O.J. Simpson's estate to fight payouts to Brown, Goldman families
LAS VEGAS -- The executor of O.J. Simpson's estate says he will work
to prevent a payout of a $33.5 million judgment awarded by a
California civil jury nearly three decades ago in a wrongful death
lawsuit filed by the families of Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown
Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.
Simpson's will was filed Friday in a Clark County court in Nevada,
naming his longtime lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne, as the executor. The
document shows Simpson's property was placed into a trust that was
created this year.
LaVergne told the 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.
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Although the Brown and Goldman families have pushed for payment,
LaVergne said there was never a court order forcing Simpson to pay the
civil judgment. The attorney told the Review-Journal that his
particular ire at the Goldman family stemmed in part from the events surrounding Simpson's planned book, titled "If I Did It." Goldman's
family won control of the manuscript and retitled the book "If I Did
It: Confessions of the Killer."
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/39934157/oj-simpson-estate-fight-payouts-brown-goldman-families
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