The family of the man O.J. Simpson was accused and acquitted of killing said they expected the parole hearing decision on Thursday.
Fred and Kim Goldman, the father and sister of Ron Goldman who was killed in 1994, described watching Simpson鈥檚 hearing as 鈥渏arring.鈥� However, they didn鈥檛 find the decision to release the 70-year-old man on parole surprising.
Simpson was granted parole after serving nine years of his 33-year sentence in a Nevada prison after an armed hotel-room heist he says was to get his personal property back.
During the two hour-long televised parole hearing, Simpson told the parole board that鈥檚 he鈥檚 had a mostly 鈥渃onflict-free鈥� life. Fred Goldman took issue with the statement saying Simpson has instead lived a life of violence.
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 an insult to every woman who鈥檚 ever lived in a battered-wife relationship, to consider (his life) not being a conflict,鈥� Fred Goldman told 麻豆传媒 Channel. 鈥淗e鈥檚 hardly conflict free.鈥�
Following Simpson鈥檚 acquittal for the murders of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, he was found liable in civil court, and ordered to pay US$33.5M to his wife鈥檚 estate and the Goldman family.
According to Fred Goldman, any money that Simpson makes doesn鈥檛 go directly to them unless they go to court to ask for it. He also said the money itself doesn鈥檛 matter to the family, just the punishment it inflicts.
鈥淚t鈥檚 never been about the dollar amount, it鈥檚 about punishment,鈥� said Fred Goldman. 鈥淲hatever we can take from him will be a measure of punishment.鈥�
Watch the full interview to find out what else Fred and Kim Goldman had to say about Simpson.
