O.J. Simpson's Heisman Trophy Could Be Melted On Pay-TV Channel

LOS ANGELES - If Fred Goldman gets his hands on O.J. Simpson's Heisman Trophy, the coveted award may not be able to stand the heat.

Goldman's lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli, let it slip last night that the trophy might turn up on pay-per-view television - and be melted.

"We've already received an offer to have it melted on pay-per-view," Petrocelli said during an interview on CNBC's "Rivera Live."

"Melted?" host Geraldo Rivera asked.

Petrocelli said, "I hope that didn't come across as a frivolous remark, but it's very serious. We've received . . . a bona fide offer which we have checked into and have verified that this promoter will pay $1 million to broadcast on a pay-per-view basis the Heisman Trophy being melted."

Petrocelli did not return a phone call seeking comment.

The trophy, awarded each year to the best player in college football, was won by Simpson in 1968.

Many of Simpson's possessions have been seized to satisfy a $33.5 million wrongful-death judgment against him. Simpson was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, Fred Goldman's son, but in a civil suit was held liable for the June 1994 deaths.