Ronald Goldman
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Ronald Lyle Goldman (July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994) was an aspiring[citation needed] actor and part-time model who was murdered in Los Angeles, California, in 1994 at the age of 25. Also found murdered was his friend Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of American football player O.J. Simpson. The subsequent criminal investigation and trial was called by some the "trial of the century".
[edit] Early life
Goldman grew up in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. He attended high school at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL. He was a student at Illinois State University for one semester before moving to California and attending Pierce College before dropping out, again after one semester. At the time of his murder, Goldman was working as a waiter at Mezzaluna[citation needed], a restaurant located at 11750 San Vicente Boulevard in Los Angeles. Allegedly, Nicole Brown Simpson, a friend and the ex-wife of O.J. Simpson, had called to report that she had accidentally left her mother Juditha's eyeglasses on one of the restaurant tables. After a quick search they were discovered, but they were found in the gutter. Goldman, who had not served the table where Nicole was, had agreed to bring them over after work. Before returning the eyeglasses, he stopped at his apartment located at 11663 Gorham Avenue to change clothes and shower. When he arrived at Nicole Brown Simpson's condo located at 875 South Bundy Drive to return the eyeglasses, he was murdered along with Nicole Brown Simpson on the walkway leading to the residence in Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA.
During a reconstruction of the events, police believe he had arrived during or shortly after the murder of Nicole Brown-Simpson and attempted to protect her, but was stabbed to death right before or after her murder. The autopsy lists several fatal wounds, including many stabs to the torso, one superficial slit of the throat, and one deep gash of the throat, indicating Goldman struggled for his life.[citation needed]
The former professional football player, O.J. Simpson, was eventually charged and tried for Goldman's murder (and murder of his ex-wife); Simpson was acquitted of Goldman's murder in the criminal trial--but later, a civil trial proceeding found Simpson liable for Goldman's wrongful death. 33 million dollars in damages were awarded to the Goldman family.
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