Denise Brown Opposed to Publishing of O.J.'s Book

By Jane Ivory
16:39, August 16th 2007
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Denise Brown Opposed to Publishing of O.J.'s Book

A day after it was announced that O.J. Simpson’s controversial book “If I Did It” would be published with the cooperation of victim Ron Goldman’s family, O.J.’s former sister-in-law publicly condemned the decision.

Denise Brown, sister to the late Nicole Brown Simpson, is calling for a boycott against the publication of O.J. Simpson’s hypothetical account of the two murders that occurred in 1994.

O.J. was acquitted in 1995 of the murders of former wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman, but was found liable for their deaths in a civil trial in 1996.

Ten years later, he caused public outrage upon the announcement that he had penned a book which included a hypothetical description of the two murders, had he been the one to commit them.

The book was almost published by HarperCollins, a division of News Corporation, only the protest was too intense to ignore.

Earlier this week, a New York literary agent for Ronald Goldman’s family announced that the book would be repackaged and published. O.J.’s writing would remain intact but the book would also include “key commentary” from Ron Goldman’s family.

A statement from the agent’s spokesperson said: “The family and publisher have pledged to leave Simpson's manuscript entirely intact, but they will also add key commentary.”

Los Angeles-based literary agent Sharlene Martin of Martin Literary Management also announced that sales proceeds from the book would go to the Ron Goldman Foundation for Justice, aimed at helping victims of violent crime.

Denise Brown is opposing this decision though. One day after the new deal was announced, she said in a statement that she cannot believe her sister’s children “will have to be subjected to this step by step manual on how their mother and her friend Ron were murdered.”

Beaufort Books, the publishing house that will print the book, has vowed to honor the memory of the two victims. “We will be working diligently to not only publish this book well, but to honor the memory of the victims of this terrible crime: Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson,” Beaufort president Eric Kampmann wrote in a statement.



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