O.J.’s Vegas Death House Drama: Estate Sues to Evict His Son

Posted on: January 26, 2025, 11:44h. 

Last updated on: January 26, 2025, 11:49h.

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O.J. Simpson’s estate is suing his son for refusing to vacate the disgraced football icon’s last place of residence.

Justin Smith is reportedly living in this house against the instructions left in his infamous father’s will. According to his Facebook page, Justin, 36 works as a real estate agent in St. Petersburg, Fla., but that page hasn’t been updated since 2022. (Image: Associated Press and Facebook)

According to TMZ, Justin Simpson — the 36-year-old son of O.J. and the woman he was criminally acquitted of murdering, Nicole Brown Simpson —  is allegedly living in the Las Vegas house against the instructions left by O.J. in his will.

Malcolm LaVergne, O.J.’s longtime lawyer and the executor of his estate, said that Primary Holdings LLC, a company owned and operated by Justin, purchased the house after O.J. died in April just to protect O.J. financial interests and shield the property against creditor claims.

However, LaVergne said O.J. was using his own funds to pay for the house, so those contributions should be reimbursed to the estate, which Justin refuses to do. He said the O.J. never intended the house to be separate from his estate.

House Hunting

O.J., who was reported to be worth $3 million at the time of his death, spent his final year living in the house on the Rhodes Ranch Golf Course in Summerlin.

O.J. Simpson was once one of the most respected football stars of all time. (Image: Shutterstock)

After residing in Nevada’s Lovelock Correctional Center for nine of the 33 years he was sentenced to for stealing sports memorabilia at gunpoint in 2007, Simpson chose to make Las Vegas his home. (He had been living in Miami.)

His first Las Vegas home was a $1.4 million mansion owned by a friend at the Red Rock Country Club in Summerlin. He then moved to a house at the Canyon Gate Country Club before moving again to Rhodes Ranch in spring 2023, a year before dying from prostate cancer at age 76.

Lavergne has stated that O.J.’s estate faces significant debts — including $33 million to the family of murder victim Ron Goldman and $12.5 million to Nicole Brown-Simpson’s family. As of recent reports, the Goldman family’s claim alone has been estimated at over $100 million due to accrued interest.

To help settle these debts, Lavergne has said, the estate might need to liquidate its assets, and those include the house where Justin currently resides.

Immediately after his client’s death, Lavergne told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he would “do everything” he could to ensure the Goldmans “get zero, nothing” from the estate. “Them specifically,” he said.

Apparently, Lavergne has exhausted all avenues available to him in that quest.