After Simpson’s loss of life final April at age 76, his private belongings had been designated to be bought off to repay his leftover money owed. Among the many objects in a present public sale is Robert’s reward.
Kim, 44, reached out to supply $15,000 for the bible, however Simpson property executor Malcolm LaVergne stated she was denied, because the merchandise was already below contract with the court docket to be auctioned off.
LaVergne additionally appeared to scoff on the low value Kim was keen to pay, telling PEOPLE: “The quantity is why I had no selection, as a result of why would I spend $15,000 of property cash — why would I spend $15,000 in lawyer’s charges — to promote it to Kim for $15,000?
“That is a zero-sum sport. That is a nasty enterprise mannequin.
“If Kim had provided $150,000 for it, we might’ve been in court docket getting this accredited outdoors of the public sale.”
Now Kim has to place in a bid like everybody else, which LaVergne stated could find yourself working in her favor: “Kim can bid on it on-line. She could even get it cheaper than the 15 grand, so who is aware of?”
As of press time, the highest bid was nonetheless below $10,000.
In keeping with the public sale website, the ebook is described as, “a token of friendship and assist, throughout a tumultuous interval of late Corridor of Famer O.J. Simpson’s life.
“Simpson’s buddy and lawyer, the late Robert Kardashian, gifted this customized copy of The Residing Bible to Simpson, leaving a heartfelt inscription dated June 18, 1994, the day after the notorious Ford Bronco chase.”
The inscription reads: “O.J. This ebook will assist. God loves and he’ll communicate to you along with his phrases. Learn this ebook on a regular basis. God has a particular plan in your life. You’re his baby and he’ll use you once more. I like you and God loves you.”
Robert hand-signed his title on the backside of the inscription, together with the date “June 18, 1994.”
Robert and Simpson had been mates for many years – courting again to their faculty days on the College of Southern California within the late Nineteen Sixties.
As RadarOnline.com beforehand reported, Robert was a part of the high-profile authorized “dream workforce” that helped Simpson rating an acquittal in 1995 for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her buddy Ron Goldman.
Whereas the retired working again walked free, O.J. was later discovered responsible for the duo’s wrongful deaths in a 1997 civil go well with and ordered to pay $33 million to the victims’ households.