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O.J. Simpson Died $114M in Debt to Ron Goldman’s Family — and Legal Battle Looms, Attorney Says

An attorney for Ron Goldman’s father, David Cook, claimed that due to Simpson’s failure to pay the Goldman family after he was found liable in a wrongful death lawsuit in 1997, the money owed with interest has blown up to over $114 million as of this year.

Simpson, who died at the age of 76 on April 10 following a cancer diagnosis, had been ordered to pay the Goldman and Brown families $33.5 million after he was found liable in a wrongful death lawsuit in 1997. However, David Cook, who represents Ron’s father, Fred Goldman, told PEOPLE that their family has not seen that money owed — and it has since grown due to interest. The family did have a small win in court, obtaining the rights to a book Simpson had been writing called If I Did It and made some money from the sales of that.

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