Ron Goldman’s father has filed a creditor's claim against O.J. Simpson's estate seeking $117 million, according to documents filed Thursday in Nevada.
The claim is filed in Clark County District Court in connection with a wrongful death suit brought by Goldman's parents, Fred and Sharon, in 1997, at which a civil jury found Simpson “responsible” for the homicides of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Goldman and ordered him to pay millions of dollars in damages. Simpson was acquitted of killing the pair in criminal court.
According to Fred Goldman’s claim, the total amount owed to him by Simpson's estate is $117,041,675.27 after the 1997 judgment was renewed three times in California court — in 2006, 2015 and 2022. In 2022, the claim amount increased to $96.3 million, and since then, it has accrued interest of $20.6 million.
"After July 25, 2024, the Claim Amount will accrue interest at the daily rate of $26,402.3630 until paid," the document says.
In 2019, Fred Goldman said he and his wife, who were divorced in 1993, have managed to collect only a little of their share of the tens of millions of dollars Simpson was ordered to pay.
"It wasn’t about the money — it was about justice," he said at the time.
Brown Simpson, 35, and Goldman, 25, were found stabbed to death outside her Los Angeles home in 1994.
On June 13, 1994, Goldman was returning sunglasses that Brown Simpson's mother had left at a restaurant where he worked. The two were stabbed and slashed dozens of times, and their bodies were found the next day.
What came afterward was what has been dubbed the "trial of the century," which elicited mixed feelings from the public. Simpson was eventually acquitted.
In April, Simpson died of cancer.
Goldman’s father told NBC News at the time that Simpson’s death only further underscored his grief for his son.
“The only thing I have to say is it’s just further reminder of Ron being gone all these years,” Fred said in a phone interview. “It’s no great loss to the world. It’s a further reminder of Ron’s being gone.”
