Ronald Goldman
Ronald Lyle Goldman (
July 2,
1968 –
June 12,
1994) was an aspiring actor and part-time model who was murdered in
Los Angeles,
California, in 1994 at the age of 25.
The known
American football star
O.J. Simpson was acquitted of Goldman's murder in a criminal trial, and later found liable in Goldman's wrongful death in a civil trial.
At the time of his murder, Goldman was working as a waiter at
Mezzaluna, a restaurant located at 11750
San Vicente Boulevard in
Los Angeles.
Nicole Brown Simpson, a friend and the ex-wife of
O.J. Simpson, had called to report that she had accidentally left her mother Juditha's eyeglasses on one of the restaurant tables. After a quick search they were discovered, but they were found in the gutter. Goldman had agreed to bring them over after work. Before returning the eyeglasses, he stopped at his apartment located at 11663 Gorham Avenue to change clothes and shower. When he arrived at Nicole Brown-Simpson's condo located at 875 South Bundy Drive to return the eyeglasses, he was murdered along with Nicole Brown-Simpson on the walkway leading up to the residence in
Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA.
During a reconstruction of the events, police believe he had arrived during or shortly after the murder of Nicole Brown-Simpson and attempted to protect her, but was stabbed to death right before or after her murder. The autopsy lists several fatal wounds, including many stabs to the torso, one superficial slit of the throat, and one deep gash of the throat, indicating Goldman struggled for his life. When his body was discovered the next morning, his eyelids were still open and his pager was beeping.
Ron Goldman had never been married nor had children. He had a girlfriend named Jacqui Bell. Goldman's father,
Fred Goldman, stated that Ron loved his mother Sharon Rufo, but didn't respect her and hardly talked to her. Goldman didn't own a car when he was killed, but could often be seen riding around the Brentwood area in Nicole Brown-Simpson's
Ferrari. He had planned to open a new restaurant. Goldman is buried at the Agoura cemetery.
Goldman was affected by
colorblindness, according to his family.
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