Shrygue
August 8th, 2007, 20:55
via Games Industry (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=27444)
Shamed American football athlete OJ Simpson has had his fees for Take Two's All-Pro Football 2K8 seized in order to satisfy an outstanding judgement for wrongful death, reports Reuters.
Simpson's likeness features in the game, which also includes a team called The Assassins, whose hooded mascot wields a knife when the team scores.
Simpson does not necessarily have to be assigned to the Assassins, but recent trailers have shown the ex-footballer as part of the team.
Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1995, but later found responsible for their deaths in a civil court two years later.
The fees, royalties and other compensation that Simpson was paid for appearing in All-Pro Football 2K8 will now go towards paying the USD 33.5 million judgement won by Goldman's family in 1997.
Shamed American football athlete OJ Simpson has had his fees for Take Two's All-Pro Football 2K8 seized in order to satisfy an outstanding judgement for wrongful death, reports Reuters.
Simpson's likeness features in the game, which also includes a team called The Assassins, whose hooded mascot wields a knife when the team scores.
Simpson does not necessarily have to be assigned to the Assassins, but recent trailers have shown the ex-footballer as part of the team.
Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1995, but later found responsible for their deaths in a civil court two years later.
The fees, royalties and other compensation that Simpson was paid for appearing in All-Pro Football 2K8 will now go towards paying the USD 33.5 million judgement won by Goldman's family in 1997.