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Goldman family moves on O.J.'s Naked Gun royalties

The family of murder victim Ron Goldman has sent subpoenas to several Hollywood groups that collect residual payments in an attempt to collect a settlement from O.J. Simpson.

The family of murder victim Ron Goldman has sent subpoenas to several Hollywood groups that collect residual payments in an attempt to collect a settlement from O.J. Simpson.

Lawyers for the Goldman family have demanded the records of the Screen Actors Guild, the Producers Guild of America and the American Federation of Television Radio Artists.

They want to determine any payments Simpson may have received for The Towering Inferno, Naked Gun, or other film and TV appearances.

"We've all seen Naked Gun repeatedly on cable. Each time it's shown again, his residuals add up," said David J. Cook, lawyer for Goldman's father Fred. "This is a matter of turning every stone."

Ron Goldman was killed along with Nicole Brown Simpsonin 1994. Simpson was charged but acquitted at a criminal trial, but a 1997 civil judgment held him liable.

Goldman's family was awarded $33.5million USin the civil suit, and has spent a decade in the courts trying to collect some of the money.

The Goldman family says the settlement has ballooned to about $40 million US with interest, but it has not been able tocollect as Simpson claimed to have nothing but his football pension, which is exempt.

A state judge last month issued a restraining order barring Simpson from spending or moving any earnings from past film and book deals, including any advance for his unpublished book If I Did It.

Representatives for SAG and AFTRA said they haven't received the subpoenas and couldn't comment.

With files from the Associated Press