Product Description

Every now and then a book seizes the attention of the world. IF I DID IT is one of them. In 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murdered at her home in Brentwood, California. Her former husband OJ Simpson was tried for the murder after fleeing on live TV in a Ford Bronco with a gun and thousands of dollars (and having a previous charge for domestic violence). In a dramatic criminal court case that was broadcast globally, Simpson was found not guilty to the surprise of even his friends. He later declared himself bankrupt to avoid payments in a civil judgement for wrongful death. In November 2006, the former sports and film star announced a six figure book and publicity tour in which he would reveal how he would have committed the murders hypothetically. In response to widespread outrage that OJ Simpson stood to profit from these crimes, booksellers and broadcasters refused to feature the book. It was withdrawn with a public apology and all 400,000 copies were pulped. In August 2007, a Florida bankruptcy court awarded the copyright of IF I DID IT to the estate of Ron Goldman to satisfy the unpaid civil judgement, which had risen to over $38 million. As the Goldman family saw the book as the confession of the killer they had waited for, they decided to publish the originally approved text by OJ Simpson. They added their commentary to the killer s confession and a selection of British domestic violence help charities.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89761 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review
'Explosive.' Mail on Sunday --m

'The bereaved families have [the] last word.' Independent --m

Compelling.' Sunday Times --m

About the Author
The Estate of Ron Goldman was awarded the copyright of OJ Simpson's IF I DID IT in August 2007. Kim Goldman is Ron Goldman s sister. She is the director of a youth charity. She worked on publication of this book with her father, Fred Goldman, and wrote an introduction to If I Did It. Pablo Fenjves took the interviews for IF I DID IT. He was a neighbour of Nicole Brown Simpson s and a witness at the murder trial who heard the howling of her dog Kato. His contribution was not in the original plan for the book. Dominick Dunne was given a special seat at the murder trial by Judge Ito, and attended every day for Vanity Fair. He previously won praise for his coverage of the murder trial of the Menendez brothers and that of his own daughter.

Customer Reviews

A True Confession!
This is an incredibly intense read. Even for those of you out there who may not remember all the details of the gruesome, ghastly murders that took place more than a decade ago, this book will send chills up and down your spine. The 'what if' confession is no fiction if you ask me; only a true psychotic megalomaniac can come up with such a justification for murdering his wife, the mother of his children, as well as an innocent bystander. The fact that this book is now being used against OJ Simpson, the moving introduction by the Goldman family, the revealing and chilling descriptions by the ghost writer about his time working with OJ Simpson to put this book together, all these elements will definitely make it worth your while. Highly recommended, but not for the faint of heart!

Letting OJ Speak
One of the things that Daniel Petrocelli, the prosecutor in the civil case against OJ realised was that the more OJ speaks the more he condemns himself. OJ's narrative account of his marriage to Nicole is fascinating, because it gives - against his intentions, presumably - a clear insight into his personality. Nicole, according to OJ, was an 'accident waiting to happen'.

The murder confession chapter is also enlightening to anyone still interested in this case. (Guilty, your honour!) OJ invents a kind of blackout at the point of killing Ron and Nicole, but even allowing for that, if one disregards the unsubtle lies and self-justifications of the account, bits of likely truth are clearly there in OJs description and attitude. 'Charlie' helped him kill them. That I don't doubt. Lethal stuff, especially if taken by a violent psychotic.

Worth buying, particularly as the money doesn't go to the murderer.

Fascinating and haunting
I followed all the news as a student as it has all the ingredients of a courtroom drama. I wouldn't have written this review, except for the incorrect information from someone earlier. Not many people realise that a civil court actually found OJ liable for maliciously causing the deaths of Nicole and Ron Goldman in 1997 (though he was not found guilty of murder in 1993). As a result of that judgement he became a bankrupt. The parents of Stephen Lawrence, for example, also sued the Eltham six in a civil court after they were found not guilty of murder. But they were unsuccessful. Nonetheless, I think anyone who is in their shoes would not let stop to find justice for their murdered relative. Isn't that what families are for?