O.J Simpson Calls 'If I Did It' Book 'Blood Money'

As if the scandal wasn't big enough, the former football and television star decided to give his first interview in more than ten years to explain the reasons that prompted him to write the infamous book 'If I Did It, Here's How It Happened'.

Talking to the Associated Press, Simpson wanted to make it clear that neither the publishing of the book nor the interview were meant to be a 'confession', considering that he is just as innocent of the crimes as he was in 1995 when he was acquitted by a grand jury. The main motive behind it all was the money he was offered, he said.

'This was an opportunity for my kids to get their financial legacy. My kids understand. I made it clear that it's blood money, but it's no different that any of the other writer who did books on this case', Simpson said, stressing over and over again that what he wrote was not a 'confession' but just a fictional story. 'I made it clear from the first day I met the writer that I wasn't involved. I said, "I have nothing to confess"', he explained.

As for the money he would have received for the book and the interview that was supposed to air on Fox (it was canceled on Monday), Simpson refused to say anything. He did mention, however, that the advance he got (no more than $3.5 million, according to his own words) was already spent on tax obligations. 'Of course I got paid. I spent the money on my bills. It's gone', said Simpson.

Despite the publisher's announcement that all books would be pulled off the market, at least three copies of it appeared on the bidding site eBay. Two of them were sold at $100 a piece, while the third went from $2,500 to $50,000 in two hours, before the site pulled it off the auction.

O.J Simpson's 'If I Did It' and the Fox interview that was meant to promote it dwell on the 1994 murders of his wife and her best friend and on the way Simpson would have carried them out had he been responsible for them.