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2024-04-28 14:15

如果辛普森的资产上法庭,戈德曼和布朗的家人可能首当其冲

洛杉矶(美联社)——O.J.辛普森于周三去世,没有支付其前妻妮可·布朗·辛普森及其好友罗恩·戈德曼家庭3350万美元赔偿金中的大部分。

Acquitted at a criminal trial, Simpson was found liable by jurors in a 1997 wrongful death lawsuit.

公众现在可能会更仔细地了解辛普森的财务状况,而这些家庭可能会有更好的机会收集——如果有什么可以收集的话。

以下是未来几个月可能出现的情况。

遗嘱认证程序







FILE - In this July 20, 2017 file photo, former NFL football star O.J. Simpson reacts after learning he was granted parole at Lovelock Correctio<em></em>nal Center in Lovelock, Nev. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)

在2017年7月20日的资料照片中,前NFL橄榄球明星O.J.辛普森在内华达州洛夫洛克的洛夫洛克惩教中心得知自己获得假释后的反应。(Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal /美联社,Pool, File)

不管他是否留下遗嘱,也不管文件上写了什么,辛普森的资产现在几乎肯定要经过法庭上所谓的遗嘱认证程序,然后他的四个孩子或其他预期继承人才能获得其中任何一个。

不同的州有不同的遗嘱认证法。一般来说,案件是在死者去世时居住的州提起的。在辛普森的案例中,那是内华达州。但如果大量资产在加州或佛罗里达州(他也曾在那里居住过不同时期),那里可能会出现单独的案件。

内华达州法律规定,如果遗产资产超过2万美元,或者涉及房地产,就必须通过法院,而且必须在死亡后30天内完成。如果一个家庭没有提交文件,债权人自己可以开始这个程序。

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FILE - Fred Goldman, father of Ron Goldman, hugs his wife Patti, as his daughter, Kim, left, reacts during the reading of the not guilty verdicts in O.J. Simpson double-murder trial in Tuesday, Oct. 3,1995, in Los Angeles. Simpson was acquitted in the murders of Goldman and Simpson's ex-wife Nicole. Foreground is Los Angeles Police Detective Tom Lange, co-lead investigator in the case. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

1995年10月3日,周二,洛杉矶,罗恩·戈德曼的父亲弗雷德·戈德曼拥抱他的妻子帕蒂,他的女儿金(左)在oj·辛普森双重谋杀案审判中宣读无罪判决时做出反应。(Myung J. Chun/洛杉矶每日新闻通过美联社,Pool, File)

一旦案件上了法庭,声称自己被欠了钱的债权人就可以要求分得一部分资产。高盛和布朗家族将至少与其他债权人处于同等地位,而且可能会有更大的要求权。

而且他们比被告死前更有可能得到报酬。

洛杉矶专门处理财产纠纷的律师阿拉什·萨达特(Arash Sadat)表示,对索赔人来说,让债务人去世并对他们的财产进行遗嘱认证“100%”更好。

他说,他的公司有一个陪审团审判,他们的客户得到了900万美元的陪审团裁决,债务人上诉并无休止地拖延。

萨达特说:“他竭尽所能避免偿还这笔债务。“三四年后,他去世了。几周之内,遗产管理公司开出了一张1200万美元的支票。这是我在这段时间里积累的900万美元加上利息。”

遗嘱执行人或遗产管理人比活着的人更有动机免除债务。萨达特说:“这就是为什么你会看到这样的事情发生。

但当然,这并不意味着会马上付款。

律师克里斯托弗·梅尔彻说:“我确实认为他们很难拿到这笔钱。”“我们不知道O.J.这些年赚了多少钱。”

萨达特和梅尔彻都没有涉及辛普森的遗产或法庭案件。

辛普森有哪些资产?>





FILE - In this Oct. 3, 1995, file photo, O.J. Simpson reacts as he is found not guilty in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in Los Angeles. Defense attorneys F. Lee Bailey, left, and Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. stand with him. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

1995年10月3日,O.J.辛普森在洛杉矶被判前妻妮可·布朗·辛普森和她的朋友罗恩·戈德曼之死无罪时的反应。辩护律师F. Lee Bailey(左)和Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.与他站在一起。(Myung J. Chun/洛杉矶每日新闻通过美联社,Pool, File)

辛普森说他只靠他的NFL和私人养老金生活。作为陪审团裁决的一部分,数百件贵重物品被没收,辛普森被迫拍卖他的海斯曼奖杯,以23万美元的价格成交。

戈德曼的父亲弗雷德·戈德曼(Fred Goldman)是主要原告,他一直说问题从来不在于钱,而在于让辛普森承担责任。他在周四的一份声明中说,随着辛普森的死,“追究真正责任的希望已经结束。”

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FILE - O.J. Simpson and his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, arrive for the opening of the Harley-Davidson Cafe in New York on Oct. 19, 1993. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76. (AP Photo/Paul Hurschmann, File)

1993年10月19日,oj·辛普森和他的妻子妮可·布朗·辛普森来到纽约哈雷戴维森咖啡馆的开幕式。(美联社图片/Paul Hurschmann,档案)

一个人可以使用生前建立的信托和其他方法来确保他们选择的继承人在死后得到他们的资产。如果这样的信托是不可撤销的,它可以特别强大。

但为了避开债权人而将资产转移给他人可能被视为欺诈,像高盛和布朗家族这样的索赔人可以分别提起民事诉讼,将这些资产纳入争议。