Feb 11, 2008 3:38 pm US/Eastern
TV Show To Air O. J. Simpson Jail Video
LAS VEGAS (AP) ―
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OJ Simpson arrives at Miami International Airport on Thursday Jan. 17th, 2008, a day after an angry Las Vegas judge doubled his bail but allowed him to stay out of jail while he awaits trial on armed robbery charges.
CBS
O.J. Simpson told jailers he had been planning to host a poker game
at his home in Miami before he was brought to Las Vegas to spend
several nights behind bars, according to a television program
transcript released Monday.
"I didn't expect to be back here so soon," Simpson laughed as he was
greeted by a Las Vegas police jail officer, according to the transcript
from producers of the MyNetworkTV show "Jail."
A crew was already filming at the Clark County Detention Center when
the former football star was brought in by his former bail bondsman on
Jan. 11, said Morgan Langley, an executive producer.
"It was not something we were expecting," Langley said of Simpson's
appearance, which Langley said drew cheers from other people in an
intake waiting room at the jail. "It was a little bit strange."
The segment is scheduled for broadcast Tuesday at 9 p.m.
Simpson's lawyers did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment Monday.
Simpson and two other men are due for trial April 7 on charges
including kidnapping and armed robbery stemming from a Sept. 13
confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas casino
hotel.
He was brought back to Las Vegas for allegedly violating terms of
his release on $125,000 bail by trying to contact a co-defendant in his
armed robbery case. A judge doubled his bail.
According to the transcript, Simpson said he was having a good day until he was brought back to Las Vegas.
"I used to love coming to Vegas," Simpson tells a jailer. "Now (I) hate it."
"I had a poker game tonight at my house that I was hosting and today I finally found my golf swing," he says.
Simpson returned to Miami after posting the new bail amount.
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