O.J. Simpson’s estate has agreed to pay Ron Goldman’s father nearly $58 million, almost 30 years after a civil lawsuit.
According to court documents filed in Las Vegas Friday, the executor of Simpson’s estate, Malcolm LaVergne, accepted the Goldman family’s creditor claim, along with 30 years of accumulated interest, TMZ reports.
On June 12, 1994, Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson were found murdered outside of her Los Angeles condominium. On October 3, 1995, a jury acquitted OJ Simpson of murder.
In 1997, a California judge found Simpson liable for the deaths of Ron Goldman, and Simpson’s former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson.
A judge initially found Simpson liable for $33.5 million in damages, but the families only received a small fraction while OJ Simpson was alive. He died at age 76 last year, according to FOX News Digital.
LaVergne reportedly told TMZ that Simpson’s items will be auctioned off, including stolen items that he said are in the process of being recovered, as his estate is currently valued at $500,000 and $1 million.
LeVergne has only accepted creditor claims from Ron’s father, Fred Goldman, along with the Internal Revenue Service.
The federal tax amount will take first priority. LeVerne also said the estate would pay off a $636,945 claim from the state of California, but the state would have to take legal action to collect.
The decision is in complete contrast to what LeVergne told The New York Post last year.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, LaVerne said that he planned to make sure that the family of Ron Goldman didn’t get a dime from the estate.
“It’s my hope that the Goldmans get zero, nothing,” LaVergne said. “Them specifically. And I will do everything in my capacity as the executor or personal representative to try and ensure that they get nothing.”
The initial $33 million judgment from the 1997 civil case had reportedly increased to over $100 million, including interest.
LaVergne, according to Rolling Stone, argued that he believed the Fred Goldman’s estimate on interest had been incorrect.
However, LaVerne said he planned to “continue to work” with Fred Goldman to reach an agreement on a “more reasonable” amount.
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[Featured Photo: FILE – This file photo combo shows O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, left, and her friend Ron Goldman, both of whom were murdered and found dead in Los Angeles on June 12, 1994. O.J. Simpson was arrested in connection to the murder and acquitted of the crime. Simpson is now serving nine to 33 years in a Nevada prison after a jury found him guilty in 2008 of leading the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas, and he’s seeking a new trial because he says his longtime lawyer failed to disclose that he knew about the plan in advance and told Simpson it was legal and provided bad advice at trial. (AP Photo/File)]
