Justin Ryan Simpson is the son of O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson. Born on August 6, 1988, he was 38 as of October 1, 2026. Unlike his father, whose life remained intensely public for decades, Justin has built most of his adult public identity around real estate and has rarely spoken to the press about his family.
His name has returned to the news periodically because of the Simpson family history and, more recently, proceedings involving O.J. Simpson’s estate. But the most reliable picture of Justin is narrower than many online biographies suggest: he attended Florida State University, developed a career in real estate, became a parent, and has maintained a comparatively limited public profile. A current PEOPLE profile confirms his birth date, family identity and longstanding real-estate occupation.
Early life and family
Justin is the younger of the two children O.J. Simpson had with Nicole Brown Simpson. His older full sister is Sydney Brooke Simpson. Through his father, he also has half-siblings Arnelle and Jason Simpson; another half-sibling, Aaren Simpson, died as a child.
Justin was five when Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were killed in June 1994. His childhood after that point is sometimes oversimplified online as either being raised entirely by his maternal grandparents or entirely by his father. The documented custody history is more specific.
While O.J. Simpson was jailed awaiting trial in 1994, Nicole’s parents, Louis and Juditha Brown, received court-approved guardianship of Justin and Sydney. Contemporary coverage in The Washington Post reported that O.J. Simpson did not contest that temporary arrangement.
The situation changed in December 1996. An Orange County judge awarded O.J. Simpson full custody of both children, according to the Los Angeles Times. Later reporting says Sydney and Justin moved to Florida in 2000.
That chronology matters because it corrects a common distortion in shorter celebrity biographies: Justin spent different periods of his childhood under different custody arrangements rather than being raised exclusively by one side of the family.
Education
Justin’s LinkedIn profile lists Florida State University from 2006 to 2010, and the Miami Herald has described him as a Florida State alumnus.
Some biography sites go further and give a specific bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurial or small-business studies. That degree title has not been reliably confirmed through an official university record, so the safer statement is simply that he attended Florida State University during those years.
His career in real estate
Justin’s best-documented adult career is in real estate.
By 2016, he was working as a Coldwell Banker real-estate agent in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Los Angeles Times, citing local Tampa Bay Times reporting, described him as a real-estate professional and preserved a brief comment he had made about enjoying life in St. Petersburg.
That period provides the clearest independent picture of his work. His professional profiles have since continued to identify him with residential real estate, including sales, property management and investment-property work.
His exact current brokerage is less clear. LinkedIn and Zillow have associated him with DHM Real Estate Group, while Realtor.com has displayed a Las Vegas professional profile connected to Compass Realty & Management. DHM Real Estate Group’s current public team page does not list him. The most accurate summary as of October 1, 2026 is that Justin continues to have a public professional identity in real estate, but his precise current brokerage is not firmly established.
The same caution applies to location. His professional footprint has longstanding ties to St. Petersburg, while newer profiles also point to Las Vegas. Those business listings do not establish his private residence.
Why Justin Simpson returned to the news in 2025
Justin received renewed public attention after O.J. Simpson died on April 10, 2024.
On January 6, 2025, Malcolm LaVergne, acting as special administrator of O.J. Simpson’s estate, filed a lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada, concerning a Las Vegas property on Arbour Garden Avenue. The named defendant in case A-25-909362-C was Primary Holdings LLC, not Justin individually. That distinction was also noted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Clark County property records list Primary Holdings LLC as the recorded owner and show a $795,000 sale in August 2022. The Clark County Assessor continued to list the LLC on the property record for fiscal year 2026–27.
The estate’s complaint alleged that Justin was the LLC’s sole owner and manager and that O.J. Simpson supplied $159,000 toward the closing while Primary Holdings obtained a $636,000 mortgage. It further alleged that O.J. Simpson was intended to be the property’s real or beneficial owner even though the LLC held title, and that the arrangement was designed in part to shield the house from creditors.
Those assertions are allegations, not established findings. The filed complaint is available through an inspected copy of the court document. No final disposition of the case had been reliably established as of October 1, 2026.
Some entertainment headlines described the situation as O.J. Simpson’s estate “suing his son.” That is shorthand rather than the precise legal posture. The lawsuit named Primary Holdings LLC, while the complaint made allegations about Justin’s ownership and role in that company.
Justin also appeared in separate proceedings involving O.J. Simpson’s estate in 2025. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that he and half-sister Arnelle Simpson attended hearings concerning disputed personal property associated with an estate auction. An editorial image record from Getty Images also places Justin and Arnelle at an estate hearing in Las Vegas on May 29, 2025.
Those probate matters were separate from the Primary Holdings property lawsuit.
Personal life
Justin has shared little publicly about his private life.
In February 2022, he announced that he and a partner were expecting a daughter named Lana, according to PEOPLE and the Miami Herald. Later family comments reported by PEOPLE also described Justin as a parent.
His current relationship or marital status is not publicly established. The Miami Herald noted in April 2024 that it was unclear whether the relationship referenced in the 2022 announcement was still ongoing. Descriptions of a current “wife” or partner on biography sites should therefore be treated cautiously.
Where is Justin Ryan Simpson now?
As of October 1, 2026, Justin’s public professional identity remains tied to real estate. Current profiles connect him to Las Vegas as well as his longstanding Florida career, but they do not support a definitive statement about his private residence or exact employer.
His most recent substantial public appearances have been connected to proceedings involving his father’s estate rather than a new media or entertainment career.
That fits the broader pattern of his adult life. While Justin’s childhood placed him at the center of one of the most heavily covered American criminal cases of the 1990s, his own adult public record has been largely professional and relatively limited.
What is Justin Ryan Simpson’s net worth?
There is no responsibly documented public figure for Justin Ryan Simpson’s net worth.
Various entertainment and biography websites have published estimates ranging into the millions, but those numbers are not backed by audited financial statements, verified asset-and-debt records, disclosed compensation or a reliable accounting of business ownership. They should not be presented as established fact.
The same applies to claims about how much he may have inherited from O.J. Simpson. Estate proceedings and family relationships do not, by themselves, establish the amount of any personal inheritance.
Common misconceptions
One recurring error concerns Justin’s birth date. The well-supported date is August 6, 1988, consistent with both current reporting and 1994 accounts describing him as six years old that September. Some derivative websites give August 8, 1989, but that date conflicts with the stronger record.
Another potential source of confusion is a separate “Justin Ryan Simpson” who appears in patent databases. Patent records indexed by Justia include technology-related filings under that name, including activity dating back to 2003. There is no reliable evidence connecting that inventor to O.J. Simpson’s son, and the two should not be treated as the same person.
Claims about Justin’s current brokerage, exact residence, marital status and personal fortune also tend to be stated more confidently online than the available public record allows.
What is well established is more straightforward: Justin Ryan Simpson was born in 1988, spent part of his childhood in the middle of an extraordinary family and legal history, attended Florida State University, built a career in real estate, became a parent, and has generally kept his own public life much smaller than the fame surrounding his family.
