gloves – one discovered at the crime scene and the other behind O.J. Simpson’s home – were a matching pair. Nicole Brown Simpson had purchased a similar pair for her husband in 1990 at Bloomingdale’s. Only 200 pairs of these gloves were sold nationwide that year, making them quite rare.

As a long-time follower of this case, the evidence always struck me as incredibly damning. They found traces of Goldman’s DNA on that glove at Rockingham, and unbelievably, fibers from that same glove matched the carpeting in O.J.’s Bronco. But it didn’t stop there. The Bronco itself had blood from O.J., Nicole, and Ronald Goldman. And then, inside O.J.’s bedroom, they discovered a sock with drops of both O.J.’s and Nicole’s blood on it. It was a truly shocking amount of physical evidence.

O.J. claimed his blood must have gotten at the Bundy residence during visits with his children. He gave conflicting accounts of how he cut his finger, initially stating it happened in Chicago, but later saying it occurred in Los Angeles and that he’d reopened the wound while in Chicago.

During the trial, O.J. Simpson put on the gloves the prosecution presented, and famously stated, “They don’t fit,” much to the surprise of the prosecutor and the delight of his defense team. This happened after the prosecutor, Darden, pushed him to try them on.

Johnnie Cochran’s famous line, “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit,” became the most memorable phrase of the trial – easily recalled due to its rhyming nature. Although Gerald Uelmen originally suggested the wording, Cochran’s skillful delivery truly made it stick.

Uelmen explained to TIME that he believed this would be a strong central idea for the case, as a lot of the supporting evidence didn’t align with the prosecution’s version of events.

During the O.J. trial, the glove found at his estate became a key piece of evidence – and a major win for his defense team. However, before the trial began, O.J.’s lawyers attempted to prevent the glove from being used, arguing that the police had obtained it illegally, violating his constitutional rights against unlawful search and seizure.

In a 2005 interview on Frontline, Uelmen explained that he believed they made a strong argument for excluding the glove as evidence. He thinks if the judge had agreed and thrown the glove out, the outcome of the O.J. case might have been different. Without the glove, the prosecution still had a solid case, but its introduction allowed questions about Mark Fuhrman’s character and potential racism to surface. Because Fuhrman became a key witness, these issues ultimately damaged the prosecution’s case.

It’s actually quite ironic: if the judge had simply followed the law, which I believe she was obligated to do, she would have had to exclude that evidence.

In the end, he believed they successfully argued there wasn’t enough evidence to convict, and he praised the jury’s attentiveness.

Marcia Clark, a prosecutor with the L.A. County District Attorney’s office since 1989, faced constant personal attacks while building her case against O.J. Simpson. Everything she did seemed to draw criticism – even a change in her hairstyle. During the trial, her ex-husband attempted to gain primary custody of their two sons, claiming she was too focused on work to care for them properly. The tabloid National Enquirer published old, revealing photos of her from a vacation. And incredibly, one potential juror actually told Clark she didn’t approve of her clothing choices.

She was let go, but only after Judge Ito remarked, with a hint of surprise, “I was waiting for someone to bring that up.”

However, the families of those she was trying to help had complete faith in her, especially before the trial began.

Ron Goldman’s father, Fred, told the New York Times that she consistently shows concern for their family and their well-being. He also believes she’s working tirelessly on the case, going above and beyond what’s humanly possible. He rates her dedication as an ‘110’ out of 100, highlighting just how committed she is.

Oh my god, you guys, I was reading this article in The New Yorker, and Nicole’s sister, Denise Brown, said the sweetest thing! She was talking about Marcia Clark, and she was like, ‘Marcia is wonderful, a terrific woman!’ And Denise said the whole family feels that way! It just proves what I’ve always known – Marcia is amazing, and they all support her. It’s so good to hear someone finally say it!

The defense team argued that detectives may have tried to wrongly accuse O.J. Simpson, and also suggested the murders stemmed from a drug deal gone bad. They theorized that drug dealers, searching for interior decorator Faye Resnick—who was a house guest of Nicole Brown Simpson until the day before the killings and later appeared on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills—committed the murders.

Resnick wrote several books related to the case, beginning with Nicole Brown Simpson: The Private Diary of a Life Interrupted, published in 1994 during jury selection. While she believed O.J. Simpson had abused and ultimately killed Nicole, the revealing details she included about Nicole’s personal life made her a less effective witness for the prosecution.

Shattered: In the Eye of the Storm, about how the trial affected Resnick, came out in 1996.

I remember when Bob Shapiro brought F. Lee Bailey onto the O.J. Simpson case – it was a brilliant move. Shapiro was great at negotiating, at working things out, but he didn’t have much experience with full-blown murder trials. That’s where Bailey came in. He was a legend, you know? He’d famously defended Albert DeSalvo, the guy who confessed to being the Boston Strangler, on assault charges, and he’d also gotten Patty Hearst through her trial after she was accused of robbing a bank with her kidnappers. Bailey actually won convictions in both of those cases, so he knew what he was doing.

During the O.J. trial, Bailey had several pivotal moments, notably when he challenged Darden to have O.J. Simpson try on the gloves in court and his intense questioning of Fuhrman.

Following O.J. Simpson’s acquittal, attorney Bailey stated on CNN that Shapiro had originally suggested a plea of guilty to manslaughter. Shapiro disputed this claim, although many reports indicated discussions about a potential plea deal took place at his law office.

In 2019, Bailey told the Huffington Post’s Highline that they attempted to remove Shapiro from the case because of his difficult behavior. O.J. Simpson told Shapiro he was being taken off the case, and Shapiro responded by saying he would publicly share his opinion on O.J.’s guilt. Knowing this would be damaging before the trial, they decided to keep Shapiro on the team.

After losing his law licenses in Florida and Massachusetts, Bailey started a consulting business in Maine, but he couldn’t get permission to practice law there.

In a 2014 interview with the ABA Journal, he stated that his work on the case had negatively impacted his standing in Florida, Massachusetts, and Maine, explaining that judges held resentment towards him because of his involvement in the O.J. Simpson trial.

As a lifestyle and true crime observer, I remember the O.J. trial vividly. Detective Fuhrman’s testimony was a turning point. He initially claimed under questioning that he never used a particularly offensive racial slur, but the defense quickly proved that wasn’t true – they played a recording of him saying it during conversations with someone trying to break into screenwriting. Then, when asked directly if he’d planted or fabricated evidence in the case, he suddenly refused to answer, invoking his Fifth Amendment rights to avoid self-incrimination. It was a really damaging moment for the prosecution.

According to a memo obtained by the New York Times, Dershowitz questioned why prosecutors called Mark Fuhrman as a witness. Fuhrman had only seen the glove at O.J. Simpson’s home and alerted other detectives to it. He didn’t actually collect the glove from the crime scene or officially log it as evidence, meaning he wasn’t involved in maintaining the evidence’s chain of custody.

As a longtime observer of true crime and the media, I remember the O.J. case vividly. Mark Fuhrman, the LAPD detective involved, actually retired before the trial even finished. He ended up pleading no contest to perjury in ’96, and then, surprisingly, started writing about the case! His first book, Murder in Brentwood, came out in ’97, and he’s continued to write about true crime, the media, and how the justice system works ever since. Eventually, he moved to Idaho and became a frequent commentator on Fox News.

Mark Fuhrman has consistently claimed he followed proper police procedure during the O.J. Simpson case and that the evidence clearly showed Simpson was guilty. In a 2016 interview with the New York Post, he stated, “We’ll see another case like O.J.’s, and what we’ve learned is that being politically correct and acting foolishly can defeat justice.”

During the trial, 10 of the 27 people initially selected – including both jurors and alternates – were excused for different reasons. This left only four of the original twelve jurors to ultimately reach a decision.

Lionel Cryer was initially chosen as a backup, but he ultimately became a key member of the decision-making group. He told TopMob News in 2017 that he wasn’t thrilled when he found out. Looking at the other people on the panel, he realized it was going to be a challenging and eventful process.

The jury ultimately found O.J. not guilty, with the decision coming from ten women and two men. The jury was comprised of nine Black individuals, two white individuals, and one Hispanic individual.

During the trial, Chris Darden told the Los Angeles Times that seeing the Goldmans was difficult. He said, “Sometimes I look at them and you can see their pain. Even when they’re smiling, they seem to be suffering inside.” Darden also pointed out the broader impact of the tragedy, stating that the Goldmans, the Browns, and even the Simpsons themselves were all victims, as the grief and pain affected everyone involved.

Interestingly, even though O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder in criminal court, a separate civil trial found him responsible for the deaths of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson. He was ordered to pay $33.5 million to their families.

Which he has not done.

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