ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 OJ Simpson\u2019s youngest daughter has apparently run out of juice.<\/p>\n
Sydney Simpson seems to have fallen far from the lap of luxury \u2013 and landed in a cramped condo in a decidedly unflashy pocket of suburban Florida, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n
New photos offer a rare glimpse into her quiet, pared-down life in St. Petersburg, where the 40-year-old lives in a ground-floor, 955-square-foot unit \u2013 worlds away from the sprawling Los Angeles mansion her family called home before her mother, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Nicole\u2019s pal Ronald Goldman were found brutally murdered<\/a> outside June 13, 1994.\u00a0<\/p>\n O.J. Simpson\u2019s youngest daughter, Sydney Simpson, has recently been spotted living a low-key lifestyle in St. Petersburg, Florida. Jeff Rayner\/Coleman-Rayner for California Post<\/p>\n Sydney seen exiting her car in her Florida neighborhood on Jan. 21. Jeff Rayner\/Coleman-Rayner for California Post<\/p>\n Sydney, just 8 years old at the time, was reportedly asleep in one of the 3,400-square-foot Brentwood home\u2019s four bedrooms while her mother and Goldman were stabbed to death in the courtyard. Sydney\u2019s NFL Hall of Fame father would later be acquitted of the murders in a famous so-called \u201ctrial of the century<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Nearly three decades later, Sydney is residing in a one-story, two-bedroom abode that sits in a squat building shared with three other units. It is just one of the 27 aging, white-stucco-and-beige structures that make up Casablanca Condominiums, a sleepy complex wedged between the area\u2019s busy, four-lane 54th Avenue South and a weathered golf course.<\/p>\n Sydney purchased the modest dwelling for $135,000 in cash in December 2020, property records show. The unit is now estimated to be worth nearly $216,000 \u2013 roughly $125,000 below St. Petersburg\u2019s current median home value<\/a> of about $340,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sydney Simpson\u2019s modest apartment in St. Petersburg is a far cry from her luxurious upbringing. Jeff Rayner\/Coleman-Rayner for California Post<\/p>\n Her neighborhood \u2013 which locals refer to as \u201cSouth Side of St. Pete\u201d \u2013 is rough compared to the rest of the peninsula, residents told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cBetween 54th [Ave S] and Downtown [St. Petersburg], the city puts no money into that area at all. \u2026Those people have been living the same way forever \u2013 there\u2019s no good housing and none of the affordable housing is decent,\u201d said masonry contractor Peter Gaunt, 75, who has lived in the area for 50 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sydney was seen with two small children \u2013 a boy and a girl \u2013 frequently coming and going from her home in recent weeks. Jeff Rayner\/Coleman-Rayner for California Post<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s lower-income, they\u2019re poor. They\u2019re on Medicare, Medicaid, you know, SNAP [benefits] if they can get them. There\u2019s no job opportunities \u2013 there\u2019s nothing in that section of town. Then you get into Downtown and head north, and that\u2019s where the money is,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe California Post is here. Sign up for Morning Report.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet the perfect blend of news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n A 30-year-old consultant who only gave the name Austin said \u201cthere\u2019s a perception\u201d of danger in the nabe.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHistorically, South St. Pete is not the absolute safest, but it\u2019s slowly but surely gentrifying,\u201d Austin said from a grocery store parking lot one mile west of Sydney\u2019s place. \u201cI think there\u2019s comparatively more crime and legal infractions here compared to the north side of St. Pete, but I\u2019ve never had any issues.\u201d<\/p>\n The 40-year-old, seen outside her pad in January, lives in a ground-floor, 955-square-foot unit. Chris Bott for California Post<\/p>\n Two vehicles belonging to Sydney\u2019s neighbors were burglarized overnight Nov. 7, according to police reports obtained by the Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n The criminal, who had yet to be arrested by this month, stole $20 in cash and a $10 Starbucks gift card from one car\u2019s glove box and $40 in cash from the glove box of the second vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n Both cars had been locked and parked just a few spots away from where Sydney regularly parks her white Hyundai Palisade in the complex\u2019s communal lot, the police reports show.\u00a0<\/p>\n Locals refer to Sydney\u2019s neighborhood as \u201cSouth Side of St. Pete,\u201d telling The Post it\u2019s rough compared to the rest of the area. Chris Bott for California Post<\/p>\n Over the past two weeks, The Post observed an unidentified man and two small children \u2013 a boy and a girl \u2013 frequently coming and going from Sydney\u2019s home. While their relationship remains unclear, she was often seen keeping watch as the boy, sporting a Spider-Man helmet, pedaled a green bicycle around. <\/p>\n Behind a row of trimmed hedges, the bike, a large brown deck box, an abandoned clay flower pot and a floral outdoor mat cluttered the area leading up to her front door. <\/p>\n Sydney was also spotted dropping the children off at a nearby daycare one morning. Her other errands included stops at the local post office, CVS and repeated visits to two nearby, rundown apartment complexes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n An unidentified man was seen frequently coming and going from Sydney\u2019s home. Jeff Rayner\/Coleman-Rayner for California Post<\/p>\n O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson with their children Sydney and Justin at the 1994 \u201cNaked Gun 33 1\/3\u201d premiere in Hollywood. Bei \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n Curiously, on two occasions recently, she spent much of the day \u2013 roughly six hours at a time \u2013 at a four-bedroom, 3,300-plus-square-foot home in the upscale Allendale neighborhood of the peninsula. <\/p>\n Property records show the impressive Spanish-style home belongs to a family member of ex-St. Petersburg City Councilman Robert Blackmon, whom Sydney was reported to be dating in 2017. A couple who identified themselves as members of the Blackmon family declined to comment when approached by The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n Although Sydney has reportedly worked as a real-estate agent in the past, it\u2019s unclear if she\u2019s currently employed or how she supports herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n Justin Simpson and Arnelle Simpson listen during a court hearing regarding the estate of O.J. Simpson in Las Vegas Thursday, May 29, 2025. Las Vegas Review-Journal\/TNS via Getty Images<\/p>\n As with her late father \u2014 whose televised white Bronco chase involving cops after the murders transfixed the nation \u2014 Sydney appears to have struggled behind the wheel. She logged seven traffic infractions since 2014 in Pinellas County for alleged speeding, driving with a suspended license and without insurance and having an expired car registration, records show.<\/p>\n While her dad was infamously acquitted of the slayings of his 35-year-old ex-wife and Goldman, 25, at criminal trial, their families sued him<\/a>, and in 1997, OJ was found liable for $33.5 million in civil judgements for the deaths. That figure ballooned with interest to more than $100 million by the time<\/a> he died of cancer at age 76 on April 11, 2024.<\/p>\n The former star Buffalo Bills running back also never settled more than $5 million debt he owed in unpaid state and federal tax liens \u2013 further complicating his already tangled finances<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n It remains unclear whether Sydney or her brother Justin \u2013 OJ\u2019s second child from his eight-year marriage to Nicole \u2013 received any money from their father\u2019s estate.\u00a0<\/p>\n Police tape surrounds the Bundy Drive home of Nicole Brown Simpson after her June 1994 murder. ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n