Ron Goldman's Father Says O.J. Simpson's Death Is Just a Reminder of 'How Long Ron Has Been Gone' (Exclusive)

Fred Goldman, the father of Ron Goldman, has spoken out on the death of O.J. Simpson, who was famously and controversially acquitted of murder in Ron's death.

“This is just a reminder for us of how long Ron has been gone, how long we have missed him and nothing more than that," Fred Goldman tells PEOPLE. "That is the only thing that is important today. It is the pain from then until now. There is nothing today that is more important than the loss of my son and the loss of Nicole. Nothing is more important than that.”

Simpson died of cancer on April 10, his family said in a statement on X (formerly Twitter.) The former football star was infamously arrested in connection with the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman, a 25-year-old waiter.

Nicole and Ron were brutally stabbed to death outside her home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 12, 1994. Goldman had been working at an Italian restaurant where Nicole had eaten that night, and he had gone to her home to return a pair of glasses she left behind.

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O.J.'s trial — and subsequent acquittal — was dubbed the "Trial of the Century' and captivated the American public.

In 1997, the victims' families sued O.J., who was found liable in their deaths. The families were awarded a $33.5 million judgement, though were ultimately paid a fraction of that.