OJ must give up money earned from videogame likeness

I swear I’m not trying to dig up an old news story. No, really. Former footballer and occasional film actor, O.J. Simpson, was ordered by the Los Angeles Superior Court to pay all the money he earned from his likeness being uses in All-Pro Football 2K8 to the family of the late Ronald Goldman.

The order was to satisfy part of the judgment for wrongful death passed on Simpson back in 1997, with 33.5 million to be paid by Simpson. The amount of the money Simpson was paid by Take-Two was not indicated.

The game, by Take-Two Interactive Software, includes images of 240 former pro football players including Simpson. It also features a knife-wielding mascot for a…