O.J. explains events on night of the robbery

>> YEAH.
MR. SIMPSON, YOU'VE LIVED MOST
OF YOUR LIFE IN THE PUBLIC
SPOTLIGHT.
YET YOU GO INTO A HOTEL ROOM IN
LAS VEGAS, BRING ALONG FOUR
OTHER MEN WITH YOU.
TWO OF THEM ARE ARMED.
AND ROBBED TWO VICTIMS OF
PROPERTY.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
>> WELL, I'M -- THIS MIGHT BE A
LITTLE LONG.
I DON'T -- I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF
WITH IT.
I HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY A MAN
NAMED REESIO.
HE HAD CONTACTED ME OVER A
PERIOD OF TIME, TOLD ME THAT
THERE WAS SOME GUYS S TRIES TO T
HIM TO FENCE MY PROPERTY, AND HE
THOUGHT I SHOULD COME AND GET
IT.
WELL, I KIND OF BLEW HIM OFF,
BECAUSE I'M REALLY NOT
INTERESTED IN FOOTBALL PROPERTY.
I DON'T COLLECT MEMORABILIA,
ONLY MY OWN PERSONAL ITEMS.
HE WAS PRETTY PERSISTENT IN
CALLING ME AND FINALLY I TOLD
HIM, SEE IF YOU CAN GET PICTURES
OF WHAT THEY HAVE.
HE SENT ME SOME PICTURES.
AND WHAT I SAW WAS MY FAMILY, MY
MOTHER'S ALBUMS.
PICTURES OF MY KIDS GROWING UP.
CERTIFICATES OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF MINE.
PICTURES OF WHAT I CALL
SIGNIFICANT FAMOUS PEOPLE.
LETTERS OF MYSELF.
I TOLD HIM I WOULD REALLY LIKE
TO GET THIS STUFF.
SO AFTER -- AFTER A PERIOD OF
TIME THROUGH WHAT HE DESCRIBED
IN COURT AS -- AS A PERFECT
STORM WE ALL ENDED UP IN LAS
VEGAS.
YOU KNOW?
I WAS THERE FOR A WEDDING AND HE
TOLD ME THAT THE PROPERTY WAS
THERE.
AND WOULD I LIKE TO TRY TO GET
THE PROPERTY?
I SAID, OF COURSE, I WOULD LIKE
TO GET THE PROPERTY.
HE TOLD ME THE NAMES OF WHAT HE
THOUGHT WERE THE PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM, AND I REALIZED THESE ARE
FRIENDS OF MINE.
YOU KNOW?
ACTUALLY GUYS WHO HELPED ME
MOVE.
HELPED ME MOVE AND STORE SOME OF
THIS STUFF.
RIGHT?
SO ON THE DAY OF THIS INCIDENT,
HE CAME TO MY HOTEL.
TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD
TAKE PLACE.
I TOLD HIM I MET WITH A LAWYER
LAST NIGHT, AND MY SISTER AND MY
DAUGHTER AND SOME OTHER FRIENDS,
AND DISCUSSED IT.
I POINTED OUT ANOTHER LAWYER
THAT WAS AT THE POOL SIDE AS A
PART OF THIS -- WEDDING PARTY
THAT WAS GOING ON.
I SO I DISCUSSED WITH HIM AND
THEY TOLD ME I CAN'T DO THIS.
IF WE'RE GOING TO THEIR HOME OR
EVEN TO THEIR STORAGE.
O.J., YOU CANNOT GO IN THERE,
BECAUSE IF THEY ASK YOU TO
LEAVE, YOU GOT TO LEAVE.
I SAID, REESIO, YOU GOT TO GET
THEM TO BRING IT TO A PUBLIC
PLACE.
HE SAID, WELL, LET ME SEE WHAT I
CAN DO.
ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN TESTIFIED
TO, SO I'M NOT JUST GOING.
YOU KNOW?
HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME HE TOLD
THEM TO BRING IT TO HIS ROOM AND
HE'S GOING TO HAVE IT BROUGHT TO
HIS HOTEL AND WOULD I COME AND
GET IT?
I SAID, OF COURSE I'LL COME AND
GET IT.
HE SAYS A LOT OF STUFF, O.J.
YOU BETTER BRING SOME FRIENDS.
WELL, I HAD A COUPLE OF FRIENDS
THERE AT THE WEDDING THAT WAS
GOING TO GO WITH ME.
HE ALSO SAID YOU SHOULD BRING
SECURITY.
I SAID, WELL, I KNOW THESE GUYS.
I DON'T THINK I NEED ANY
SECURITY.
I MEAN, IT TURNS OUT THAT ONE OF
THE GUYS, BRUCE HERE, I DIDN'T
KNOW IT WAS HIM.
I THOUGHT IT WAS ANOTHER GUY
NAMED MIKE, A FRIEND OF HIS, AND
EX-PARTNER OF HIS, BUT I SAID, I
DON'T NEED ANY SECURITY.
WELL, LATER THAT DAY, WHEN THEY
ARRIVED AT HIS HOTEL, AND SPREAD
OUT MY PROPERTY, HE CALLED AND
HE SAID, THEY'RE HERE.
YOU COME HERE, I'LL MEET YOU IN
THE LOBBY.
AND YOU NEED SECURITY, O.J.
THIS GUY -- BEARDSLEY.
BIG GUY, AND A LITTLE -- A
LITTLE WEIRD.
YOU KNOW?
I THINK ANYBODY THAT KNOWS HIM
KNOWS HE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I STILL TOLD HIM THIS GUY'S NOT
DANGEROUS, MAN, BUT HE SAYS,
MAN, BRING SOME SECURITY.
DURING THE DAY WHEN HE WAS THERE
HE MET PEOPLE FROM THE WEDDING
AND ONE GUY, McCLINTON, SAID HE
DID SECURITY IN LAS VEGAS.
AND IT WOULD HELP HIS BUSINESS
IF HE COULD HAVE ME AS A CLIENT.
I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T NEED HIM BUT
AFTER HE INSITED I BRING
SECURITY I SAID I COULD USE YOUR
HELP.
I WENT TO THE HOTEL.
I MET THMR. RICCIO IN THE LOBBY.
THE TWO GUYS ALSO MET US THERE.
A BIG MISTAKE, OBVIOUSLY.
I REALIZE THAT.
QUITE SOON AFTERWARDS.
AND MR. RICCIO LED US TO HIS
ROOM.
PUT THE KEY IN THE DOOR AND LET
US IN.
I KNOW I'VE SEEN THE LAST TWO OR
THREE DAYS THE MEDIA REPORTING
WE BROKE INTO THE ROOM BUT WE
DIDN'T BREAK INTO ANY ROOM.
MR. RICCIO BROUGHT US INTO THAT
ROOM.
WHEN I CAME INTO THE ROOM I
NOTICED SPREAD OUT EVERYWHERE
WAS MY PERSONAL PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW?
THE ONLY THING I SAW THAT WAS ON
DISPLAY THAT WASN'T MINE WAS
SOME BASEBALLS, AND I MADE IT
CLEAR TO EVERYBODY THOSE ARE NOT
MINE.
ALL I WANT IS MY PROPERTY, AND I
THINK THERE WAS A TAPE OF IT,
YOU HEAR ME ON AT LEAST THREE OR
FOUR CASES SAY I JUST WANT MY
PROPERTY.
GO FORWARD, TRY TO MAKE THIS A
LITTLE QUICKER --
AT SOME POINT, WE STARTED --
WHEN WE WERE LEAVING THE ROOM,
ACTUALLY, I WAS BEING PUSHED OUT
OF THE ROOM BY THE SECURITY
GUYS, BECAUSE WHILE I WAS IN
THERE AND I RECOGNIZED BRUCE WAS
THERE, I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE
HIM.
AS HE TESTIFIED, I WAS SHOCKED,
REALLY, TO SEE HIM.
BRUCE HAS BEEN A FRIEND OF MINE.
HE'S TRAVELED WITH ME.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF BUSINESS
TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS AND HE
AND I SAID, MAN, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?
YOU KNOW?
HE EXPLAINED TO ME WHY HE WAS
THERE AND WHY HE HAD MY PROPERTY
THERE AND I TOLD HIM, BUT, GEEZ,
YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME.
I ACCEPTED -- I UNDERSTOOD WHY.
IT WAS AN '06, '07, PEOPLE
LOSING THEIR HOMES.
A GUY OWED HIM MONEY, COULDN'T
PAY HIM THE MONEY.
GAVE HIM MY PROPERTY TO SELL.
I TOLD.
I UNDERSTOOD THAT, BUT YOU STILL
SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT
THIS AT A LATER DATE, AND I, HE
APOLOGIZED.
I ACCEPTED HIS APOLOGY.
I APOLOGIZED FOR THE TWO GUYS
THAT GOT POINTED A GUN AT.
HE'S TRAVELED WITH ME, KNOWN ME
WHEN I'VE HAD SECURITY.
HE'S KNOWN ME WHEN THE VENUE HAS
SUPPLIED SECURITY AND THERE WERE
TIMES HE EVEN HAD TO ACT AS
SECURITY FOR ME AND KNOWS I
WOULD NEVER, EVER, DIRECT
ANYBODY TO POINT A GUN AT HIM OR
EVEN THREATEN HIM.
I'VE NEVER DONE THIS IN MY LIFE
AND I WANT TO POINT OUT YOU
MENTIONED ALL THE GUN CHARGES.
BRUCE AND ALFRED, THEY MADE IT
CLEAR DURING THE TRIAL THAT I
HAD NO WEAPON.
THEY DIDN'T FEEL THREATENED BY
ME AND FROM WHAT YOU SAID, AND
THAT I DIDN'T THREATEN THEM.
IT WAS THE OTHER TWO SECURITY
GUYS THAT DID THAT.
I'M NOT -- I HAVEN'T MADE ANY
EXCUSES IN THE NINE YEARS I'VE
BEEN HERE AND NOT TRYING TO MAKE
AN EX-CRUISE NOW.
THEY WERE THERE BECAUSE OF ME.
YOU KNOW?
BUT IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM DID
I WISH THEM ANY HARM.
AS I WAS LEAVING THE ROOM AND
THIS IS ON THE TAPE, TOO, BRUCE
SAID, O.J., HEY, MAN, THERE'S A
BOX THAT'S WITH THAT STUFF THAT
MONTANA PRINTS, THOSE DON'T
BELONG TO YOU.
THOSE ARE MINE, MAN.
Y
HE TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE HE
RECOGNIZED EVERYTHING ELSE I
TOOK OUT OF THAT ROOM WAS MINE.
YOU KNOW?
AND HE ALSO OGZED I WASN'T THERE
TO STEAL THE STUFF, THAT HE KNEW
IT WAS RETURNING WHATEVER WAS
HIS, WHICH I ATTEMPTED TO DO.
LEAVE IT AT THE DESK.
I'LL SEND YOUR STUFF TO THE
DESK.
WE DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME THIS
SECURITY OFFICER STOLE HIS
BLACKBERRY, AND THE MINUTE I SAW
THAT, I MADE HIM SENT IT BACK
AND HE GAVE COCKAMAMIE STORY
AND -- IN THE TRIAL THAT, WHY HE
DIDN'T TAKE IT BACK.
AND IN ANY EVENT, I AM NO
DANGER, PULLED A GUN ON ANYBODY.
I NEVER HAVE IN MY LIFE.
NEVER BEEN ACCUSED OF IT IN MY
LIFE.
NOBODY'S EVER ACCUSED ME OF
PULLING ANY WEAPON ON THEM AND
BRUCE KNOWS THAT I WOULD NEVER
DO THAT.
I NEVER HAVE.
I WANT TO ALSO, AS A POSTSCRIPT
ADD THAT, YOU KNOW WHEN I GOT TO
LOVELOCK, THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TOOK UP THE ISSUE OF
WHO'S PROPERTY IT WAS.
THEY DID AN INVESTIGATION.
AND THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT IT WAS MY PROPERTY.
THEY TURNED IT OVER TO ME.
I HAVE IT NOW.
YOU KNOW?
SO I MEAN, IT'S -- KIND OF
MIND-BOGGLING THAT THEY TURNED
OVER TO ME PROPERTY THAT I'M IN
JAIL FOR FOR TRYING TO RETRIEVE.
YOU KNOW?
IT'S -- IT WAS MY PROPERTY.
I WASN'T THERE TO STEAL FROM
ANYBODY.
AND I WOULD NEVER, EVER PULL A
WEAPON, EVER PULL A WEAPON ON
EVERYBODY.
>> I BELIEVE THAT THE -- YOU
BELIEVED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS
YOURS?
>> IT'S BEEN RULED LEGALLY BY
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT IT
WAS MY PROPERTY AND THEY'VE
GIVEN IT TO ME.
>> MY QUESTION WAS, THAT'S WHY
YOU WENT INTO THE, THE HOTEL
ROOM?
>> YES, SIR.
>> YOU BELIEVED THE PROPERTY WAS
YOURS?
>> YES.
YOU KNOW, I -- WHENEVER HE WAS
JUST TELLING, THE RE -- CALLING
ME TELLING ME THIS I WASN'T
INTERESTED.
IT WASN'T UNTIL HE GOT ACTUAL
PICTURES OF WHAT THEY --
SUPPOSEDLY HAD.
AND BECAUSE IT WAS FAMILY PHOTOS
AND STUFF.
THAT'S WHEN I GOT INTERESTED IN
GOING THERE AND I ONLY WENT
THERE TO RETRIEVE MY OWN
PROPERTY.
>> SO WHAT WERE YOU THINKING
WHEN GUNS WERE BRANDISHED?
>> I DIDN'T SEE THE GUNS.
BRANDISHED.
YOU SAY, "GUNS."
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ONE GUY WHO
WAS BEHIND ME SOMEWHERE POINT
ADD GUN AT HILL.
I NEVER SAW HIM BRANDISH A GUN.
WHEN I LEFT THERE, I CALLED BACK
TO THE ROOM TO ASK BRUCE, YOU
SAID THAT THERE WAS SOME
PICTURES.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
AND ASKED, DID THIS WALTER
ALEXANDER RETURN HIS CELL PHONE?
HE TOLD ME, NO.
HE SAYS, O.J., WASN'T COOL THAT
GUY POINTED A GUN AT ME.
I SAID, WHO POINT ADD GUN AT
YOU?
HE SAID THAT, DESCRIBED WHO IT
WAS.
TO BE HONEST, I DIDN'T REALLY
BELIEVE HIM AT THE TIME.
I ASKED THE THREE GUYS I WAS
WITH.
THEY ALL SAID THEY DIDN'T SEE
HIM DO IT.
I GOT BACK TO MY HOTEL.
WE WAITED FOR THESE TWO SECURITY
GUYS TO SHOW UP.
AND THE MINUTE THEY DROVE UP,
THE FIRST THING I SAID, MAN, DID
YOU PULL A GUN IN THAT ROOM?
AND HE SWORE, NO DIDN'T.
AND I ASKED WALTER ALEXANDER,
FOR THE CELL PHONE, AND HE KIND
OF THREW THE CELL PHONE TO ME.
BUT -- WELL, I WASN'T AWARE
UNTIL, UNTIL I WAS IN THE CAR
DRIVING BACK TO OUR HOTEL THAT
THIS GUY HAD ACTUALLY POINT ADD
GUN AT HIM.
NOW, EARLIER IN THE DAY WHEN HE
HAD -- WHEN HE WAS TALKING TO ME
TRYING TO GET ME TO LET HIM
COME, I DIDN'T HIRE HIM.
HE SAID IT WAS FOR FREE AND ALL
OF THAT, HE DID SHOW ME -- I
DIDN'T KNOW THIS GUY.
YOU KNOW?
I KNEW THE ALEXANDER GUY BUT NOT
THIS GUY.
HE SHOWED ME HIT HIS LICENSE,
HIS CCR.
I ASSUME A GUY GIVES HIM A CCR
AND STUFF, THEY VET

O.J. explains events on night of the robbery

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