O J Simpson book removed from eBay
Published November 23rd, 2006
O.J. Simpson’s scuttled book about the murder of his ex-wife popped up for sale on eBay on Wednesday and attracted a top bid of more than $1,600 before it was removed.
The book, “If I Did It,” and an accompanying two-part television interview were dropped by media conglomerate News Corp. on Monday after an outcry from advertisers, booksellers and relatives of the dead.
But one copy, touted as a hypothetical account of how Simpson would have killed ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994, was offered for sale on eBay.
Publisher HarperCollins, part of the News Corp. group, has pledged to recall and destroy all copies on the book that were shipped ahead of the intended November 30 publication.
“We have contacted eBay about removing the book. We are doing everything in our power to have them all destroyed,” Harper Collins spokeswoman Erin Crum told Reuters.
Within three hours, “If I Did It” had been taken down from the site after getting more than 50 bids, the highest more than $1,600.
