O.J.'s new book: "If I Did It"

I love the way the other publishers are self-righteously condemning O.J.'s publisher for taking on the book. I'm betting every single one of them would have jumped at the chance to publish it themselves. [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]

quote:Originally posted by jeff house:
Yes, it would be good if the family of the deceased gets some portion of the money owing as a result of this book.

Some portion? They should get every penny. He might as well have titled the book, "Ha Ha! I Killed My Wife and Got Away With It!"

"That bastard, he got away with murder! Of COURSE he did it! Anyone can see that! Okay, the jury didn't think so, but what the hell did they know?"

The LAPD irreversibly damaged the prosecution's case in its zeal to come up with a "good-news" story in the aftermath of the Rodney King scandal. And the prosecution wasn't immune from a bit of sharp practice itself. And the jury smelled a frame-up.

Maybe Simpson DID get away with murder, but it's as much the state's fault as it is the fault of slippery high-priced lawyers or gullible star-struck jurors. I think I'd've acquitted Simpson too on the basis of the evidence presented.

quote:Originally posted by Nanuq:
One can only hope that Fred Goldman sues him for the profits on the books.

quote:O.J. Simpson is liable for the death of Ronald Goldman and committed battery against his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, a civil trial jury ruled Tuesday.

The Superior Court jury awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages to the Goldman family and to Ron Goldman's biological mother.

That judgment is mostly unpaid. So the Goldman family can already seize any assets they can find.

[ 17 November 2006: Message edited by: Wilf Day ]

quote:Under a barrage of criticism, Judith Regan says she published O.J. Simpson's book "If I Did It" because she was a victim of domestic violence and thought the proceeds would go to Simpson's children. In an eight-page statement released Friday, Regan said Simpson approached her with the idea for the book, in which he hypothesizes how he would have committed the killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.

"I didn't know what to expect when I got the call that the killer wanted to confess," Regan said in the statement titled "Why I Did It." "But I knew one thing. I wanted the confession for my own selfish reasons and for the symbolism of that act. For me, it was personal."

Although Regan has acknowledged that Simpson does not directly say he killed the pair, she said she considers the book to be his confession.

"My son is now 25 years old, my daughter 15," said Regan's statement. "I wanted them, and everyone else, to have a chance to see that there are consequences to grievous acts. ... And I wanted, as so many victims do, to hear him say, 'I did it and I am sorry.'"

"I didn't know if he would," she wrote. "But I wanted to try. I wanted his confession."

Regan said she did not pay Simpson for the book. "I contracted through a third party who owns the rights, and I was told the money would go to his children. That much I could live with."

"What I wanted was closure, not money," she wrote.

The best thing is that O.J. is being shown for the disgusting sociopath that he is, and now he's not even getting paid for it.

quote: Purported copies of the book, scheduled for Nov. 30 release, have been offered on eBay and bids have topped $1 million US.

It seems the Goldmans are now going to publish it themselves?