O.J. Simpson ordered to pay Goldmans over game (of knife-wielding assasssins)

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Source: Reuters

SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) - Relatives of murder victim Ron Goldman won a court order on Tuesday seizing any money O.J. Simpson earns for lending his name and likeness to a football video game with a fictional team called the Assassins and a knife-wielding mascot.

The legal victory was part of an effort by Goldman's estate to satisfy a $33.5 million judgment won against Simpson in a wrongful death suit brought against him in the 1994 stabbing deaths of Goldman and Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson.
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In their latest bid to collect on the civil judgment, the Goldmans went after any licensing fees, royalties or other compensation Simpson was paid or will be paid for his name and likeness in the new video game, "All-Pro Football 2K8."
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"All-Pro Football" features the likenesses of 240 retired National Football League players, including Simpson, whom game users can assign to fictional teams with preset names, one of which is "The Assassins."

As previewed on a Web site for video game promotional trailers, the team mascot is a hooded figure who makes stabbing motions with a large knife in the end zone when the Assassins score. Simpson does not have to be assigned to that team, but he was in a clip shown on the Game Trailers Web site.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070807/wr_nm/simpson_videogame_dc

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It's like he revels in it. This is just sick.

[DS1]

1. This is the same kind of bullshit surrounding Grand Theft Auto

Just because you can make a connection, doesn't mean you have to. Simpson isn't assigned to that team, nor does he have to be.

also from the article: The company also has issued a statement saying the knife-wielding Assassins mascot is "not specifically associated with O.J. Simpson, and the game does not promote any such connection."

However, he should continue to pay damages until the settlement is fulfilled, I'm not debating that part.

[KittyWampus]

6. you have absolutely NO IDEA how the subconscious mind works then. But don't worry,

multi-national corporations and NeoCon propagandists do know how the mind works and exploit that in every way possible.

"just because you can make a connection, doesn't mean you have to. Simpson isn't assigned to that team, nor does he have to be."

Your subconscious mind WILL make that connection. And that's the part of our mind that advertisers are speaking to.

[Kagemusha]

7. Yeah, OJ has to pay damages - the part you quote isn't even relevant to that

Only the fact he was compensated for use of his likeness (as one of 240 former NFL players) does. What his image was being used for, hardly matters.

[DS1]

8. The part I quoted is precisely relevant to the thread

But that's 2 for 2 in misses

[Kagemusha]

9. Sorry! Meant, irrelevant for OJ having to pay. It's relevant to the topic.

I should've been clearer. Have a nice day.

[bluestateguy]

2. He said he would try to find the real killers

Now I think he owes us an explanation as to the status of his investigation into finding those real killers. It's been 12 years.

[Sukie1941]

3. What about OJ's supporters?

I find the supporters of OJ distasteful. The people who crowd around him at restaurants and other events who want his autograph. I would like to see their faces more often in the news. THEY are paying for all this stuff.

I think they are pond scum status, at least.

[olddad56]

4. He is still searching for the real killers....

He has searched nearly every golf course in Florida and so far, not a trace. These guys were real pros.

[Mz Pip]

5. Is there nothing

too tasteless that OJ won't sign on to to make a buck?

I keep waiting for Karma to strike back at him.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Hatalles]

10. To be fair...

All-Pro Football 2K8 is part of the "NFL 2K" series of games -- they weren't able to get NFL rights so what they did instead this year was to obtain the rights to use the names and likenesses of retired stars and hall of famers -- Joe Montana, Warren Moon, OJ Simpson, etc. As far as I know, the players aren't assigned to any of the made up teams. It was the developer/publisher that released a video w/ OJ on the "Assassins" team.