OJ Simpson’s estate fights payouts to family of wrongful death suit: ‘It’s my hope that the Goldmans get zero’
OJ Simpson’s estate is reportedly fighting against paying money from a wrongful death suit to the family of the late Ron Goldman after the former football star died from cancer Wednesday.
Simpson’s will was filed in Las Vegas Friday and the court documents named attorney Malcolm LaVergne as the executor in charge of overseeing the estate, per the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“It’s my hope that the Goldmans get zero, nothing,” the lawyer, who represented the former Buffalo Bills player since 2009, told the outlet via a phone interview.
“Them specifically. And I will do everything in my capacity as the executor or personal representative to try and ensure that they get nothing.”
LaVergne said he was shocked to find out that he was named the executor of Simpson’s estate, further claiming he does not know its full current value.
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“I am flummoxed as to why he would name me as the personal representative or the executor, but he did,” he added. “And it’s something I’m going to take very seriously.”
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the will states LaVergne is responsible for paying for a “suitable monument” for Simpson’s grave.
Additionally, court documents reportedly stated that the late Heisman Trophy winner wanted his will to be administered “without litigation or dispute of any kind.”
He reportedly added that any beneficiary, heir or person who “sought to establish a claim on the will” to dispute it would receive one dollar “and no more in lieu of any claimed interest” in the will or its assets.
In June 1994, Simpson was accused of fatally stabbing his second ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Goldman, who was her close friend.
After a highly publicized trial, the famed athlete was acquitted of the murders. However, in 1997, OJ was found liable in a civil wrongful death lawsuit and ordered to pay Nicole and Goldman’s families millions.
More than two decades later, the retired NFL star passed away at age 76. His family announced Thursday that he had succumbed to a battle with prostate cancer.
Page Six exclusively reported Friday that the Goldman and Nicole’s families never received the full amount of money, as OJ had allegedly been running a ring of all-cash business dealings to hide proceeds.
“He would sign anything except anything that had to do with the trial or murder,” a source claimed. “The stipulation was always that he had to be paid in cash.”
Page Six was also told that OJ had only paid $123,000 of the $33.5 million balance.
An insider said, “With being paid everything in cash, there was no way to document how much money he had access to.”
