LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The estate of O.J. Simpson has agreed to pay the father of Ron Goldman nearly $58 million, according to court documents filed in Las Vegas on Friday.
Simpson, a football star and celebrity acquitted of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, died on April 10, 2024, in Las Vegas at the age of 76.
In 1997, a California judge found Simpson liable for their deaths in a civil case and ordered him to pay the families $33.5 million. In 2021, a Las Vegas judge ordered Simpson to pay the Goldmans nearly $58 million.
After Simpson’s death, Fred Goldman filed a creditor’s claim against the estate in Clark County District Court. The total consists of the balance and interest, none of which Simpson nor his estate has ever paid.
A probate judge is overseeing a case to settle parts of Simpson’s estate and trust. That case involves the auctioning off of personal items.
The estate approved the judge’s nearly $58 million figure, plus interest, documents said.
“The executor will continue to work with Claimant Goldman on a more accurate accounting of interest accumulation based on the variable rate nature of the Nevada judgment interest computation, either through a stipulation or a petition for compromise,” documents said.
Simpson’s death certificate said he died from prostate cancer, which metastasized to his bones. The document said he had had cancer for a year.
The next court date in the probate case was scheduled for January.