OJ Simpson’s estate has accepted a $58m claim from the father of Ron Goldman, decades after a jury said the NFL star and actor was liable for the man’s fatal stabbing.
However, the amount far exceeds the Simpson estate’s assets, and Goldman’s father, Fred, is unlikely to receive anywhere near the full amount.
“It won’t be $58m plus interest, but it will be a voluntary payment. That’s the point,” the estate’s executor, Malcolm LaVergne, said on Monday.
LaVergne said he is still hoping to round up $500,000 to $1m in total assets.
Simpson died of cancer in 2024 at age 76. He was found not guilty in the 1994 knife killings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman, her friend, in Los Angeles. But Simpson was taken to court again and found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case. He was ordered to pay the families $33.5m, an award that has grown due to interest.
LaVergne accepted a claim of $58m, according to a court document filed Friday in Clark County, Nevada. The figure that was sought was $117m.
Fred Goldman’s attorney, Michaelle Rafferty, said the estate has accepted the claim as valid but “it does not constitute payment.”
“We will continue to closely monitor the probate proceedings,” she said in an email.
Simpson lived in Las Vegas after serving nine years in prison for armed robbery, kidnapping and assault, charges related to a confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers in a hotel room in 2007. He typically declined to discuss his finances other than to say he lived on his NFL and private pensions.