Simpson’s lawyer Malcolm LaVergne pledges that no cash from property will go towards repaying wrongful dying judgment which now totals over $100 million
The executor named in O.J. Simpson’s will has pledged to be sure that the household of Ron Goldman — who have been nonetheless owed over $100 million from Simpson following a wrongful dying judgment — receives “zero, nothing” from Simpson’s property.
Malcolm LaVergne, Simpson’s lawyer, advised the Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal that he was “flummoxed” that the soccer star-turned-accused assassin named him his “private consultant or the executor” in a will drawn up earlier this yr amid Simpson’s most cancers battle, however mentioned he would take the job as executor “very critically.”
That apparently contains stopping the Goldman household from seeing any of the cash Simpson has owed them since 1997, when a civil trial jury awarded the Goldmans $33.5 million; with curiosity — and with Simpson solely paying a small fraction of the penalty — the judgment owed has ballooned to over $100 million.
Following Simpson’s dying, an legal professional for the Goldmans mentioned the household would look at the scenario with legal professionals and decide whether or not to pursue the cash owed from Simpson’s property, one thing LaVergne has promised he’ll struggle in any respect prices.
“It’s my hope that the Goldmans get zero, nothing,” LaVergne advised the Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal. “Them particularly. And I’ll do all the things in my capability because the executor or private consultant to attempt to be sure that they get nothing.”
As Simpson’s last will was solely filed on Friday, LaVergne mentioned he “can’t make a predication proper now as to what the worth of the property is.” The lawyer additionally revealed that Simpson was first recognized with prostate most cancers “a number of years in the past,” and although it went into remission, the most cancers returned in current months earlier than Simpson died in hospice care at his Las Vegas-area ranch this week.
LaVergne added that Simpson can be cremated within the near-future, and that funeral preparations have been nonetheless pending.
