The Courts have made their judgment: The rights to O.J. Simpson's autobiographical re-telling of Nicole Simpson's brutal and untimely death, which was due to be called, "If I Did It," are to be transferred to the Goldman family. The family then apparently intend to rename the book, "Confessions of a Double Murderer," and publish it. There's no word yet on what use is planned for the royalties that will undoubtedly result from the publication of this lurid and contentious tome, but the Goldman's representatives have made no mention of these being donated to Nicole's favorite charity, or to a charity in general.
The purpose of their court action was supposedly to stop Mr. Simpson benefiting financially from a murder they remain convinced he committed. But instead of securing ownership of the rights then suppressing or destroying the manuscript, they intend to publish it, and - apparently - keep all of the resulting income.
This raises the distasteful suspicion that their overriding consideration was not that someone stood to glean significant profits from its publication, but that the beneficiary was not currently one of the Goldmans.
If a member of your family is murdered, no amount of money within the realms of human comprehension could even begin to assuage that loss, and the idea of profits being made by anyone from a recounting of the event should be an implacable anathema to even the most distant member of the victim's family.
If the Goldmans are truly as distraught as they claim they should ensure that not so much as a digest of this repugnant dissertation is ever released. To do otherwise has more to do with vengeance and avarice than justice, and would be a display of behavior for which they should be boundlessly ashamed and universally shunned.
The purpose of their court action was supposedly to stop Mr. Simpson benefiting financially from a murder they remain convinced he committed. But instead of securing ownership of the rights then suppressing or destroying the manuscript, they intend to publish it, and - apparently - keep all of the resulting income.
This raises the distasteful suspicion that their overriding consideration was not that someone stood to glean significant profits from its publication, but that the beneficiary was not currently one of the Goldmans.
If a member of your family is murdered, no amount of money within the realms of human comprehension could even begin to assuage that loss, and the idea of profits being made by anyone from a recounting of the event should be an implacable anathema to even the most distant member of the victim's family.
If the Goldmans are truly as distraught as they claim they should ensure that not so much as a digest of this repugnant dissertation is ever released. To do otherwise has more to do with vengeance and avarice than justice, and would be a display of behavior for which they should be boundlessly ashamed and universally shunned.
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