LOS ANGELES (AP) — O.J. Simpson died Wednesday without having paid the lion’s share of the $33.5 million judgment a California civil jury awarded to the families of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Acquitted at a criminal trial, Simpson was found liable by jurors in a 1997 wrongful death lawsuit. The public is now likely to get a closer look Simpson’s finances, and the families are likely to have a better shot at collecting — if there is anything to collect. Here’s how the next few months may play out. THE PROBATE PROCESS |