Complex sentence: Nesbit's grandson, Russell Thaw, recounted a piece of family lore in a 2005 interview with the "Los Angeles Times": purportedly, Nesbit received $25,000 from the Thaw family after the culmination of the trials.
Split into simpler sentences: Nesbit's grandson, Russell Thaw, recounted a piece of family lore in a 2005 interview with the "Los Angeles Times". Purportedly, Nesbit received the amount of $25,000 from the Thaw family after the culmination of the trials.