Judge awards O.J. book to trustee
Goldmans acquire rights in settlement
A U.S. bankruptcy judge has assigned the rights to O.J. Simpson's cancelled book, If I Did It to a court-appointed trustee, from whomRon Goldman's family has acquired the rights.
The judge ruled Friday in Miami that Simpson tried to hide his profits.
Goldman was slain along with Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, in 1995.
The Goldmans want the book's proceeds included as part of a nearly $33.5 millionUS civil jury award they have been trying to collect from Simpson for almost a decade.
The judge ruled the company that currently owns the book's rights is a shell for the former football star run by his daughter Arnelle.
The judge says a money trail showing$630,000 from the publisher to Lorraine Brooke Associates and then to Simpson confirm his connection with the company.
In the book, Simpson explains how he might have committed the slayings.
HarperCollins had planned to publish the book, but cancelled the deal after a groundswell of public outrage.
All copies have been ordered turned over, but a Goldman lawyer said the Simpsons have failed to comply.