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The longtime lawyer for OJ Simpson has vowed to prevent any money from his late client's estate being passed to the families of murder victims Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown.
When Simpson died in Nevada on Wednesday age 76, he still owed the victims' family members more than $100 million.
Simpson was found liable in civil court for $33.5 million for the murders of Ron Goldman and ex-wife Nicole Simpson in 1997, with the Goldman family pursuing the growing debt ever since. The sum has now ballooned to $100 million with interest.
But attorney Malcolm LaVergne, who represented Simpson since 2009 and is now the executor in charge of overseeing the estate, has stated he is adamant the Goldman family should not see a penny from Simpson's estate.
'It's my hope that the Goldmans get zero, nothing. 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 told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
OJ Simpson's lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne, left, has vowed to prevent any money from Simpson's estate going to Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown's families
When Simpson died in Nevada on Wednesday age 76, he had managed to get away without paying the victims' family members more than $100 million as part of a civil settlement. He is pictured at the conclusion of his 1995 murder trial following a not guilty verdict
LaVergne notes that despite the families pushing to receive payments, a court order was never made that would have forced Simpson to hand over the money following the civil judgement.
The Goldman family did however managed to win control of Simpson's controversial book entitled 'If I Did It.'
In response to public outrage that Simpson stood to profit from the crimes, publisher HarperCollins canceled the book.
A Florida bankruptcy court then awarded the rights of the manuscript to the Goldmans in August 2007 to partially satisfy the unpaid civil judgment.
The family appear adamant that they will be going after Simpson's money.
'We have to start over here,' said debt collection attorney David Cook. 'We're going to work on that. There might be something out there.
Since their 1997 judgment for the 1994 murders, the Goldmans have garnished Simpson's income and sued him several times to claw back cash he earned for TV shows and his book, If I Did It. Fred is pictured with daughter Kim
As part of the respo nsibilities as Simpson's personal representative, Malcolm LeVergne, seen left, has been instructed to pay for the cost of a 'suitable monument' at Simpson's grave
'We've had this problem for a long long time,' he added. 'It could be in a trust, it could be probate. It could be all gone.'
The lawyer added, 'I'm in San Francisco. The lawyers we hired in Nevada, they were working with me… At this point, we're just starting out.'
All of Simpson's other property was placed into a trust in January, although the full value of Simpson's estate has not been tallied.
'I can't make a predication right now as to what the value of the estate is,' LaVergne said who also exclaimed surprise at being named as the estate's executor.
'I am flummoxed as to why he would name me as the personal representative or the
