ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Friday, March 28, 1997                 TAG: 9703280055
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL   PAGE: A-1  EDITION: METRO 
DATELINE: SANTA MONICA, CALIF.
SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES

SIMPSON MAY LOSE HEISMAN JUDGE TO ORDER HIM TO SURRENDER GOODS

Among the items sought by Ron Goldman's father are college football's top prize and a $40,000 necklace.

A judge Thursday ordered O.J. Simpson to turn over his Heisman Trophy, golf clubs, an Andy Warhol serigraph of himself and a bevy of jewelry, furs and silverware worth more than $500,000 to satisfy partially the $33.5 million judgment a jury rendered against him.

A $40,000 gold necklace with 89 diamonds, the $25,000 Warhol serigraph and a $26,500 full-length fur coat were among the highest-valued possessions on a list of 107 items.

Simpson's adversaries also are going after a fancy collection of Italian silverware assessed at $16,297.

Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki's order directs Simpson to turn the property over to the Los Angeles County sheriff within seven days of being served with the order. The judge acted in response to a request made by attorneys for Fred Goldman, who won a civil trial verdict in February holding Simpson liable for the June 12, 1994, slayings of his son, Ronald Goldman, and Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson.

A jury awarded Goldman $13.475 million in compensatory and punitive damages. The estate of Nicole Brown Simpson was awarded $12.5 million. Sharon Rufo, Ron Goldman's mother, was awarded $7.525 million.

Simpson has appealed the verdict and has asked the judge to reduce the damage awards. But he has not obtained any order preventing the plaintiffs from proceeding against his assets while the appeal is pending.

However, it was disclosed Thursday that Simpson has taken steps that could make it more difficult for Goldman to collect.

Simpson's lawyer, Philip Baker, said in court and in an interview that his client no longer owns most of the items.

Baker said they had been placed in a trust for Simpson's minor children, Sydney and Justin, that was created March 10. The trust provides that the items are to be sold by trustee Shirley Baker, Simpson's sister, within six months and that the cash will go into the trust ``in partial satisfaction of the verdict and proposed judgment in favor of the estate of Nicole Brown Simpson.''

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