While many news outlets - AP, the New York Times, the LA Times, ABC News, you name it - have the story, The Smoking Gun has the document, where you can read all about the Goldman family's lawsuit against OJ Simpson and Lorraine Brook Associates, claiming that Simpson funneled profits from a deal for a TV interview and the now-canceled IF I DID IT book. And expect depositions to include Rupert Murdoch, Jane Friedman, Judith Regan and all the other major players in this particular game. "My view is that Murdoch's admission that he personally participated in the decision [to fire Regan], as well as our perception that he personally participated in the decision to go forward with the book and interview, guarantees that he's going to have to spend a day with me, at least, talking about what he knows," Jonathan Polak, the Goldman family's lawyer, told ABC News.
As for Regan, Variety reports that her lawsuit against Murdoch & HarperCollins will be filed "in a matter of days", but not until the Chanukah holiday is over. Meanwhile, Sirius, the satellite radio network that runs her weekly show, has no plans to fire her, says USA TODAY. "We don't comment on our on-air personalities' off-air comments," said Patrick Reilly, vice president of Sirius Satellite Radio. Perfect timing, as the much-awaited broadcast about Peter Golenbock's Mickey Mantle "fictitious memoir" featuring GalleyCat's own Ron Hogan is set to air today.
UPDATE: Or not.