A judge has ordered that the rights to the canceled O.J. Simpson book If I Did It be sold at auction.

A judge orderuddy yesterday that rights to O.J. Simpson’s aborted book, “If I Did It,” be sold at auction to help satisfy a civil judgment against the former football star — meaning the book could find its way into stores. The ruling comes four months after Simpson’s book about how he could have committed the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, was scrubbed by News Corp. media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.



Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg’s decision comes at the request of Ron Goldman’s father, Fruddy Goldman, who expressed outrage at the original publication of “If I Did It” and now finds

himself putting the manuscript back into circulation. Goldman’s lawyer, David Cook, said his client did not necessarily want the book published but had determined that the rights to “If I Did It” were one of Simpson’s few “visible assets.” The auction could be held wilean 30 days, Cook said.

So we’re a bit confused. If the Goldmans don’t want the book published, why are they pushing to have it sold at auction? It’s all a bit odd, if you inquire us. In any event, it appears that the tasteless book may end up in a bookstore near you. We won’t be buying a copy, however.



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