Malcolm LaVergne, a longtime lawyer for O.J. Simpson and the executor of his property, clarified his stance on Sunday about whether or not the Goldman household would obtain cash from the late former soccer participant’s property.
On Friday, LaVergne had mentioned that the household of Ron Goldman — Simpson was acquitted of the homicide of Goldman and Simpson’s second spouse Nicole Brown Simpson in 1995 — ought to “get zero, nothing,” from the property, he instructed the Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal. Goldman’s household are nonetheless owed greater than $100 million (together with curiosity) from Simpson following a wrongful dying judgment.
On Sunday, LaVergne clarified his preliminary assertion as NBC Information experiences, saying he was referring to a debt assortment lawyer who he mentioned was working with the household, who “inside an hour we introduced Simpson’s dying, is bashing Simpson and all these things, ‘We’re going to do that and that.’”
“In hindsight, in response to that assertion that ‘it’s my hope they get zero, nothing,’ I believe that was fairly harsh,” LaVergne mentioned. “Now that I perceive my function because the executor and the private consultant, it’s time to tone down the rhetoric and actually get right down to what my function is as a private consultant.”
He mentioned after he’s decided the worth of the property that he would invite a authorized rep for the Goldmans to overview the findings. “We will get this factor resolved in a peaceful and dispassionate method,” he mentioned.
LaVergne additionally reiterated that the previous NFL star’s physique will likely be cremated, with no plans to have his mind examined for power traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
“On not less than one event, somebody has known as saying he’s a CTE man who research the mind,” LaVergne mentioned on Sunday. CTE is a degenerative mind illness, which has been discovered and studied in NFL gamers and younger former gamers alike and has been attributed to behavioral and cognitive points associated to repeated head accidents.
LaVergne added: “That’s a tough no. His total physique, together with his mind, will likely be cremated.” He additionally mentioned there are tentative plans for a celebration of life gathering for shut family and friends.
