People have long been interested in what's behind the facade that convicted criminal O.J. Simpson has shown the public. While spectators are still divided on whether or not he's responsible for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, the truth is that he was convicted on
While it wouldn't be fair to call them "fans," interested parties have long followed O.J.'s case. From the original murder trial to his later conviction on robbery charges, Simpson has been making headlines for undesirable reasons for decades.
The trial itself was a media fiasco that even impacted the Kardashian family (remember that patriarch Robert was O.J.'s lawyer). But interest in the case didn't wane after O.J. went to prison for the robbery charges.
As Game Day News explained, O.J. had a regular source of income while in prison. Because he'd been a veritable superstar in the NFL, Simpson retired with plenty of cash. Before his trial began, he was worth around $10 million.
But by the time the trial ended and there was a media circus following Simpson, his former home had been bulldozed and he was practically bankrupt. Fortunately for the former football player, one has very few expenses while in prison.
So the $25,000 per month paid out by O.J.'s NFL pension went straight to his bank account for the time he sat in jail. In fact, though the Goldman family tried to force Simpson to use the pension cash to pay out the $33.5 million he owed them (from the families' lawsuits), the court ruled against them, says Court TV.
But different news sources also reported that O.J. had residual income from some other deals he'd made prior to his criminal cases.
Game Day News says that reportedly, Simpson had an endorsement deal with the car rental service Hertz, which was supposed to last around 20 years. But after the original trial, Simpson even tried to sell interviews for cash, which makes spectators think that he may have burned through most of his pre-trial funds.
After getting out of prison, Game Day News elaborated that Simpson moved to Florida, ostensibly to prevent the state of California from seizing his home as a means of paying what he owes to the Goldman and Brown families. But he also owes back taxes in the state, noted the publication, so moving to Florida was a pretty good move in terms of protecting his assets.
After all, Simpson has had a hard time cashing in on anything post-conviction; even the proceeds from the book he signed off on (a ghostwriter penned it) wound up going to the Goldman family. Tough break, but O.J. is probably doing just fine on $25K a month at this point.