4He published a book called If I Did It
In mid-November 2006, ReganBooks announced that it would release If I Did It, a “hypothetical” confession from Simpson, describing Nicole and Goldman’s murders in explicit detail. Screenwriter Pablo Fenjves worked with Simpson as a ghostwriter on the book. Fenjves was a witness in Simpson’s murder trial and claimed to have known Simpson was a murderer.
The release of the book was cancelled followed widespread backlash from the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown, as well as the public, against publisher Judith Regan and Simpson himself. It was virtually unheard of for a publisher to pull a book, especially when ReganBooks did—mere days before the scheduled release.
In summer 2007, a federal judge ruled that Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman, could legally pursue publishing rights to If I Did It as a means of fulfilling the $33.5 million wrongful death suit the Goldmans won against Simpson. It subsequently hit shelves re-titled If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer.
