O.J. Simpson’s Estate Finally Agrees to Pay Ron Goldman’s Family Nearly $58 Million in Damages

Disgraced football legend O.J. Simpson’s estate has finally agreed to pay the family of Ron Goldman — who was slaughtered in 1994 along with the retired pigskin pro’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson — nearly 30 years after the jock was found liable for the pair’s murders in a wrongful death civil suit.

Slippery Simpson — who died from prostate cancer in April 2024 at age 76 — spent decades ducking the $33.5 million judgment made against him in 1997, but his estate has accepted a nearly $58 million claim from the Goldmans, according to documents filed in a Las Vegas court by the NFL great’s longtime lawyer Malcolm LaVergne, per People.

“The money doesn’t take away the colossal pain the Goldmans have suffered, but at least it gives them some sense of justice in taking the blood money from O.J.’s estate and ensuring they’re holding all parties responsible,” an insider tells the Globe.

Simpson left behind a fortune worth about $3 million, setting the stage for a court scuffle between his estate and creditors — including Ron’s father, Fred, who at first filed a claim for $117 million for the initial amount due plus interest, per TMZ.

As Globe readers know, the Naked Gun star was shockingly acquitted of slaughtering his ex and Ron in 1995 following a sensational trial — but two years later he was found guilty in the civil case brought by the victims’ loved ones.

The late Norman Pardo, who managed Simpson for nearly 10 years, told the Globe that O.J. used shady schemes to conceal his cash-only businesses that included secretly selling memorabilia, attending autograph-signing sessions, making night club appearances and even collecting $20,000 to appear on Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2018 TV series Who Is America?

Earlier this year, the estate held an auction that off-loaded O.J.’s belongings to partially pay off his massive debts, which included a $636,945 tax bill from the state of California. Reality star Kim Kardashian was one of the buyers and dished out $80,276 for a Bible gifted to O.J. by her late father, Robert Kardashian, while he served as Simpson’s criminal defense attorney.

It is unknown if the estate has enough dough to satisfy the debt it owes the Goldmans.

“The Executor’s acceptance of the claim is a positive acknowledgement of the debt,” Goldman family attorney Michaelle Rafferty, provided in a statement to People. “It does not constitute payment. This acceptance allows the administration of the claim to move forward in probate. We will continue to monitor the probate process.”