Take Two's All Pro Football 2k8 has gone and landed OJ Simpson back in court. OJ's likeness is highlighted in the title as he's associated with a team known as 'The Assassisn' who feature a hooded knife owning mascot. The family of murder victim Ron Goldman were said to be incensed by the likeness of OJ in the Football sim and the judge has since ruled that any money that OJ gained from his likeness within the game would go straight to the Goldmans estate. Take Two has since denied that the mascot is anything to do with OJ Simpson.

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It was all a bit close to the mark for relatives of murder victim Ron Goldman, who OJ Simpson was accused of killing in 1994 alongside wife at the time, Nicole Brown Simpson.

Simpson was acquitted, but a civil case for wrongful death went against him to the tune of a USD 33.5 million judgement.

As a result, a court in the US ruled yesterday that any money OJ stood to earn from lending his likeness to the game would go to the Goldmans' estate, lead by father of the deceased Fred Goldman.

It follows on from the group's acquisition of rights to OJ Simpson's hypothetical book "If I Did It" last week.