Malcolm Lavergne Says the $57M O.J. Simpson Owes Fred Goldman Could Rise to $80M

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The executor of O.J. Simpson's estate, Malcolm Lavergne, stopped by "TMZ Live" Monday and admitted the estate doesn't have enough to cover Fred Goldman's $57 million creditor claim ... but he says they'll pay what they can.

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00:00How liquid is this estate? Because I did not think it had anywhere near that kind of money.

00:09Harvey, the reality is the state currently doesn't have that kind of money, and practically the

00:14state probably will never have that kind of money. That's not the evaluation for how to

00:19accept Frank Goldman's estate. The evaluation is how much is it worth and whether it's valid,

00:26and it's worth the $58 million plus interest from February of 2021 to today. And that seems to be

00:35the controversy. It's way more than $58 million. There just has to be an accurate computation of

00:41what the interest is, which could be another, frankly, $25 to $30 million. Because of the huge

00:46public interest in it, I think I'm going to go calculate it right now to see what it is. But

00:50it's significantly more than $58 million as of today's date.

00:53Is this a case of Fred just saying, look, let me try to get what I can? So he submitted a lower

01:02number?

01:03No, it's kind of legalese. Fred Goldman originally submitted a maximum claim of $117 million.

01:11As you guys know, this started in a California state court, and Fred is basing his $117 million

01:17off of that California state court decision. But Fred Goldman also filed a Nevada claim in 2021.

01:24That's where OJ lived. That's where he died. That Nevada judgment was still valid. And that

01:29Nevada judgment, at the time it was filed, was only $58 million. So we're going to start with the $58

01:35million, and we're going to calculate up to whenever it's satisfied. And I will go through and try and get

01:40the computation to today's date. So that $58 million could really turn into $80, $90 million very easily

01:46after I finish the computations. And I'm just being realistic here right now. From the time or even

01:50before OJ got out of prison to probably about a year or so before he died, internally, in Camp Simpson,

01:57there were several plans to come to Fred Goldman and say, hey, Fred, we can do this deal. Let's split

02:05it up. But then there was always something that happened. There was always some statement that

02:09was made. Some ego was wounded. And then the deals just dropped. So there were plans. There

02:15actually were internal efforts to say, let's try and cut a deal with Fred Goldman. And you're right.

02:20There's nothing else to describe this other than acrimonious. What has changed now is the law has

02:26changed. The law has changed, and I'm the executive of the state. Yeah, it's a toxic situation,

02:31and nobody ultimately is going to win. But their debt is acknowledged, and they will get the lion's

02:36share of whatever it is after I finish paying God the statutory fees.

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