OJ Simpson executor vows to ensure Ron Goldman’s family get ‘nothing’ from his estate

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Malcolm LaVergn, the executor of the estate of the late OJ Simpson, has vowed to prevent the payout of a $33.5m judgement to the families of his client’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, saying that he hopes to ensure that Goldman’s family, in particular, “get nothing”. And I will do everything in my capacity as the executor or personal representative to try and ensure that they get nothing.” Simpson, 76 – a star NFL running back turned actor who became notorious after being accused of the brutal murders of Brown Simpson and Goldman in Brentwood, California, on 12 June 1994, a crime for which he was finally acquitted on 3 October 1995 after a sensational and drawn-out trial – died last week from prostate cancer. “And it’s something I’m going to take very seriously.” The attorney said that he holds particular resentment towards the Goldman family on his client’s behalf after they fought to acquire the rights to the manuscript of Simpson’s unpublished, ghostwritten memoir If I Did It and eventually released it under the new title If I Did It: Confessions of a Killer in 2007, with the first word deliberately scaled down into a tiny font size on the front cover. Nothing else is important today.” open image in gallery Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were murdered in June 1994 Mr Goldman’s lawyer, David Cook, was more bullish, however, saying of Simpson: “He died without penance.