the police to help him get his stuff back on several occasions and they refused to help him. according to tom riccio, simpson comes up with an alternative plan. a sting designed to flush out whoever took his prized possessions and get those items back. simpson asked riccio to set up the sting. he goes tell these guys you got a buyer, a rich buyer who is a big o.j. fan and i ll come there and i ll say listen, guys, this is my stuff, give it to me or i m calling the police. i guarantee you there ll be no altercation, no nothing. they ll apogize and they ll give the stuff back. riccio agrees to help simpson. he calls the source of the original tip about simpson s stolen items. a man named al beardsley and asks him to arrange a meeting in with the seller in las vegas the evening of september 13, 2007. the seller will bring the items for inspection. the afternoon of the meeting
mother [ bleep ], you think you can sell my [ bleep ] and sell it? don t let anybody out of here. everybody s blaming, pointing fingers at everybody else at this point. i m cool, i am. stand up. stand up stand your mother [ bleep ]. i had nothing to do with it. i trusted you, man. bag this [ bleep ] up. bag it up. and then all these guys grab pillowcases, and they re stuffing the pillowcases with the stuff. it was only six minutes and 38 seconds from the time we walked through that door until the time we walked out. we were just robbed at gunpoint, man. we were just robbed at gunpoint by o.j. simpson. beardsley immediately calls the police and the media. hello, guys. two days later in las vegas, simpson attends his best friend s wedding. he publicly dismisses rumors he may have been involved in a robbery. i ain t got nothing to say. i didn t do nothing wrong.
day. the hotel and casino security cameras capture images of the group as they move through the premises. five people go with o.j. to the hotel which i don t think tom riccio, the middleman, expected. and two of simpson s men have come with guns. simpson said show your weapon and look menacing. that was exactly what the man said. riccio leads simpson s entourage back to his room where the tape recorder is rolling. about to capture the voices of nine men in the small room when o.j. simpson s sting goes terribly wrong. what s up, guys? oh, no, oh, no. o.j. simpson is face-to-face with the person who s selling some of his stolen items. and simpson is shocked. the seller is bruce framal, a collectibles dealer simpson knows and has worked with many times in the past. with him is al beardsley, who has come to broker the sale.
hi, god bless. but las vegas metropolitan police come to a different conclusion. we recovered two firearms and some clothing. the las vegas metropolitan police department decided to affect the arrest of o.j. simpson. no johnnie to save you this time, o.j. guilty! a year later in 2008 with the world watching, o.j. simpson goes back on trial. this time accused of multiple counts of conspiracy, robbery and kidnapping. but is his case purely about what happened in that las vegas hotel room? michael mcclinton has written a book called the truth about the o.j. simpson robbery. i had the gun in the commission of a robbery. i could have got more time than him. but then again that started showing me they don t want me. they felt that they had the hooks and they were going to drive them in him as deep as they could so he couldn t get off. but this will be nothing like his los angeles murder trial. he didn t have the resources
you think you can steal my [ bleep ] and get away with it? don t let nobody out of here. and they brandished the gun. those two things sealed o.j. s fate. on october 3rd, 2008, after 13 hours of deliberating, the nevada jury reaches its verdict. the state of nevada plaintiff versus orenthal james simpson defendant. we the jury in the above entitled case find the defendant guilty. on all 12 counts of robbery, kidnapping and conspiracy. the verdict came down 13 years to the day of his acquittal in the murder trial. make of that what you will. at his sentencing simpson faces judge jackie glass. i said to mr. simpson i didn t know if he was arrogant or ignorant or both and during the trial and through this proceeding i got the answer. and it was both. i wasn t there to hurt anybody. i just wanted my personal things