Kim Kardashian’s try to buy her late father’s bible for $15,000 from the property of O.J. Simpson was denied – however the actuality star will nonetheless have an opportunity to get the prized possession again.
The executor of Simpson’s property, Malcolm LaVergne, began to public sale off a few of the late NFL participant’s objects to repay excellent money owed. Considered one of these things is a bible that Robert Kardashian Sr. gave to Simpson the day after he was arrested in 1994 on suspicion of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her good friend Ron Goldman.
“OJ, This ebook will assist,” the late Kardashian, who died in 2003 after being identified with esophageal most cancers, wrote contained in the bible. “God loves and he’ll converse 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.”
The Skims founder has tried to purchase the bible for $15,000, however LaVergne revealed in an interview with Folks that the request was denied as a result of it had been underneath contract with the courtroom to be auctioned off.
“The quantity is why I had no alternative, 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?” he mentioned. “That is a zero-sum sport. That is a nasty enterprise mannequin. If Kim had provided $150,000 for it, we’d’ve been in courtroom getting this authorised exterior of the public sale.”
Kim does have the power to bid on the bible utilizing the public sale web site. It at present has a $9,800 bid as of Friday afternoon, however bidding doesn’t finish till March 29.
“She could even get it cheaper than the 15 grand, so who is aware of,” LaVergne added.
Along with giving Simpson the bible, Robert additionally famously defended and helped acquit him when he was placed on trial in 1995.
Robert married Kristen Mary Houghton (now referred to as Kris Jenner) in 1978 and so they welcomed 4 youngsters — Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Robert Kardashian Jr .— who all referred to Simpson and his former spouse as “Uncle OJ” and “Auntie Nicole.”
Nonetheless, Robert’s resolution to defend Simpson divided his household. Through the trial, Kris was noticed sitting on the prosecution facet of the courtroom in assist of Nicole. Kim, 43, beforehand admitted the trial put a pressure on their household in a dialog with Dr. Phil in 2009.
Simpsons’ trial was dramatized in Ryan Murphy’s 2016 award-winning sequence The Folks v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. Pals star, David Schwimmer performed Robert Kardashian within the present.
“I cherished it,” Kim mentioned in June 2024, including: “Some folks have been over, and so they hadn’t seen it, and I had watched it years and years in the past and I wished to see if my recollection was proper on the portrayal of my dad.
“And I assumed it was executed so properly, and I bear in mind asking Ryan, ‘Who have been your sources? As a result of that was my dad’s precise bracelet. That was our residence!’” Kardashian mentioned.
