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Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Judge sets July 3 date for O.J. Simpson estate claims
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas judge set a date to determine some of the claims made by the Goldman family against O.J. Simpson's estate. Simpson, a football star and celebrity acquitted of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, died in Las Vegas on April 10, 2024, at the age of 76. While Simpson was not found guilty of the deaths, he was found liable in a civil case and ordered to pay both families $33.5 million. The money was never paid. After Simpson's death, multiple news agencies reported that Simpson's executor, attorney Malcom LaVergne, vowed he would fight any claims for settlement money from Goldman's family. Father of Ron Goldman files $117M claim against O.J. Simpson's estate Over the years, the claim increased due to interest owed, more than $20 million, and three separate judgments that renewed the amount to more than $96 million. In July 2024, Goldman's father, Fred Goldman, filed a creditor's claim of $117 million against the estate. The hearing is set for July 3 at the Clark County District Court. At that time, the judge could determine how much money the Goldmans would receive from the sale of some of the O.J. Simpson sports memorabilia, including a Heisman Trophy replica, his Lombardi Award Trophy, golf clubs, and his car. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Area lawmaker gave $4K to county prosecutor accused of turning away sexual misconduct allegations
May 30—Five months after then-Preble County Prosecutor Martin Votel was credited by the county sheriff with turning away allegations of sexual imposition against state Rep. Rodney Creech, Creech made a substantial donation to the prosecutor's campaign for county judge. An eventual state investigation into the allegations involving Creech and a teenage minor female produced no charges, but a special prosecutor over the case called Creech's behavior "concerning and suspicious." Creech, a third-term Republican lawmaker from West Alexandria, says the state probe cleared him of any wrongdoing. Votel, who was elected Preble County Common Pleas Court judge in November, disputes Preble County Sheriff Mike Simpson's characterization of Votel's involvement in the case. Votel told this outlet that he sees no concerns with accepting Creech's donation. "I did not then, and do not now, feel that my campaign's acceptance of these contributions was unethical or inappropriate," Votel wrote in a statement. "Any/all allegations are, to my knowledge, presently and wholly unsubstantiated." Creech was removed from his committee posts in the Ohio House and was asked by leadership to resign once the investigation surfaced this month. He has framed the surfacing of the investigation as a "political hit job." Creech currently represents Preble and parts of Montgomery and Butler counties in the Ohio House. As the allegations against him were about to be published, he announced a run for Ohio Senate. Sheriff, prosecutor disagree In July 2023, an allegation that Creech acted inappropriately with a minor teenage female was brought directly to Sheriff Simpson by the minor's stepfather — an Ohio police chief. In the time since, Simpson has seemingly told two different stories of his initial phone call with the minor's stepfather, though both of Simpson's stories end with Votel turning down the allegations in one way or another. According to a state investigative record summarizing a November 2023 conversation between Simpson and a state special agent, Simpson relayed that the stepfather felt he had to report the alleged incident as a mandatory reporter under state law. From there, Simpson relayed that he received text messages that outlined Creech's alleged May 2023 conduct, which he then took to Votel for his opinion. The state's lead investigator on the case after meeting with Simpson wrote: "Simpson said Mr. Votel indicated there was no criminal complaint at that time. No report or other action took place from the sheriff's office." The alleged victim's mother called Simpson's handling of the case "an absolute dereliction of duty by a public official," according to state records. To the Dayton Daily News, Simpson said the stepfather had not actually tried to report the alleged incident. Instead, Simpson said the stepfather asked whether he had to report the potential crime under the state's mandatory reporter laws. In that version of the story, Simpson said he brought the question to Votel and Votel advised that the stepfather was not a mandatory reporter in this instance. In a statement to this news outlet, Votel seemingly denied both versions of Simpson's story. "There was never a question presented to me about mandatory reporters," wrote Votel. "...Further, the office did not and would not either encourage or discourage an investigation — the role of the prosecuting attorney is to consult with law enforcement when called upon, and to make criminal charging decisions based upon submitted law enforcement reports." It's unclear what Votel's actual involvement, if any, was in Preble County's initial handling of the allegations. Votel did not respond to a request for interview before publication. Both Simpson and Votel — personal friends of Creech — recused themselves from the eventual investigation into the allegations that came months later after it was reported in Montgomery County in September 2023. The donation Creech routed $4,100 from his own campaign to Votel's bid for the Preble County Court of Common Pleas on Dec. 19, 2023. Creech was Votel's first and largest donor — his donation accounted for roughly 75% of the financial support Votel received. It was also the sole donation Creech's campaign has given to Votel dating back to at least mid-2019, according to a Dayton Daily News analysis of state campaign finance data. And it's the fourth-largest expenditure Creech has made to an individual candidate in that same time frame, according to state records. In a statement to this outlet, Creech denied any connection between the donations and Votel's reported involvement in fielding the allegations. "Marty Votel is a tremendous public servant, and I am proud to know him," Creech wrote. "Though our friendship goes back nearly 15 years, I have donated to his campaign once — the first time Marty has run a contested race since I've known him." "Unfortunately, the simple act of one conservative supporting another is now some sort of scandal in the media. There is literally nothing more to this supposed story, and I will continue to support strong conservatives in Preble County and throughout the State of Ohio." Votel had two elections to win in order to become judge: A contested March 2024 Republican primary and an uncontested November 2024 general election. He won the primary with 70% of the vote and won unopposed in November. Votel also donated $100 to Creech's re-election campaign in September 2024. ------ For more stories like this, sign up for our Ohio Politics newsletter. It's free, curated, and delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday evening. 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West Australian
2 days ago
- Sport
- West Australian
GNFL round six preview: Royals host Hawks while Northampton and Railways head to Kalbarri
Chapman Valley will look to put the hammer down when they host Brigades at Mazzuchelli Oval on Saturday in what is shaping up to be match of the round in the GNFL. It will be a battle out of the middle between the Royals and the Hawks in what could be wet weather footy out at the Valley. The Royals' last home game was a loss at the hands of Railways, in which the Blues ran over the top of Chapman Valley early in the third quarter. The reigning premiers will be looking to re-establish their home ground as a fortress this weekend. The last time the two met was in round two in both clubs' first game of the season. That time Chapman Valley won by 51 points at the Hawks' back yard at GBSC Sports Park, with the Royals' Kane Kimpson kicking a five-goal bag. Simpson has failed to play a game since then due to a knee injury. It is unclear when he will return. The Royals' midfield group were firing on all cylinders in the round two win, led by captain Ringo McKenna and Kim Schofield. Brigades will be looking for a big game from their ruckman Hayden Johnson who is coming off a commanding game against Rovers last weekend. The mids and forward line of Brigades had a day out last round with Alby Dean booting six goals, Dylan Ralph four and Hassan Ahmat-Watkins three. Chapman Valley pose a bigger challenge as the reigning premiers, along with Railways, are benchmark of the competition. Travelling to Kalbarri for round six are Railways and Northampton as the Blues look to continue their winning start to season 2025. Railways' coach John Reynolds said the plan for the season so far has gone to plan nicely. 'We've put ourselves together a bit of a plan and broken it into three or four phases throughout the year,' he said. 'Our phase one is done at the moment, and we achieved what we needed to, but we've got to get through the next lot unscathed as well and keep the momentum going.' Reynolds expected a lively Northampton outfit, meaning his team would need to be switched on from the first quarter. Northampton's coach Jeremy Heberle said despite their loss last weekend to Mullewa, the squad was coming together and improving game after game. 'Last week, we should have really won, but that wasn't the case,' he said. 'We just made some fundamental errors and at the wrong times. 'I think our boys are definitely hitting the right way mentally, as well as on the ground. 'We came together as a group and this week has been good we are moving in the right direction.' Heberle said the squad was excited to play in Kalbarri and put on a great show for the locals. 'The facilities up there are good enough to play football on, so they probably should be utilised more often,' he said. 'The boys are keen to make a weekend of it and have a real crack at one of the top contenders in Railways this weekend.'
Newsroom
2 days ago
- Politics
- Newsroom
Mayor Brown has a better offer, turns chair over to restless deputy
Either Wayne Brown is super confident of his re-election in October, or he is just fed up with sitting around listening to colleagues' endless small points over two full days of meetings. For much of Thursday's full council meeting he appeared to want to be anywhere other than calling on councillors for questions or debate, his demeanour increasingly wearied and frustrated by everyone's need to hear the sound of their own voices. At one point he started awarding prizes of Danish pastries for any point made with brevity and salience. The councillors had been at it already for a full day on Wednesday, a budget committee thrashing through the council's 2025/26 Budget, eventually green lighting a 5.6 percent average residential rates rise. By Thursday afternoon, whether from boredom or needing to win the ear of Resource Management Act Reform Minister Chris Bishop, the first-term mayor left his job of chairing the governing body and turned the chair over to a high-profile deputy who's yet to declare if she will stand against him. Desley Simpson stepped up, as she does, seamlessly guiding the 19 other councillors through the afternoon's debates on subjects that were far from minor. They included a report on the early returns from Brown's prized investment vehicle, the Auckland Future Fund, approving the budget for the Independent Māori Statutory Board, and a major council-CCOs integration project. The Brown-Bishop external meeting from mid-afternoon was at the site of a proposed building project on Karangahape Rd that had been denied planning permission. Bishop favours planning permissions; Brown lives in an apartment just off K Rd. The urgent summit produced one tangible result – a photograph that Bishop tweeted to his X following of the pair and an unnamed person standing on the empty site. Meanwhile, back at the town hall, Simpson directed the final stanzas of the council's day with a degree of confidence that has already started to turn Brown's head in public meetings over the past weeks. Named Brown's deputy after his compelling mayoralty victory in October 2022, Simpson has coyly refused to say through 2025 if she intends to challenge the leader for his chair and chains. A domain name registered by her son last year 'for a laugh' has driven a wedge between the council's top two leaders. Simpson rose to national prominence in early 2023 when Brown was at his lowest point, failing to lead during the Anniversary Day flood disaster. As the new mayor flailed, criticising others and suggesting to Aucklanders he wasn't responsible for the rain, Simpson was active on social media messaging, comforting, calling for resources. Over the past weeks, the pair have been obviously more distanced. Simpson chided Brown for questioning if surf lifesaving clubs deserved council funding as they were, in his experience, glorified babysitting facilities. She interjected: 'Don't say that.' Brown snapped back 'I know a bit about this.' Last week at a committee meeting, as Brown outlined measures to fill a $7m gap in the city's events marketing budget, Simpson asked a question she said she had to ask publicly, on whether he would guarantee the spend from his mayoral budget if other efforts failed. Brown's response: 'You can ask that publicly, if you really must.' Simpson told journalist Simon Wilson of the NZ Herald last week he wouldn't have to wait long to know whether or not she would stand for the mayoralty. 'Timing that works for me,' she said, tantalisingly. 'You'll be surprised.' Desley Simpson chairing Thursday's governing body meeting. Photo: Screenshot from council livestream Taking on Brown would be a substantial undertaking. From the depths of his mishandling of the flooding two years ago, he has ground out budget and policy decisions that have won broad backing from councillors, and has become far more comfortable in his own skin – in real life and in quirky social media posts. Central government leaders josh with him as 'Brownie' and his efforts to fix bits of Auckland's government and finances have won grudging regard from some business and sector leaders. Another councillor, first-termer Kerrin Leoni is also mounting a challenge. Simpson, a self-assured leader and one highly attuned to public sentiment online and in communities, might yet believe a sunnier, younger, still-centre-right candidate could unseat a mayor known for his irascibility and dogmatic approach. Simpson is a deeply popular figure in her home Ōrakei ward, a former member of the National Party-aligned Communities and Ratepayers group that stands candidates around the city, and of course, married to former National Party president Peter Goodfellow. She's been a councillor for three terms. Her personal website says, high up: 'In the 2022 elections Desley received the highest personal vote of any councillor in Auckland (and in New Zealand).' Asked by Newsroom on Thursday evening how it felt to be in the mayoral chair, so close to an election, she made all the right noises. 'Not my first time and probably won't be my last,' she texted. 'Mayor was with Minister Bishop and I supported his decision to leave GB [governing body meeting] to attend that. 'After all, that's what you have a deputy for.' Her text ended with a smiling emoji, wearing sunglasses. A smart, informal, loyal and inscrutable response this close to declaring one way or the other if she might stand against Brown. 'Probably won't be my last' was heavy with realism, humour, intent or perhaps mischief. During his time in the chair across the morning and just after lunch, the mayor had repeatedly told councillors – who of course are not the audience he needs to impress come October – that there had been too much time spent on debates over the council CEO and financial updates. He awarded Josephine Bartley a Danish pastry for being brief and to the point, and told another 'no Danish cake for that one'. Brown listening to contributions at the council meeting on Thursday. Photo: Tim Murphy His jadedness included reminding the meeting that despite comments at the day before's budget session, 'for those not really good at numbers … things are actually pretty bloody good'. At one point, exasperated, he offered: 'If anyone surely can find another bloody comment, I'll have to listen to them.' And some mayoral advice to the councillors: 'If you have got something for the CEO, just drop him a note. We do not all have to endure every thought that crosses everyone's minds.' You could almost hear some of them thinking 'or that comes from that chair … for now'.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Jessica Simpson's $29 Kimono Cardigan Keeps Selling Out at Walmart: Shop It Here
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Jessica Simpson is back on the music scene after a more than 15-year hiatus, but the singer is also back with a new summer collection at Walmart. More from Billboard How to Watch Eurovision Song Contest 2025 Online Jessica Simpson, Salt-N-Pepa, Jelly Roll & More to Perform on 'American Idol' Finale Here's How Kendrick Lamar & Baby Keem Helped Inspire 'Thunderbolts' The singer's clothing collection has long been a bestseller at Walmart, with shoppers loving its blend of laidback Texas charm mixed with California beach vibes, not to mention the affordable prices. Now, Simpson has dropped another instant bestseller with this women's komono. SELLING FAST $29.99 Buy Now AT WALMART This is one of the most popular fashion finds at Walmart right now, with hundreds of shoppers adding it to their carts each day, per the site. The reason: the open-front kimono works as a breezy cardigan alternative, as a coverup at the beach or pool, or as a shawl for nights out. It's lightweight and packable for travel too. The versatility makes it a great addition to any wardrobe. At under $30, the price point makes it a no-brainer to pick up. Simpson's kimono features a relaxed fit with an open front and three-quarter-length sleeves. We love the vintage-inspired floral print, and the crochet trim and lace inserts, which add even more retro appeal. This could just as easily be something you found at an incredible thrift store while traveling, but we won't tell anyone you found it at Walmart! Simpson describes this kimono cardigan hybrid as 'Perfect for all your warm-weather escapades,' adding that 'your free-spirited style is now sorted with a kimono that you can layer season after season.' ALSO CONSIDER $29.99 Buy Now AT WALMART Prefer a different style? Walmart also sells this knitted kimono from the Jessica Simpson collection, made from a super cozy cotton blend material and finished in a shorter length. It also features an open front design and a relaxed fit, and the shorter length makes this great to layer over your dress or T-shirt as a chic shawl or wrap.
