LAS VEGAS (NEWSnet/AP) — The executor of O.J. Simpson’s estate says he will work to prevent a payout of a $33.5 million judgment awarded in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
Simpson’s will was filed Friday in a Clark County court in Nevada, naming his longtime lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne, as executor. Simpson died April 10, without having paid the majority of the civil judgment awarded in 1997.
LaVergne told Las Vegas Review-Journal that the entirety of Simpson’s estate has not been tallied. Under Nevada law, an estate must go through the courts if its assets exceed $20,000.
The Goldman and Brown families could be in line to get paid a portion of what Simpson left.
LaVergne, who had represented Simpson since 2009, said he specifically doesn't want the Goldman family seeing any money from Simpson’s estate.
“It’s my hope that the Goldmans get zero, nothing,” he told Review-Journal. “I will do everything in my capacity as the executor or personal representative to try and ensure that they get nothing.”
Although the families have pushed for payment, LaVergne said there never was a court order forcing Simpson to pay the civil judgment.
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