# How come OJ Simpson does not file bankruptcy?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-oj-simpson-does-not-file-bankruptcy/419572
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 18, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-oj-simpson-does-not-file-bankruptcy/419572 "2007-09-18T02:28:49Z")
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### Author:  [@Fireclown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fireclown)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-oj-simpson-does-not-file-bankruptcy/419572/1 "2007-09-18T02:28:49Z")
Or maybe he did and I didn’t hear about it. Since he owes about 33 million, why can’t he just declare bankruptcy? Or is the civil judgment not subject to discharge?
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### Author:  [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-oj-simpson-does-not-file-bankruptcy/419572/2 "2007-09-18T02:37:02Z")
Malicious tort damages are not subject to discharge.
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### Author:  [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-oj-simpson-does-not-file-bankruptcy/419572/3 "2007-09-18T02:38:13Z")
He said he would if he had to: [CNN - Simpson: I won't work to pay the Goldmans - July 11, 1997](http://www.cnn.com/US/9707/11/simpson/)
But damage awards for “for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property of another entity” aren’t dischargeable in bankruptcy. So he wouldn’t get much of an advantage if he did. [11 U.S. Code § 523 - Exceptions to discharge | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute](http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode11/usc_sec_11_00000523----000-.html)