# OJ to discuss hypothetical account of murders in interview **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2006, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502 "2006-11-15T08:25:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/1 "2006-11-15T08:25:52Z")
> **[O.J. to discuss killings of wife, friend in interview, book](https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=2662339)** > > Already a pariah and pop-culture punch line, > O.J. Simpson plans a book and TV interview to discuss how, > hypothetically, he could have killed his ex-wife and her friend -- a > story his publisher considers "his confession. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/2 "2006-11-15T08:31:02Z")
That almost reads like an article from The Onion. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/3 "2006-11-15T08:49:14Z")
There was a pit thread about this some time ago. Here’s a [promo](http://www.fox.com/oj/) from the Fox website. I don’t know if I should watch this or not. I don’t want to support him and I wouldn’t buy his book, but his TV interview… ---
**Author:** ![shizaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@shizaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shizaru)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/4 "2006-11-15T10:26:16Z")
[QUOTE=SenorBeef] [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2662339](http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2662339) Wow. [/QUOTE] Is this a fuckin’ joke? I mean, Chris Rock did actually make a joke once about OJ’s fictional self help tape “I didn’t kill my wife but if I did heres how I’d do it”, but this…this is sick. Even if OJ is innocent (and I don’t actually believe that he is) this is a despicable thing to do, especially since the families of the murdered are probably still hurting emotionally. Fox Network must be out of their minds. Ratings can’t that important, can they? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/5 "2006-11-15T11:19:32Z")
Well, according to all the popular fiction, allowing crap like this to come to pass is the price we must pay to not have jackbooted gestapo agents busting down doors in the middle of the night to execute people for jaywalking. “…” Yeah. Could we just have a _few_ jackbooted thugs? Just a couple? _Pleeeeease?_ ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/6 "2006-11-15T11:29:10Z")
The worst part is, even if he’s not being paid for the interview, he will be for the book. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/7 "2006-11-15T12:42:37Z")
[QUOTE=Ranchoth] Well, according to all the popular fiction, allowing crap like this to come to pass is the price we must pay to not have jackbooted gestapo agents busting down doors in the middle of the night to execute people for jaywalking. “…” Yeah. Could we just have a _few_ jackbooted thugs? Just a couple? _Pleeeeease?_ [/QUOTE] Well, **I** heard it was the price we pay to have freedom of speech. Some guy told me that. I saw a promo for this last night, and for just a second thought it was a piece of satire. Really, is there a bar too low for Fox? (And is this something that a mentally normal, innocent man would ever conceivably agree to?) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/8 "2006-11-15T16:33:06Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] Really, is there a bar too low for Fox? [/QUOTE] Rule One: Is it profitable? Rule Two: See Rule One. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/9 "2006-11-16T03:20:50Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] Well, **I** heard it was the price we pay to have freedom of speech. Some guy told me that. [/QUOTE] Oh, sir, you get me _all_ wrong. I’m not miffed that he’s _speaking_ about it, or that it’s allowed to air. I’m just slightly ticked that he’s _still around to do it_, as a free man no less, at all. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/10 "2006-11-16T04:27:54Z")
According to NBC Nightly News tonight, NBC turned down the interview, and Fox picked it up… Guess that makes them more “noble” than Fox… uh…yeah, sure. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/11 "2006-11-16T05:01:41Z")
Not that I’m advocating this or anything, but I’m thoroughly surprised that Nicole and Ron’s families haven’t hired any assasins to deal with OJ. The actual murder is one thing and _maybe_ debatable, but that OJ has gone on to profit so deliberately and sleazily from it… this would convince me (if I were a family member of the victims) that 1) he’s guilty 2) he’s not the least bit contrite 3) he’s deliberately mocking us by using this to make money. My qualms would be quashed and I’d send in the heavy hitters. I applaud the families’ restraint. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/12 "2006-11-16T05:55:24Z")
Maybe the bastard’ll make enough money to start paying the victims’ families some of the 33 million dollars he owes them. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/13 "2006-11-16T13:34:46Z")
[QUOTE=Windwalker] Not that I’m advocating this or anything, but I’m thoroughly surprised that Nicole and Ron’s families haven’t hired any assasins to deal with OJ. [/QUOTE] Of course, were he to hire a hit-man, Fred Goldman would be caught, tried, and convicted of 1st-degree murder. I never really understood the irony of rain on one’s wedding day, so this would make a good vignette for Ms. Morrisette… ---
**Author:** ![Diddledog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Diddledog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diddledog)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/14 "2006-11-16T15:05:06Z")
[QUOTE=InternetLegend] Maybe the bastard’ll make enough money to start paying the victims’ families some of the 33 million dollars he owes them. [/QUOTE] Deos anyone know the facts regarding his obligation to pay that judgment? I would assume that if you owe $33 million dollars from a civil judgment, the court takes whatever millions you make from a book (whether it concerns the same case or not) and hands it over to the other party. But I haven’t seen any mention of the Goldmans getting the money from this endeavor. Do they have to make a claim for it and pursue that in court? ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/15 "2006-11-16T16:00:38Z")
On “Law and Order” et. al., the detectives and prosecuters always talk about how the criminals have the strong desire to confess. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/16 "2006-11-16T16:14:24Z")
[QUOTE=Diddledog] But I haven’t seen any mention of the Goldmans getting the money from this endeavor. Do they have to make a claim for it and pursue that in court? [/QUOTE] According to [this](http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/16/D8LE7H4G0.html) article, the families could go after the book sale money (and if there’s any justice in the world, no one will buy the book) but > [@](#): > > But one legal analyst said there are ways to get around that requirement \_ such as having proceeds not go directly to Simpson. They will never see one thin dime. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Diddledog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Diddledog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diddledog)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/17 "2006-11-16T18:21:41Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] According to [this](http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/16/D8LE7H4G0.html) article, the families could go after the book sale money (and if there’s any justice in the world, no one will buy the book) but They will never see one thin dime. Ever. [/QUOTE] I dream of a world in which the publisher would say, “Yeah, you amoral murdering jackass, we’ll publish your confession. But only if we can make all your royalty checks payable directly to the Goldman family.” If he gets to keep a penny from this project, it just proves that Simpson’s purpose in life is to show us all the faults in our court system. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/18 "2006-11-16T19:07:58Z")
I know you are going to jump all over me, but I read an article when the book was first announced with OJ saying he’ll “spend the money really fast” so none of it goes to the Goldman family. I just can’t help but think what about his kids? [Mrs. Lovejoy] Won’t somebody please think of the children?[/Mrs. Lovejoy] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/19 "2006-11-16T19:19:57Z")
[QUOTE=Windwalker] Not that I’m advocating this or anything, but I’m thoroughly surprised that Nicole and Ron’s families haven’t hired any assasins to deal with OJ. [/QUOTE] Course they’re so high profile they’d be immediate suspects and, as mention, quickly found guilty. But I’ve often pondered just how surprising someone else, just an average nutjob, hasn’t whacked him yet. These murders were so sensational and pissed so many people off. I really do marvel that OJ’s still alive. Of course just trying to track him down, as mobile as he apparently is, would be a daunting task. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502/20 "2006-11-16T19:23:08Z")
[QUOTE=Poysyn] I know you are going to jump all over me, but I read an article when the book was first announced with OJ saying he’ll “spend the money really fast” so none of it goes to the Goldman family. I just can’t help but think what about his kids? [Mrs. Lovejoy] Won’t somebody please think of the children?[/Mrs. Lovejoy] [/QUOTE] Considering they’re both over 18, I’m not particularly concerned about that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oj-to-discuss-hypothetical-account-of-murders-in-interview/380502.md?page=2)