nytimes.com The New York Times They’ll destroy you and still call for more vengeance ordered to pay $25 million liable in a 1997 wrongful death civil suit punitive damages ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages civilly responsible guilty verdict in O.J. Simpon's civil case found him at fault settlement he was later found civilly liable resulting in $33.5 million in punitive damages According to the New York Times 1997 civil action he owes the Goldman and Brown families civil court civilly responsible civil suit , a 1997 civil proceeding ordered to pay a financially debilitating $25 million