RONALD GOLDMAN

'Ronald Lyle Goldman' (July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994 was murdered in Los Angeles, California in 1994 at the age of 25. Also found murdered was his friend Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of American football player O.J. Simpson. The subsequent criminal investigation and trial was called by some the "trial of the century".

Contents

Early life

Death

Recent development

External links

Early life

Goldman grew up in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and was raised by his father, Fred Goldman. He attended high school at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL. He was a student at Illinois State University for one semester before he moved with his family to California. While living in Los Angeles, he attended Pierce College. He had been supporting himself as a waiter and tennis instructor. According to the Goldmans' book, ''His Name is Ron'', prior to working at Mezzaluna, Goldman worked with cerebral palsy patients. Ron was also in the process of opening a restaurant, ANKH.

Death

At the time of his murder, Goldman was working as a waiter at Mezzaluna, a restaurant located at 11750 San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles. Allegedly, Nicole Brown Simpson, a friend and the ex-wife of O.J. Simpson, had called to report that she had accidentally left her mother Juditha's eyeglasses on one of the restaurant tables. After a quick search they were discovered, but they were found in the gutter. Goldman, who had not served the table where Nicole was, had agreed to bring them over after work. Before returning the eyeglasses, he stopped at his apartment located at 11663 Gorham Avenue to change clothes and shower. When he arrived at Nicole Brown Simpson's condo located at 875 South Bundy Drive to return the eyeglasses, he was murdered along with Nicole Brown Simpson on the walkway leading to the residence in Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA.
During a reconstruction of the events, police believe he had arrived during or shortly after the murder of Nicole Brown-Simpson and attempted to protect her, but was stabbed to death right before or after her murder. The autopsy lists several fatal wounds, including many stabs to the torso, one superficial slit of the throat, and one deep gash of the throat, indicating Goldman struggled for his life.
The former professional football player, O.J. Simpson, was eventually charged and tried for Goldman's murder (and murder of his ex-wife); Simpson was acquitted of Goldman's murder in the criminal trial--but later, a civil trial proceeding found Simpson liable for Goldman's wrongful death. $33 million (USD) in damages were awarded to the Goldman family.

Recent development

The rights to OJ Simpson's failed book attempt (''If I Did It'', a first-person account of how he would have committed the murders if he had) have been awarded to the Goldman family. The family was granted the proceeds from the book as part of a $33.5 million (£16.6 million) civil jury award against the ex-football star they have been trying to collect for almost a decade. The Goldmans own the copyright, media rights and movie rights. They also acquired Simpson's name, likeness, life story and right of publicity in connection with the book, according to court documents. They plan to rename the book ''Confessions of a Double Murderer'' and circulate it "among every major publisher, literary agent, movie and TV producer and entertainment lawyer in the United States," according to the Goldman family lawyer David Cook.

External links

★ Court TV Online - Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman murders

★ [http://www.rongoldmanfoundation.org