O.J. Simpson's estate agrees to pay Goldmans' claim

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FRED GOLDMAN, center, and his wife, Patti, leave a courthouse in Santa Monica in 1997 after a jury found football star O.J. Simpson liable in a civil trial involving the slaying of the Goldmans' son, Ron, in 1994.

(GINA FERAZZI Los Angeles Times)

that the estate hadn't previously done, and certainly something that Mr. Simpson and his counsel had never done," she said.

According to court documents, Simpson's estate was valued at about $328,000 in March and garnered an additional $268,486 at a recent auction. Simpson, once immensely wealthy and a ubiquitous presence on American TV screens from the many advertisements he starred in, saw a huge reduction in his assets after the criminal and civil trials, living off pensions in the years that followed.

In 2008, Simpson was found guilty of kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from his attempt to recover memorabilia he claimed was stolen from him. He served nine years in prison.

The judge overseeing the probate case in 2024 approved the sale of a replica of Simpson's Heisman Trophy, his golf clubs, a high-end sport utility vehicle and even his driver's license to pay off Simpson's debts.