Kim Kardashian’s $15,000 attempt to buy a bible her late father Robert Kardashian Sr. once gifted O.J. Simpson has been rejected.
As U.S Weekly writes, the bible was inscribed by Kardashian Sr. and given to the late Simpson the day after the football player was arrested in 1994 in connection to the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman.
“O.J., this book will help,” the note reads. “God loves and he will speak to you with his words. Read this book everyday. God has a definite plan for your life. You are his child and he will use you again. I love you and God loves you.”
The personalized item was in the process of being auctioned off by Goldin Auctions. Her offer was reportedly rejected because, according to OJ’s estate executor Malcolm LaVergne, it would cost around the same amount in legal fees to get the proper paperwork to sell the item outside the auction.
“The amount is why I had no choice,” the executor Malcolm LaVergne told People in an interview published March 13. “Why would I spend $15,000 of estate money—why would I spend $15,000 in attorney’s fees—to sell it to Kim for $15,000?”
Since the item was already under contract with the court to be auctioned, he told the outlet that it would cost more to contest the contract than Kim was offering to pay.
“That’s a zero-sum game,” Malcolm—who is selling O.J.’s assets to settle the debts that remain following his death in April 2024—continued. “That’s a bad business model. If Kim had offered $150,000 for it, we would’ve been in court getting this approved outside of the auction.”
The Kardashian family patriarch passed away in September 2003 from esophageal cancer when the future reality star was just 22 years old. She has credited him as her inspiration for pursuing a legal career.
