Adversary Filed Against TMZ For Publishing The O.J. Book Online Claiming It Was A Violation Of The Automatic Stay

Lorraine Brooke Associates was or is the corporation established to hold the rights to O. J. Simpson's notorious book, If I Did It.  As you will recall, Judith Regan got canned from HarperCollins, the book publishing arm of News Corporation, by Rupert Murdoch, partly for going forward with the book.  Murdoch and News Corp. then attempted to destroy all copies of the book already published.  Lorraine Brooke Associates later filed or was forced into bankruptcy, and a trustee was appointed.  The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division, at some point ordered all copies of the manuscript turned over to the trustee.  The Court had also ruled previously that the claim against Loraine Brooke Associates by the Goldman family, whose son was murdered along with O. J. Simpson's ex-wife, had a claim against the bankruptcy estate for any money collected.  After this order, it is alleged that TMZ.Com, a division or company of Time-Warner and AOL, published the complete manuscript online, in PDF, for approximately a two hour period.  This has led the Trustee, Drew M. Dillworth, to file a Motion for Contempt against TMZ.Com, claiming among other things by not turning over the manuscript and by publishing the manuscript online, that it willfully violated the automatic stay provisions of 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) by exercising control over property of the bankruptcy estate.  The Motion seeks damages under 11 U.S.C. § 105, presumably because § 362(k) is not available to a Trustee or a non-individual debtor.  The Motion can be read by clicking here.