O.J. Simpson has a ton of money owed he must pay from past the grave — so many, the executor of his property says he is taking off the child gloves to scrape up some cash, ASAP!
Malcolm LaVergne, who went from being O.J.’s longtime lawyer to now working his probate property after he died final April, tells TMZ … he is making an attempt to usher in greater than $269,000 from one in every of O.J.’s houses, and may need to undergo Simpson’s son, Justin, to get it.
Malcolm says Justin — whose mom was Nicole Brown Simpson — helped his father purchase his “forever” dwelling in Las Vegas a pair years in the past, and now the property needs to recoup the cash O.J. put into the house, which LaVergne pegs at round $159K.
What’s extra, he says the house is now value over $100K greater than when it was bought in 2022. So, LaVergne’s place is that each the fairness and the quantity O.J. put into the house belong to O.J.’s property.
We reached out to Justin for his tackle his father’s dwelling, however have not heard again from him.
After all, the $269K is only a drop within the bucket with regards to collectors of the property … there’s nonetheless the $33.5 million judgment O.J. owed his victims’ households after the 1997 wrongful loss of life lawsuit.
O.J. was acquitted in his homicide trial, however he was later discovered accountable for the deaths of Nicole and Ron Goldman in a Santa Monica civil courtroom … and though the judgment was initially $33.5 million, curiosity on the unpaid debt has reportedly ballooned to round $100 million.
On prime of all this, O.J.’s property was lately hit with a $500K tax lien from the State of California.
LaVergne says O.J.’s property is just about nugatory at this level, so he is turning over each stone to seek out all sources of income to fund the property, and assist pay again collectors just like the IRS, the California Tax Board and the Goldmans.
Factor is … LaVergne says he is disillusioned he is assembly sturdy resistance to his efforts to gather and liquidate O.J.’s property — however he plans to get robust on everybody, together with O.J.’s household.
One Simpson crown jewel, of kinds, he is making an attempt to get his fingers on is his Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame ring, which he says has been lacking since Simpson died … together with a elaborate Rolex of his.
He is clearly peeved it is M.I.A., telling us, “It belongs to the estate and I want it placed at my feet.”
Along with the home and the ring, Malcolm’s additionally looking for permission to promote a bunch of O.J.’s belongings at public sale to lift cash for the property.