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HERE'S WHAT OJ SIMPSON DID TO THE BROWN FAMILY REPRESENTATIVE WHEN HIS GOLF CLUBS WERE CONFISCATED

Nicole Brown's representative remembers that Simpson lost his cool on him when he rejected his request regarding a pair of golf clubs

BY SOMDATTA MAITY

PUBLISHED APR 15, 2024

Image Source: Procès civil d'OJ Simpson à Santa Monica (Photo by Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images)

Although OJ Simpson was handed a not-guilty verdict for allegedly murdering his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, families of the two victims decided to pursue a civil trial. This led to a change in public opinion about Simpson and he was handed down a $33.5 million liability judgment by the jury, as per PEOPLE. Following that, the representatives of both the Goldman and Brown families decided to recover the amount by acquiring his belongings. One of the things that Simpson reportedly wanted to hold on to was his golf clubs and even extended a request to the representatives to let him keep those clubs. John Q. Kelly, who was fighting on Nicole Brown's behalf shared how the Goldman representative agreed to the demand but he didn't. He also shared the unsavory reaction from Simpson that was triggered by the rejection.

Image Source: O.J. Simpson and wife Nicole Brown Simpson pose at the premiere of the "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult" in which O.J. starred on March 16, 1994, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)

After getting to know that Kelly had not consented to giving him the gold clubs, Simpson was reportedly disappointed.

Image Source: LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 2: O.J. Simpson leaves court after closing arguments for his trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center on October 2, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart are standing trial on 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy related to a 2007 confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel. (Photo by Steve Marcus-Pool/Getty Images)

Kelly explained his side of the story, "Believe it or not. The Goldman attorneys consented to have his golf clubs returned to him, and I did not. He asked me why. I told him. I just knew I knew how much they meant to him, and I was going to hold onto them for now, and he got rather angry with me."

But Simpson did not take to this kindly and in Kelly's own words began to slap the lawyer "on the back harder and harder with the eyes getting larger and larger, and it just went on for a minute."

The lawyer has his own theory about why Simpson got so upset about the golf clubs. In his opinion, it wasn't "so much just about the golf clubs." The loss of clubs just "set him off about other things too" which led to the reaction.

Image Source: The New York Post displays a "Not Guilty!" headline October 3, 1995 in New York City. Orenthal James Simpson was on trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman but was later acquitted after a nationally televised trial. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Liaison)

According to Kelly, Simpson was a "large, imposing personality" who "was very full of himself." He also shed light on what Simpson believed about his role in the case. The murders divided civilians and the legal community and the defendant claimed that he was innocent till the end.

This is exactly what Kelly gathered in his conversations with Simpson, adding that the ex-actor and footballer might have suppressed it from his memories. Kelly stated, "In his mind, it never happened."

Image Source: O.J. Simpson attends a parole hearing at Lovelock Correctional Center July 20, 2017 in Lovelock, Nevada. (Photo by Jason Bean-Pool/Getty Images)

In 2017, Simpson was granted parole after spending 9 years in prison on robbery charges, as per NY Times. The news of his death was made public by his family on April 10, and cancer was revealed as the cause of death. He died in the company of close ones.

For the Goldman family, the death was a reminder of what they had lost. "The only thing that I have to say today is that this is a further reminder of the loss of my son Ron," Fred Goldman told DailyMail.com. "It is a further reminder of my son's murder and a reminder about the many years we have missed Ron."