New York Post

Vics’ kin: Justice has died with him

- Olivia Land and Kathryn Donlevy

The family of Ron Goldman, who was stabbed to death alongside Nicole Brown Simpson, mourned O.J. Simpson’s death only as the end of hoping for “true accountabi­lity” — but scathingly blasted his passing as “no great loss.”

“The news of Ron’s killer passing away is a mixed bag of complicate­d emotions and reminds us that the journey through grief is not linear,” Kim and Fred Goldman offered in a statement Thursday, hours after news broke that Simpson had died of cancer at age 76.

“For three decades we tirelessly pursued justice for Ron and Nicole, and despite a civil judgment and his confession in ‘If I Did It,’ the hope for true accountabi­lity has ended,” they said.

Ron Goldman was just 25 years old when he was murdered outside the Brentwood, Calif., home of Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson on June 12, 1994.

Goldman worked as a waiter at the restaurant Mezzaluna, and is believed to have stopped by Brown’s home after his shift to return her mother’s reading glasses.

The pair was found stabbed to death shortly after midnight.

Simpson — who was divorced from Brown two years earlier — was acquitted of the brutal killings in October 1995.

The victims’ family members always insisted on his guilt. Fred Goldman insisted earlier Thursday that Simpson’s death was “just further reminder of Ron being gone all these years.”

“It’s no great loss to the world. It’s a further reminder of Ron’s being gone,” Fred Goldman told NBC News.

“O.J. died without penance,” the Goldmans’ attorney, David Cook, told TMZ, adding that the family is waiting to hear if they will collect any remaining assets as part of the previous judgment.

Alan Dershowitz, the attorney who rounded out Simpson’s “Dream Team” during the murder trial, told NBC he was saddened by the former NFL player’s death.

“I knew he was very sick, so I’m upset that he died,” Dershowitz, 85, said.

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