Fred Goldman wants O.J. Simpson’s autograph profits to pay $70 million judgment

By Terence Cullen

New York Daily News

The Juice has to spill.

That’s the message Fred Goldman’s lawyers sent to a Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tuesday over profits O.J. Simpson made since being released from jail.

Goldman’s attorney said any income Simpson makes should go toward a $70 million judgment for the wrongful death of estranged wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

A $33.5 million civil suit filed after Simpson’s infamous acquittal still found him liable for the deaths. The cost of the settlement has since ballooned.

But Goldman has railed against Simpson for decades, blaming him for the death of his son and alleging he hasn’t forked over a dime.

“Mr. Simpson has sought to subvert this wrongful death judgment by his abject refusal to pay, much less accept personal responsibility,” David Cook, Goldman’s lawyer, wrote in the filing.

The 70-year-old Hall of Fame running back began selling his signature in Nevada not long after being released from prison in October.

He spent nine years behind bars for trying to steal back memorabilia he’d just sold in September 2007.

Lawyer Malcolm LaVergne wrote in court papers that Simpson begrudgingly sold the autographs to pay his legal bills.

Another attorney, Ronald Slates, argued Goldman and his lawyer “attempted to drag Mr. Simpson into court every time they hear a rumor, see something on television, or read in an internet news posting, a mere vague allegation involving Mr. Simpson’s commercial exploitation of himself.”

Although the longtime Buffalo Bill may not have paid out any of the settlements, Goldman has been able to recoup some profits.

After Simpson was convicted in 2008, Goldman secured the rights to the “Naked Gun” star’s unreleased, ghostwritten book, “If I Did It.”

Goldman had the book retitled to add “Confessions of the Killer,” added to the original draft and published it.

He also got control of the memorabilia Simpson was accused of trying to steal back from two dealers inside a Las Vegas hotel room.