Goldman's Lawyer: Show Me the Money!

In addition to the shocking claim made in Mike Gilbert's upcoming book that O.J. confessed to the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman -- Gilbert also claims to have helped O.J. keep money away from the Goldman family.

The Goldman's lawyer, David J. Cook, is pissed.

Cook told TMZ: "It's disgusting on two levels. It's another case of folks like Mr. Gilbert drinking the cocktail of celebrity and being intoxicated by Mr. Simpson's celebrity status -- and in doing so committing a moral, ethical and legal wrong. It's no different than the Las Vegas debacle."

Although Cook believes Gilbert's book won't be 100% true, he said, "There are strong strands of truth in [Gilbert's] story. We have heard over the years of Simpson walking around with bags of money, and then the money disappears. He needed his cronies to help him. Gilbert is just one of Santa's little helpers ... this book won't be an X marks the spot, but it's an enormous break."

The Goldman family won a $33.5 million wrongful death judgment back in 1997.



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46. You need to deal with your anger and bitterness.
I'm not saying you don't have the right to feel that way. I don't know your story. But you have to deal with it
or you're going to have a very unhappy life.

Posted at 1:45AM on May 11th 2008 by Andy

47. Glad He Got Away With It isn't for real. He's just trying to yank a few chains.
The less comments the better.

Posted at 1:48AM on May 11th 2008 by Andy

48. You know what? I SIMPLY READ THE WORDS OF YOUR POSTS!! That's all... nothing more, nothing less. The only reason I even noticed or mentioned your screen name, was due to the fact that it was commented on by a poster, and then by yourself. What caught my attention was the ignorance of your words, NOT YOUR STUPID SCREENNAME!!! So, please, don't flatter yourself by thinking I need acceptance from strangers like you. But whether you like it or not, you are my sister, and so are all the WHITE girls reading this, too. So buck up, BLAC(K)GIRL, and live with it, because we all bleed red. Your angry and racist attitude will not serve you well in life. But someday you'll figure it all out for yourself. Best wishes and peace.

Posted at 1:55AM on May 11th 2008 by ColorBlindSister

49. Color Blind Sister:

You're right. We all bleed red and we're all in this together, for a very short time.

Posted at 2:11AM on May 11th 2008 by Andy

50. Dont worry O.J. Obama will get you all the help you need. We got to stick together ya know. They beat on me in here always brother. The jokes on them when Obama gets in we will RULE! P.S. to all of you black haters in here the jokes on you now isnt it.

Posted at 2:36AM on May 11th 2008 by Al Sharpton.

51. Andy, you're absolutely right. We choose our own paths, and we can make it easy four ourselves , or we can make it extremely difficult. Why not make life as pleasant as possible, not only for ourselves, but for others along the way? At least that's the way I see it. Maybe that's a little naive, but it works for me, and I've done okay so far.

Posted at 2:42AM on May 11th 2008 by ColorBlindSister

52. #53, YOU ARE AN IDIOT !!!!!!

Posted at 4:23AM on May 11th 2008 by tina

53. The US Court system, federal, state and local , know that he killed them. Federal, state, local judges won't speak thier minds, because THEY are afraid....................................Screw OJ Simpson and his stupid dumb ass. Someone will get him back, and it won't be karma, and it won't be god.

Posted at 4:29AM on May 11th 2008 by tina

54. GET A LIFE PEOPLE, especially Mr. Goldman, it is over -- long over. Heal, mend, put your heart where all of us who have lived with senseless tragedy in our life, have moved on and live. SECOND, for all you morons, who do not get it, of course, O.J. is guilty, but this is what that means, for those of you too arrogant or ignorant of the world in which you live. Simpson proved but one thing, if you have the money to throw at the lawyers, you get a "Get out of jail Free" card. Could this be your not latent prejudice we are reading here? Why aren't you standing on the rooftops shouting about Robert Blake or Phil Spector -- could it be because they are not black??? Because their crimes are just as flagrant and they are just as arrogant as pathetic Simpson.

Posted at 4:57AM on May 11th 2008 by Frank

55. #57, you're right it just proves if you have the money, you get a "get out of jail free" card.............

Posted at 5:02AM on May 11th 2008 by tina

56. No, Frank. It's not because they're (Blake, Spector) not black.
It's because we were given graphic pictures of a beautiful young woman and her innocent young friend.
We were told of the history of awful domestic abuse.
The Kato aspect attracted interested, along with the children.
Mark Furman and the glove story, the colorful lawyers, the high speed chase, etc.
These all kept our collective interest.
That's why people were so appalled, not because he was black.

Posted at 7:07AM on May 11th 2008 by Andy

57. I watched the televised court proceedings and he was proven "not guilty" by a jury of his peers. End of case. That is whythe system does not make sense when someone is not found "guilty" that they can be made to pay money to the victims family for the murder. Duh..that is why our system is a mess. Goldman's think money will pay for the lose of their son and brother..wrong! They need ot get peace from money? Something is wrong with that and I feel sad that they are so caught up in it and being the "professional victims" now that they will never have rest or forgiveness for whoever did this.
I think the whole thing was a setup with Goldman's involved in Vegas and this guy isn't any better but just wanting money because he is in trouble now too. Also with what was presented at the trial the jury made the right decision. Did OJ do it? No..it was a profesisonal job and all evidence pointed that way. Did he hire someone to do it? Possibly..but it was a professional job and possibly related to drugs and a message to Nicole's friend who stayed with her a few weeks before fresh out of rehab. I do think Goldman was at he wrong place at the wrong time trying to do a good deed.

Posted at 7:28AM on May 11th 2008 by OriginalKat

58. Original Kat:

The system is truly a mess when a DNA slam dunk case
is fouled by attention grabbing attorneys with no scruples and lying detectives.
He is guilty and lucky the system is messed.

Posted at 8:39AM on May 11th 2008 by Andy

59. Blacgirl, I feel you. As a REAL black person, I see the things we go through everyday. Our injustices are REAL, not perceived. if you want an idea of the prevailing racist attitude in this country, just read the posts about ANY black celebrity on TMZ. There is ALWAYS racist nonsense, and a lot of it, as there is on just about any message board you read. Racism is not in our mind, as the average racist would have you believe. They try to make it look like we're "whining" about slavery. Guess what? Slave owners aren't posting racist comments on TMZ, so that excuse is the thing that's played-out, not the so-called race card (nice phrase btw, obviously coined by whites). It's amazing that you can be forced to have no voice for hundreds of years, yet when you finally exercise that voice, it's playing the race card or whining. Blacks have only been allowed to speak freely for less than 50 years and already white America wants us to shut up. Sounds like they never wanted us to speak in the first place. I knew what blacgirl was getting at, even if she may not have explained it the best way. Bottom line, you should have just offered proof: OJ and Robert Blake both killed their wives around the same time and were acquitted, yet only ONE is vilified to this day. The fact that colorblind(so-called)sister zeroed in on only your comments and defended the white race against same, makes her claim to be black VERY SUSPECT. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT she is black. She overlooked all the blatant racist garbage to zero in on your subtle comment???? hmmmm... Even more suspicious when you realize you were apparently the only true black poster at the time. I feel YOU blacgirl, sister, not that other phony. At least I hope it's a phony, because if she isn't, she is the biggest uncle Tom boot-licker I have ever seen. The perfect lap dog, and personally, we don't WANT weak submissive people like you in our race. Criticizing the one black poster amid postings insulting Obama for nothing more than race and calling for white supremacists to kill blacks. You should change your nick to colorlesssister or cluelesssister.

Posted at 8:49AM on May 11th 2008 by BlacGuy

60. BlacGuy:

BlacGirl's comments were anything but "subtle".

Posted at 8:55AM on May 11th 2008 by Andy

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