OJ Simpson's lawyer takes back harsh comments after athlete's death

OJ Simpson’s lawyer has backtracked his comments he made after the death of the athlete in a whirlwind 24 hours.

OJ Simpson‘s lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne retracted the remarks he made regarding money owed to the families of murder victims Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson that was still outstanding. The Juice passed away on April 10, at age 76, his family announced on Twitter last week. The celebrity died after battling cancer, weeks after telling fans his ‘health was good’.

OJ Simpson’s lawyer hit out after his death

OJ Simpson’s longtime lawyer received backlash for his harsh comments he made after the star’s death was announced.

LaVergne, who worked as his attorney from 2009 until his death last week, has now said he wants to walk back comments he made.

He had previously told Las Vegas Review-Journal he’d fight to stop a payout of the $33.5m judgement awarded to the families following a civil case in 1998. Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson’s families were awarded the substantial amount of money after the civil suit found Simpson responsible in the wrongful death case.

The accused killer had been acquitted of the murder charges years before.

He specifically said he didn’t want Fred Goldman to receive anything – “zero, nothing”, he said.

LaVergne explains he was emotional after OJ Simpson’s death, with the lawyer hitting out without thinking over what he said.

“Within an hour of knowing that OJ died, he started talking s**t,” LaVergne claims his words were towards Goldman’s attorneys.

“My advocate instinct was, ‘Oh, you’re gonna keep shitting on him even after he’s dead?’”

“’Fine, you know? You get nothing.’ And so, those were my remarks then. But I backtracked, and they were pretty harsh remarks. And now I’m going in the other direction.”

He has now clarified the claim will be accepted and handled in accordance with Nevada law, as it should be.

OJ thought ‘he’d get better’

It comes after OJ’s friend said Simpson thought he’d be able to fight the prostate cancer and regain his health.

Bruce Fromong, his longtime friend, said he was called up by the NFL Hall of Famer 10 days before he died to cancel an event. He was meant to do a signing for PSA-JSA memorabilia company, but had to back out.

Fromong suggested rescheduling for a later time, but OJ told him to hold off.

“‘Nah, I just give me a little bit of time. Let me get to feeling better,’” the celebrity reportedly said.

“I went, ‘Huh, it’s so bad you can’t…'” says Fromong. “Because he enjoyed getting around the guys and signing,” adding, “That meant he was really not feeling well.”

He added OJ didn’t tell many people about his diagnosis, but had known himself for about a year. But he thought the athlete had beaten it.

“We thought he was getting better, and he was not”.

The prosecuting lawyer, who tried to convict OJ Simpson for double-murder in the famous criminal trial of the century, only had eight words to say after his death.