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Simpson: I won't work to pay the Goldmans
O.J. accuses judge of keeping blacks off civil jury
July 11, 1997
Web posted at: 9:15 p.m. EDT (0115 GMT)
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- O.J. Simpson says he has no
intention of working to pay off a $33.5 million judgment against him
for the 1994 deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald
Goldman.
In an interview with Greta Van Susteren on CNN's "Burden
of Proof," Simpson said he plans instead to pay his living expenses and
those of his children with his $25,000 monthly pensions, which are
protected from the judgment.
"I'm not going to go and work and give my money to Fred
Goldman," said Simpson, referring to Ronald Goldman's father.
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Simpson also told Van Susteren that he believes the
judge in the civil trial, Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki,
manipulated the jury pool to keep blacks off the panel, thus ensuring
the judgment went against him.
"They put [the trial] in Santa Monica," Simpson said.
"When the jury pool came back 38 or 40 percent black, Fujisaki saw to
it that none of those blacks were on the jury."
A black woman and a man of mixed black and Asian
ancestry were on the jury impaneled by Fujisaki. The black woman was
dismissed during jury deliberations, because she failed to reveal that
her daughter worked for the Los Angeles County district attorney's
office, which unsuccessfully prosecuted Simpson on murder charges in
the criminal trial.
Brentwood mansion goes on block Monday
Also Monday, Simpson's mansion in the
Brentwood
section of Los Angeles, valued at $3 million, will go on the auction
block. The home was foreclosed upon after Simpson got behind in his
mortgage payments.
"I've accepted that I've already lost it," Simpson said.
"It's a house that I've been in for over 20 years, and just about every
plant and flower and tree that you see on the property, I planted. And
Nicole and I put a lot of effort in various designs.
"Part of me, you know, will miss it, obviously," he
said. "But life goes on, and I believe that in some areas, the move
will be good because I'll leave some memories."
Simpson said he has not yet found a new home for himself
and the two children under his custody from his marriage with Nicole.
But he said he has been looking in the Los Angeles area,
where he plans to stay until his legal appeals are finished. Simpson
wants to be resettled before the children go back to school in the
fall.
Asked if he might declare bankruptcy to protect his
assets, Simpson said, "If I have to, I will."
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