Associated Press
Tuesday, August 14, 2007

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13 -- A literary agent for the family of stabbing victim Ronald Goldman has made a deal to repackage and publish O.J. Simpson's canceled "If I Did It" book about the slayings of Goldman and Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, a spokesman for the agent said Monday.

Details of the agreement, including the name of the New York publishing house, will be released Tuesday, said Michael Wright, a spokesman for Los Angeles-based literary agent Sharlene Martin of Martin Literary Management.

"The family and publisher have pledged to leave Simpson's manuscript entirely intact, but they will also add key commentary," Wright said in a prepared statement. "The Goldmans, the publisher and Sharlene Martin will all contribute portions of sales proceeds to the Ron Goldman Foundation for Justice."

Wright declined to comment further. Martin primarily represents writers of self-help books, nonfiction and memoirs, according to her Web site.

The planned release last year of "If I Did It," in which Simpson reportedly explains how he might have committed the killings, was canceled because of public outrage.

Last month a federal bankruptcy judge awarded rights to the book to Goldman's family to help satisfy a $38 million wrongful-death judgment against the former football star.

Simpson, 60, has maintained his innocence in the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend Goldman. Simpson, who now lives near Miami, was acquitted of murder in 1995 but lost the wrongful-death suit in 1997.