If I Did It

book by Simpson and Fenjves

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If I Did It is a book co-authored by O.J. Simpson and Pablo F. Fenjves. It presents a hypothetical account of how Simpson might have committed the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. The book's initial publication was planned for 2006 but was met with public outrage, preventing its release. Ultimately, a bankruptcy court awarded the rights to the book to the Goldman family, who published it in 2007.1

Simpson was acquitted of the murders in a 1995 criminal trial, a decision that was highly controversial and divided public opinion, largely along racial lines. However, in a subsequent civil trial in 1997, Simpson was found liable for the deaths and ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages to the victims' families.2134

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Fenjves) on If I Did It, in which he hypothesized about how he would have committed the murders. Public outrage prevented its initial publication in 2006, but a bankruptcy court subsequently awarded the book’s rights to the Goldman family, who released the work in 2007.
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Fenjves) on If I Did It, in which he hypothesized about how he would have committed the murders. Public outrage prevented its initial publication in 2006, but a bankruptcy court subsequently awarded the book’s rights to the Goldman family, who released the work in 2007.
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