The Juice was loose.
O.J. Simpson, the controversial former football star, seemingly continued to elude full accountability to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman until his death.
Although Simpson was acquitted of the murders in 1994, he was found liable in a 1996 civil court and ordered to pay $33 million in damages. Despite this, he reportedly made substantial earnings after his 2017 release from prison on an unrelated charge, yet contributed little towards the settlement.
According to sources at Page Six, Simpson engaged in numerous all-cash business activities. He allegedly earned money through private autograph signings, podcast appearances, and even charging for rounds of golf, insisting on cash payments for all transactions.
We’re told that the onetime NFL and Hollywood star mostly made his money by doing private autograph signings and demanding stacks of bills for things like podcast appearances — and even charging people to play golf with him.
“He would sign anything except anything that had to do with the trial or murder,” we’re told. “The stipulation was always that he had to be paid in cash.”
At the time of his death from prostate cancer on Thursday, Simpson still owed a significant portion of the civil judgment, having paid only $123,000 of it. “With being paid everything in cash, there was no way to document how much money he had access to,” sources added.
Efforts to settle the debts included auctioning his Heisman Trophy and potential proceeds from his controversial book, “If I Did It.” However, any potential for significant earnings was curtailed by his 2008 conviction for armed robbery in a dispute over sports memorabilia.
