They were more than friends. There was a budding relationship between them which is why he was at her house that night. Nicole had dinner that night at the resteraunt where Goldman worked. He was retuning a pair of eye glasses that had been left there. Since they were 'involved' he volunteered, or he may have been planning to see her after he got off work that evening. Either way, he was in the wrong place and the wrong time.
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are stabbed to death,
The jury found O.J. Simpson not guilty of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in the criminal trial.
O.J. Simpson's acquittal was unexepected, as we all thought he was guilty.
Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Secondary victims are the Brown and Goldman families, Simpson's children and other family members, ect. Voilent crimes effect many more lives than just the immediate victims in the 'ripple effect'.
Murdering his ex-wife(Nicole Brown Simpson) and her friend(Ronald Goldman)
In America once you have been tried for a crime and found not guilty you cannot be tried again for the same crime. OJ Simpson was tried for the murders of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman and found not guilty, so, no he cannot be tried again.
On Oct. 3, 1995, a Southern California jury found Simpson not guilty of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
Nicole Brown Simpson (OJ's ex-wife) and acquaintance Ronald Goldman were murdered at Ms. Simpson's home in Brentwood, California on June 12, 1994. OJ Simpson was found not guilty of these murders.
O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in a criminal trial. However, their families obtained a civil judgment against him for wrongful death. So, while criminal justice was not served, there was some form of accountability in the civil trial.
I am answering this question with the assumption that it is the murder trials you are asking about. No, the fifth amendment was not violated in these cases. The first trial was a criminal trial in which OJ was acquitted (found not guilty) of the murder charges. The second trial was a civil trial in which the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman sued OJ for wrongful death and battery. OJ was unanimously found guilty of wrongful death and battery against Ronald Goldman and battery against Nicole Brown Simpson. He was ordered to pay 33,500,000.00 in damages.
The Goldman family did not bring suit based on a loss of income - it was based on the charge of Simpson causing the Wrongful Death of Ronald Goldman.
It is not known if Ronald Goldman was interested in the media.