Hearing on Simpson Children Delayed

The lawyers of O.J. Simpson’s children will have to wait until next month to argue that hundreds of thousands of dollars that Nicole Brown Simpson’s family made from the sale of her photos and memorabilia rightfully belong to the children.

A hearing on the matter, initiated by B. Wayne Hughes, the guardian of Sidney and Justin Simpson’s estate, was rescheduled for November after Hughes’ attorney said in Santa Monica Superior Court on Friday that he had received notice that the children’s grandfather, Louis Brown, was ill and unable to attend.

Hughes filed papers in July demanding that the Browns repay the children, who are the beneficiaries of their mother’s estate. The guardian sought $100,000 from the sale of Nicole Simpson’s diaries, $162,500 from the sale to the TV show “A Current Affair” for wedding videos and photos, and $6,665 of estate money the Browns spent in their unsuccessful bid for custody of the children.

The guardian also wanted additional money from the sale of photographs and memorabilia made by Nicole Simpson’s parents, Louis and Juditha Brown; her sisters, Denise, Dominique and Tanya; and her cousin, Rolf Baur.

O.J. Simpson was found liable for the June 12 deaths of his ex-wife and her friend, Ronald Lyle Goldman, and ordered to pay the two families $33.5 million in damages. It was two years ago Friday that a criminal court jury acquitted Simpson of murder charges.