Before Easter, OJ Simpson was relaxing with a drink on a sofa, according to his attorney. He passed away two weeks later

Just before Easter, O.J. Simpson and his longtime attorney had a heated conversation at the country club house he rented southwest of the Las Vegas Strip.

The lawyer Malcom LaVergne remembered on Tuesday that “he was awake, alert, and chilling.” He’s relaxing on the sofa, sipping a beer, and watching television. That concluded our last productive back-and-forth exchange of ideas. We were simply catching up on the news at the time since he typically keeps me informed.

A physician declared that Simpson was “transitioning,” as LaVergne put it, on April 5, about one week later. When LaVergne was here last week, Simpson was hardly able to get a drink of water and decided to watch a golf event on TV rather than a tennis match.

LaVergne said in an interview with The Associated Press, “Of course he chose golf.” “He had a complete passion for golf.”

Following his prostate cancer diagnosis last year, Simpson passed away on April 10. He was seventy-six.

The next day, Simpson’s family posted on X, the previous Twitter platform, stating that Simpson had “passed away from his cancer battle” while “surrounded by his children and grandchildren.” But according to LaVergne on Tuesday, just one individual—referred to by the lawyer as “a close family member”—was there when Simpson passed away. He refused to identify the person.

The lawyer said of Simpson’s surviving adult children from his first marriage, Arnelle Simpson, now 55, and Jason Simpson, 53, as well as the children he had with ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, 38, and Justin Simpson, 35, before she was killed in 1994, “you have to remember that they’ve shared O.J. with the world their entire lives.” In their social media statement, the family requested “privacy and grace” “during this time of transition.”

They first shared quality O.J. Still, he was well-known, according to LaVergne. Then, starting in 1994, they were forced to publicly introduce the world to bad boy O.J. However, these kids have ultimately lost a parent. They also have the additional weight of his being one of the world’s most well-known individuals, divisive, and the subject of debate.

The executor of Simpson’s estate, LaVergne, revealed information about his last encounters with the former football star, actor, sportscaster, television pitchman, and famous murder defendant that he has defended since 2009.

In an effort to steer “from somber to the sensationalism and the amusement,” he sidestepped a question on a potential deathbed confession from Simpson. According to him, Simpson’s body will not be examined to see if his 11 years as an NFL running back caused persistent brain harm from potential head injuries.

According to LaVergne, “Mr. Simpson had expressed his wishes to his children.” “And thus, they will carry out those desires.”

According to the lawyer, Simpson requested cremation and there was no immediate plan for a public tribute, awaiting his family’s choice.

LaVergne said, “There have only been speculative discussions of a celebration of life (or) ceremony.”

Two days after Simpson’s death, the lawyer filed his last will and testament in state court in Nevada, designating Simpson’s four children as the sole heirs to his fortune. He noted that the family trust’s specifics had not yet been registered.

Simpson did not own a property in the states where he had resided, including Nevada, California, and Florida, according to the lawyer, who would not estimate the estate’s worth. Accounts were still being totaled, he said.

In 1994, Simpson was famously cleared of accusations in criminal court that claimed he had fatally killed his ex-wife and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles. The 1996 Californian court proceedings were dubbed the “trial of the century.” A jury in a California civil court convicted Simpson guilty of the killings in 1997.

After being convicted guilty of armed robbery in a 2007 incident at a casino-hotel with two dealers of memorabilia, Simpson was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2008 in Las Vegas.

Ever since his release from jail in October 2017, he has led a country club and golf lifestyle, sometimes posting sports-related content on social media. Wearing a San Francisco 49ers shirt, he sent out his last message on February 11th, predicting that his former club will beat the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII. The Chiefs prevailed.

LaVergne admitted that Simpson passed away before giving the families of Goldman and Simpson’s deceased ex-wife the majority of the $33.5 million judgment that was granted to them in the 1997 civil responsibility lawsuit.

The Goldman family’s attorney, David Cook, said on Tuesday that he believed the judgment payable today, including unpaid interest, to be in excess of $114 million.

Last week, LaVergne said that the Goldmans would not get any of Simpson’s assets, but he then changed his mind. On Tuesday, he said that he thought the debt exceeded $200 million. Simpson’s assets won’t amount to much, he added.

“My homework will be available for them to see,” he said, referring to the families of Goldman and Brown. “I want to show them what I have, but I want to warn them that if they think there’s something else out there, they’re going to have to use their own resources, including attorneys, to try and find that gold mine.”