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The Juice’s Lawyer: O.J. TO VISIT NICOLE’S GRAVE

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One of the first things O.J. Simpson plans to do now that he’s been released from prison is sure to infuriate millions. The Juice wants to visit the grave of murdered ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, his attorney Malcolm Lavergne tells In Touch exclusivel­y. (O.J. was acquitted of murdering Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman in his criminal trial but found liable for their deaths in civil court.) “Mr. Simpson may want to go to California so he can visit Nicole’s grave,” says Lavergne. “O.J. may be a convicted felon, but he still has rights. If that is what he wants, then he should be allowed to do so.” O.J., 70, battered Nicole during their marriage and the fact that the domestic violence was left out of his recent parole hearing created an uproar. He was released from Nevada’s Lovelock Correction­al Center on Oct. 1 after serving nine years for an armed robbery and kidnapping incident in Las Vegas. Now he plans to move back to Florida, although the state’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, has objected to having the former NFL player return. (O.J. previously lived in the Miami area.) Lavergne, however, is confident that his client will be living there again “by Christmas.” Bondi “has no control over it,” he tells In Touch. “Mr. Simpson is a parolee, not a slave.” O.J. has a few other things on his to-do list, including watching shows about the crimes with which he was charged. “Mr. Simpson plans to binge-watch The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story on Netflix,” says Lavergne, adding that O.J. is very interested to see how all the characters are portrayed. “He will also be watching the documentar­y O.J.: Made in America.” But don’t expect to see O.J. on your TV screen anytime soon. “I have advised him against doing any shows, as he needs to avoid publicity,” says Lavergne. “I would certainly not want him to be interviewe­d by Megyn Kelly. Did you watch her TV show? It is awful.”

“He was hankering for an In-n-out Burger [while in prison], so he’ll be getting one of those very soon,” Lavergne says of O.J. (signing his exit release papers on Oct. 1).

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