The legal trustee who is in control of the OJ Simpson manuscript "If I Did It" is upset at TMZ for publishing a link to the manuscript and running a story with several excerpts. The trustee is asking a judge to hold TMZ in contempt of court.
Last week, a judge gave the trustee authority to sell the manuscript and give the proceeds to the Goldman family. Fred Goldman, who was initially outraged that Simpson would try and peddle a book about how he might have committed the killings, had a change of heart and wanted the script sold and the proceeds directed his way.
In the court papers filed today, the lawyer for the trustee wrote, "...during the time that the Manuscript was published on the TMZ Website, literally tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people, downloaded the Manuscript, and now hold [the] property on their hard drives, property that is now freely transferable around the globe at the click of a mouse."
The legal papers claim "TMZ blatantly and intentionally violated the automatic stay." Last week, the judge had ordered the parties involved in the case or their agents not to disseminate the manuscript.
The trustee's lawyer is asking the judge to order TMZ to reveal how it obtained the manuscript. The lawyer also wants the judge to require TMZ "to show cause why it should not be held in contempt of this Court...."
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TMZ is finally going to have to answer for some of their crap they post!
Dr. Dave from Toronto, Canada:
Do anything to get the SCUMBAG off the planet.....
First come first serve right? TMZ is just doing their job. I am disturbed that Ron Goldman would want the proceeds from this horrific reminder that never goes away? It is blood money and regardless if it's donated elsewhere - I just can't grasp wanting one penny from this to touch his fingertips. It's like buying life insurance on your child.
What you did was wrong. It showd disrespect for the families of the victims. If Paris should have to pay..the so should you. I think you should make a donation to a Women's Shelter in the name of Nicole Especially since this was so close to the anniversary of her death. Shame !
SEE NOW THE GOLDMANS ARE AGREEING TO HAVE THE BOOK SOLD. THAT JUST PROVES THAT ALL THEY WANT IS MONEY, MONEY, MONEY OH & DID I SAY MONEY. THIS IS ALL THEY'VE BEEN AFTER.
do us all a favor, OJ...slit your own throat...you are the lowest form of life on this planet....I pray that you rot in hell....prayers to the Goldman and Brown families....you ruined their lives and the lives of your children...leave the earth!!!!!!
Yes you should. Maybe this shows how you don't bother to check things out before you publish.
You know what? No one should be profiting off of the murders of these people. I'm glad TMZ "ruined" that for these people. I know they feel like they are due, but this way? Find a better way. OJ is a douch bag and as far as I'm concerned anyone who is in cahoots to publish this horrible description is pretty close to being one too.
Screw O.J. and good for TMZ. This guy shouldn't get anything, ever. He sucks.
I just hate to see him get any exposure at all. He just needs to go away.
Personally, I would like to wake up some day and be pleasantly surprised to hear that Simpson has some sort of terminal cancer. Kinda like that nice warm fuzzy feeling I had when I heard that John Gotti was rotting away in prison from cancer. Seems only the good people get the dreaded disease.
