O.J. Simpson Reportedly Writing Hypothetical Book About Murdering Wife

Relatives of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman, the two victims of the 1994 double murder that made headlines around the world, expressed disgust and frustration that Simpson might be continuing to profit from a crime that most Americans are convinced he committed, despite his notorious acquittal.

"If this is true, that is blood money and it's evil and disgusting," said Denise Brown, the sister of Simpson’s former wife who has become a prominent campaigner against domestic violence. “Any company that actually pays him for this is just as bad as he is." The book is reported to have the working title If I Did It. Details were published by the National Enquirer newspaper last week on the same day that Goldman's father, Fred, launched a new court attempt to seize some of Simpson's assets in part repayment of a $33.5m judgment against him after he lost a 1997 civil court case.

The former American-football star has never paid a cent of the judgment, despite the civil court's finding that he was responsible for Brown and Goldman's deaths. "It is horribly frustrating and at the same time demoralising for Fred Goldman and his family, especially when they read about things like this," said Jonathan Polak, a lawyer representing Goldman in an attempt to obtain rights to Simpson's income from selling autographs and appearing at sports celebrity events.

Polak added: "Simpson appears to be attempting to profit not off his football fame, but off the very thing that was so inhuman and that everyone knows he did." The National Enquirer's account could not be verified this weekend but the newspaper provided extensive details in a four-page report on what it called a "tell-all blockbuster". Simpson is said to describe how he "grabbed a knife from a man who accompanied him to Nicole's home — and moments later found himself covered in blood and looking down on the bodies of Nicole and Ron".