O.J. Simpson’s Estate Agrees To Pay Nearly $58 Million To Ron Goldman’s Father: What Really Went Down
The estate of O.J. Simpson has officially agreed to pay nearly $58 million to Ron Goldman’s father, marking a major development in a decades-long legal battle that refuses to fade away.
Simpson, who passed away in April 2024 at 76, never fully escaped the shadow of the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Even though he was acquitted in the criminal case, the civil court wasn’t playing with him. A 1997 jury found him liable in a wrongful death lawsuit and ordered him to pay the Brown and Goldman families $33.5 million. But because time waits for no one, interest brought that number to levels nobody saw coming.
Fast-forward two decades, and Simpson still hadn’t paid most of what he owed. After his death, Ron’s father, Fred Goldman, wasn’t letting anything slide. In July 2024, he pulled up with a creditor claim asking for $117 million, including interest. That’s generational money right there.
But on Friday, in new filings from the Clark County, Nevada district court, Simpson’s estate executor, Malcolm LaVergne, finally stated he would agree to pay $57,997,858.12 plus continued interest. LaVergne even admitted the original estimate “while seemingly done in good faith,” wasn’t the most accurate calculation once they checked the judgment interest formulas.
He also added that he plans to work closely with the Goldmans to get a “more accurate accounting of interest accumulation,” which basically means: this bill is still growing.
The next court hearing is scheduled for January, according to KLAS, and Hollywood is watching this unfold like the next chapter in one of the most talked-about cases in modern history.
