New York company to publish O.J. Simpson book
It’s already happened. A New York based publishing company has inked a deal for the rights to publish O.J. Simpson’s hypothetical account of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson.
A federal judge last month gave the rights to the book, entitled “If I Did It,” to Goldman’s family, who are owed $33.5 million in damages by Simpson. The former U.S. football star has vowed to never voluntarily pay damages to the families. The Goldman family, the publisher and literary agent Sharlene Martin will contribute portions of the proceeds to the Ron Goldman Foundation for Justice. Simpson will not receive any money from the sales of this book.
Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp. - owned publishing house, HarperCollins, printed 400,000 copies of the book but scrapped it in November amid public outrage shortly before its release. Murdoch apologized, and all copies were recalled and destroyed.
The identity of the New York based publisher that will be releasing this book, If I Did It, is due to be announced on Tuesday.
