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Kim Kardashian has revealed that she was the anonymous bidder who bought her late father Robert Kardashian’s bible from the O.J. Simpson estate.
In the latest episode of The Kardashians, the 45-year-old SKIMS founder is shown opening a package with her youngest daughter, 7-year-old Chicago. “You won’t believe what this is — and you might not care now, but one day you’ll understand,” Kim tells her. “This is really important to me because it belonged to my dad.”
Kim Kardashian has revealed she was the anonymous bidder who purchased her father Robert Kardashian’s bible from the O.J. Simpson estate.
Inside the package was the bible, which Goldin Auctions described as the “Robert Kardashian Signed, Inscribed, Personally Owned ‘The Living Bible’ Given to O.J. Simpson.” “When someone goes to heaven, their spirit stays with us,” Kim explains to Chicago as she shows her the inscription from her late father.
A producer then asks when she got it. “I just received it. I haven't opened it yet,” she replies. “So if anyone was wondering who won that O.J. Simpson auction — you can bet it was me.” In a confessional, Kim elaborates on how she got the Good Book. “My dad’s bible that he had given to O.J. was up for auction, and I reached out to O.J.’s estate attorney to see if I could buy it directly — skipping the auction,” she says.
The reality star then revealed the Good Book, listed by Goldin Auctions as the “Robert Kardashian Signed, Inscribed, Personally Owned ‘The Living Bible’ given to O.J. Simpson.”
“Those emails supposedly leaked to TMZ.” According to Kim, the leaked emails caused the price to rise. “I know how this works, but I don’t want to be taken advantage of,” she adds. “So we used a fake name to bid so my name wouldn’t be linked to it.” As she carefully looks at the bible, Kim sees her father’s name engraved on the cover. “I thought it was a bible my dad bought for O.J. and wrote in,” she admits. “It turns out it was actually my dad’s bible, with his name on it. I had no idea.” “So my dad gave this book to his best friend to inspire him with some motivation from Jesus,” she tells Chicago.
“I thought it was a bible my dad had bought for O.J. and written in,” the mother of four said. “It turns out it was actually my dad’s own bible, with his name inscribed on it. I had no idea.”
Kim is excited to finally have the item and plans to gift the bible to her sister, Khloé Kardashian, who was the one to inform her about the auction. “I’m so excited to give this to Khloé,” Kim shares. “She was the one who first pointed out this auction to me, so I think she truly deserves to have this bible.”
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In March, Simpson’s estate turned down Kim’s initial offer of $15,000. Malcolm LaVergne, the manager in charge of selling Simpson’s possessions, explained to People at that time: “Why would I spend $15,000 of estate funds — incur $15,000 in attorney’s fees — to sell it to Kim for $15,000? That’s a zero-sum game.
If Kim had offered $150,000 for it, we would have been in court getting this approved outside of the auction.” Later that month, the bible was sold for $80,276 — a figure that has now been revealed to be Kim’s anonymous bid.
The legal situation surrounding the Bible's potential auction stems from Nevada probate law, which mandates that estates liquidate valuable personal property when there are significant debts or court judgments that remain unpaid. In this case, O.J. Simpson owed tens of millions to the Goldman family due to a civil wrongful-death verdict from 1997, creating a legal requirement for the estate to convert certain assets into cash.
As a result, items like the Kardashian Bible became eligible for auction as part of the creditor-settlement process overseen by the probate court.
This means that even items with sentimental value, such as religious texts, personal letters, and memorabilia, can be sold legally if they possess financial worth. Robert Kardashian, who passed away in September 2003 at the age of 59 from esophageal cancer, originally gifted the Bible to Simpson in June 1994, shortly after the notorious Ford Bronco chase. Robert was also a member of Simpson’s defense team during the highly publicized murder trial. Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1994. O.J. Simpson passed away in April 2024 at the age of 76 after battling prostate cancer.
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