No that's not what being an Executor is. There are laws and rules you must follow before you can get to what the deceased wish done with his estate.

Its my understanding that the executor is legally required to execute the will as defined by the will or instructions from the deceased.

You are at least partially wrong. The will cannot exceed the bounds of the law. Every state (that I'm aware of) has an order that expenses and debts are paid. An executor cannot choose to not pay a debt simply because the will says not to pay it.

If the deceased owe taxes plus interest to the government but in the will puts that all money must go to charity, that doesn't mean that the taxes don't have to be paid.

You are wrong.

I think you can sue the estate, but the executor follows the parameters of the will.

IANAL, so grain of salt.

No, they sued for profits from the book.

What is this alternate timeline where OJ isn’t such a bad guy after all? He wrote the book because he needed cash, and was sued for the money since he still had not paid all he owed.

It’s a little hard to “put the dead to rest” when the dead person is your child and their killer is still walking the streets for the rest of his life.

How old are those debts?

"On February 5, 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, unanimously found Simpson liable for the wrongful death of and battery against Goldman, and battery against Brown. (The Brown family had not filed a wrongful death claim.)[112] Simpson was ordered to pay $33,500,000 in damages: $8.5 million in compensatory damages to the Goldman family, and $12.5 million in punitive damages to each family.[113] His net worth at the time was $11 million"

Why arent they already paid?

He claimed he didn't have the money and took actions to reduce his liability / tried to hide income so it wouldn't be directed toward this debt.

Im assuming theres a reason the court disnt put him back in jail for not paying it?

This is was a civil trial, he was acquitted on the criminal charges. His income was garnished and directed toward this debt.

If they were contesting this for years then why would that not resolve?

The families did keep taking him to court. An example is If I Did It the book he tried to publish and the families took control of the publishing and proceeds, shrinking the "If" so it looks like the title of the book is "I Did It."

This is a case of the rich/celebrity playing the system in a way normal folk can't; though in this case the families of the victims kept the pressure up so he needed to watch his step and got financial slap downs when he missteped or was caught trying to keep money without paying them.

Look im not saying i want this. Im saying its gross and shitty but that YOU and I have the right be that way in our wills and this isnt the executors fault.

Too many people think the executor has more decision power than we like at times.

I don't know what is in the will, but I can certainly imagine it does include directives to reduce payments to the families. I do agree it is the executor's job to carry out the person's intentions in the will.