In the aftermath of the death of O.J. Simpson on April 10 following a cancer diagnosis, his longtime lawyer Malcolm Lavergne announced that the Hall of Fame football player will be cremated and his brain will not be donated for scientific research. “I’ve been getting calls from medical centers that are doing Cte testing asking me for O.J.’s brain…that is not happening,” Lavergne told People days after Simpson’s death. Cte, otherwise known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, is a brain disease that has been widely diagnosed in deceased professional football players believed to be caused by repeated head trauma. Common symptoms of Cte include difficulty thinking, depression, impulsive behavior, short-term memory loss, and emotional instability. Lavergne shared with New York Post that the Simpson family gave a “hard no” to scientists who asked to study Simpson’s brain for the condition. He added that Simpson’s four...