OJ Simpson Says He Already Spent Book Advance ($3 million)

[Human Torch]

07:16 AM, November 23rd 2006
by News Staff



Former football star and actor OJ Simpson said Wednesday that he had already spent the advance he received for his controversial book about the murder of his ex-wife and their friend, despite the project being dropped.

"Of course I got paid," Simpson told a Miami radio station. "I spend the money on my bills. It's gone." Following a public outcry from advertisers, booksellers and relatives of the victims, media conglomerate News Corp on Monday decided against distributing Simpson's book, If I Did It, and airing an accompanying two-part television interview.

Though Simpson, 59, did not reveal how much he was paid, media reports estimate it to be more than 3 million dollars.

In the radio interview Simpson said "I have nothing to confess," maintaining his innocence in the 1994 murders of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. He was acquitted in 1995 of the murder charges, however, was found liable for the deaths in a 1997 civil court decision which awarded the victims' families 33.5 million dollars in damages, though very little has been collected. . Simpson claimed in the interview that neither the book nor the title were his idea. "That was their title. That's what they came up with. I didn't pitch anything. I don't make book deals," Simpson said.

http://www.playfuls.com/news_0003439_OJ_Simpson_Says_He_Already_Spent_Book_Advance.html

[Deja Q]

1. His head looks like a big inflated balloon...

Who brought out the stick pin?

[no_hypocrisy]

2. I was under the impression that the money was paid to a third party or

an entity where OJ couldn't touch the money. It sounded like the money would be in a trust for his kids' college tuition or something. Guess I was wrong?

[Human Torch]

4. I posted an article yesterday in which he claimed he wanted it for his kids:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2785177&mesg_id=2785177

:patriot:

[exlrrp]

3. Drop this whole subject

The only one who benefits from the notoriety is Simpson

[lapfog_1]

5. The claim is now that only an advance of $800,000 was paid

and $100,000 went to some ghost writer. the rest is somehow waiting for his kids (but, as one talking head pointed out, one of Nicole's children is already over 18, so the payment could have legally gone to her without any "third party" involvement and without contest by the Brown or Goldman families).

Who knows the truth here. Who cares. All I care about is that freepers are pissed at Fox and, hopefully, some are pissed at Fox News, no matter what Oralily tells them).