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Simpson Paid $50,000 for Likeness in Game

September 14th, 2007

TheStreet reports that infamous football star O.J. Simpson received $50,000 from Take-Two for the rights to use his likeness in All-Pro Football 2K8 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Interestingly, however, Simpson will not be getting any of the money from the deal as a Los Angeles judge has ordered him to relinquish the payment to the Goldman estate, the murder victim.

Most interesting is the fact that the deal with Take-Two states that in a renewed deal Simpson would receive another $50,000 for the use of his likeness for another two years. The publication has more on the contract where Take-Two separated the included football legends into groups, with variable pay for each tier of players.

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