"In 1994, Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were brutally murdered at her home in Brentwood, California. O.J. Simpson was tried for the crime in a case that captured the attention of the American people, but was ultimately acquitted of criminal charges. The victims' families brought a civil case against Simpson, which found him liable for willfully and wrongfully causing the deaths of Ron and Nicole committing battery with malice and oppression. In 2006, HarperCollins announced the publication of a book in which O.J. Simpson told how he hypothetically would have committed the murders. In response to public outrage that Simpson stood to profit from these crimes, HarperCollins canceled the book. A Florida bankruptcy court awarded the rights to the Goldmans in August 2007 to satisfy the civil judgment in part. The Goldman family views the book as his confession, and has worked hard to ensure that the public will read this book and learn the truth. This is O.J. Simpson's original manuscript, approved by him, with up to 14,000 words of additional key commentary.
Here is the brilliant cover designed (probably re-designed) after the Goldmans won the rights to the book. It now says predominately "I DID IT" with the little "if" in the "I".
I think it was pretty ballsy and ambitious of O.J. to write that book and I am not disappointed that it bite him in the ass.
4 comments:
O.J Simpson. A man who incredible potential and let it go to his wallet and then to his wee head; thinking he was invincible. Such a pompous @$$. His mother must be so proud.
Amen Kim!
I'd like someone to tell me that Karma doesn't exist in the universe. Mad, mad, Karma.
I absolutely LOVE that cover. Good on the Goldmans for sticking to their guns.
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