The body of O.J. Simpson will be cremated on Tuesday, and his brain will not be removed beforehand to be preserved for CTE research, according to Simpson’s estate executor.
The body of O.J. Simpson will be cremated on Tuesday, and his brain will not be removed beforehand to be preserved for CTE research, according to Simpson’s estate executor, according to theMalcolm LaVergne, who has represented Simpson since 2009 and serves as the executor of the infamous former NFL star’s estate, says he has completed the necessary paperwork for cremation and that the family refused to allow Simpson’s brain to be included in a Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy study.
“With OJ, everything’s wild, but I’ve been getting calls from medical centers that are doing CTE testing asking me for OJ’s brain . . . that is not happening,” LaVergne asserted. “Tuesday is the predicted . . . day that he will actually be cremated,” LaVergne said. “That’s what OJ wanted. Those are OJ’s wishes, and that’s what the kids are telling me.”
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