No plans to donate NFL star OJ Simpson's brain to science: Lawyer

A lawyer of late National Football League (NFL) star OJ Simpson has said that there were no plans to donate his brain to science, adding, that he would be cremated in the coming days. Media reports, claiming that Simpson's brain would be used to study chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)- a brain disease often diagnosed in former and current NFL players and combat sports athletes, have been circulating since his demise.

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Speaking to NBC News, attorney Malcolm LaVergne said that donating Simpson's brain to science was a hard no. "His entire body, including his brain, will be cremated," LaVergne added.

LaVergne, who is serving as the executor of Simpson's estate, also said that there were tentative plans for a “celebration of life” gathering limited to the deceased NFL star's close friends and family.

NFL star-turned-murder-defendant dead at 76

Regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time, OJ Simpson died at the age of 76 on April 10 following a battle with cancer. Simpson was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.

He was found not guilty in the 1994 stabbing deaths of Nicole and Goldman, although he was found responsible for his former wife's death in a civil lawsuit.

On Sunday, LaVergne also clarified comments he made to the Las Vegas Review-Journal in which he said he didn’t want Goldman’s family to be able to collect any money from Simpson’s estate and it was “my hope that the Goldmans get zero, nothing.”

LaVergne told NBC News thathe was referring to a debt collection lawyer working with the Goldman family whowithin an hour of the announcement of Simpson’s death, was "bashing Simpson and all this stuff, ‘We’re going to do this and that.’”

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“In hindsight, in response to that statement that ‘it’s my hope they get zero, nothing,’ I think that was pretty harsh,” the attorney added.

“Now that I understand my role as the executor and the personal representative, it’s time to tone down the rhetoric and really get down to what my role is as a personal representative,” LaVergne added.

(With inputs from agencies)