BIDDING WAR

O.J. Simpson’s Estate Blocks Kim Kardashian’s $15K Bid to Buy Back Dad’s Bible

“If Kim had offered $150,000 for it, we would’ve been in court getting this approved outside of the auction,” the executor claimed.

Kim Kardashian attempted, and failed, to buy a once treasured item from O.J. Simpson’s estate. The SKIMS founder offered $15,000 to estate executor, Malcolm LaVergne, for a bible given to Simpson by her late father, Robert Kardashian. The book has a handwritten note from her dad from June 18, 1994—The day after Simpson was charged with the murder of his wife, Nicole, alongside her friend, Ronald Goldman. The executor told People that he had to continue with a contract that mandates the items be auctioned off. “The amount is why I had no choice, because why would I spend $15,000 of estate money—why would I spend $15,000 in attorney’s fees—to sell it to Kim for $15,000," LaVergne said. “That’s a zero-sum game. That’s a bad business model. If Kim had offered $150,000 for it, we would’ve been in court getting this approved outside of the auction.” He continued, saying that Kardashian could bid for it online—where its bidding war is up to $9,800.