Guide Note:
Ronald Goldman was murdered on June 12, 1994 at the residence of Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of pro football star and actor O.J. Simpson. Nicole Brown Simpson was also found dead outside her home, her throat slashed. O.J. Simpson was arrested and tried for Goldman's murder but acquitted. Simpson was later found liable for Goldman's death in a subsequent civil trial and ordered to pay the Goldman family $33 million in damages.
Fast Facts:
- Born: July 2, 1968
- Raised: Buffalo Grove, Illinois
- Schools: Illinois State University, Pierce College
- Died: June 12, 1994
- Occupation: Waiter at Mezzaluna restaurant in Brentwood, California
- Attacker: Unknown
Brief Biography
Goldman was raised in Illinois and moved to Los Angeles at the age of eighteen with his father, Fred Goldman. Ron Goldman worked at restaurants in Los Angeles, and on June 12, 1994, while employed at the Brentwood restaurant Mezzaluna, offered to return a pair of eyeglasses Nicole Brown Simpson and her mother had left a few hours earlier. At some point in the evening, Goldman and Simpson were murdered, their bodies left in the walkway of Simpson's residence.
Trial
While O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the murders, he was found liable for the death of Ron Goldman in a civil trial. In 2007, the Goldman family won rights to O.J. Simpson's fictionalized confession to the murders, the book If I Did It.
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