OJ Simpson Back in Slammer

OJ Simpson was forced to return to jail today for violation of the terms of his bail by attempting to contact one of his co-defendants in his armed robbery/kidnapping case.

On Friday, OJ was being escorted from the Miami area back to Las Vegas to be jailed until he faced a hearing on Wednesday.

Las Vegas court prosecutors have stated that Simpson allegedly left a message on November 16th asking his bail bondsman, Miguel Pereira, to get in contact with Simpson’s co-defendant, Clarence “C.J.” Stewart, to convince him not to cut a deal with the prosecution and testify against Simpson.

Clark County District Attorney David Roger stated in court documents that "after being admitted to bail with the conditions set above…(Simpson) attempted to dissuade a co-defendant from testifying and cooperating with law enforcement."

In the message Simpson was quoted as saying, “I’m fed up with this. Fed up with changing what they told me. All right?”

Simpson allegedly made the call only two days after he was ordered to stand trial by a Vegas justice of the peace for 12 counts including armed robbery and kidnapping. Simpson may be liable to spend the rest of his life behind bars if he is convicted.

OJ has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to stand trial beginning April 7th. He was freed on $125,000 bail until then with the proviso that he have absolutely no contact with the other defendants in the case--not even by “carrier pigeon.”

Simpson’s bail bondsman You Ring We Spring rearrested Simpson after the Las Vegas prosecutor filed a complaint that Simpson has violated the terms of his bail.

On Wednesday, District Court Judge Jackie Glass will be faced with the decision as to whether or not Simpson violated the terms of his $125,000 bail. If the judge decides that Simpson did violate bail, OJ could be forced to remain in jail until his trial.

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Defendant: Guns Were OJ's Idea

Charles “Chuck” Cashmore told NBC’s Matt Lauer on the Today Show that OJ Simpson is the one who asked his co-defendants to bring guns with them when Simpson and a few associates allegedly robbed two sports memorabilia dealers at the Palace Station Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas in early September.

Cashmore was one of the “associates” who accompanied Simpson on the botched mission to rescue some of OJ’s memorabilia that he claims were rightfully his. The accompanying photo shows a football that was one of the items that OJ allegedly stole from the hotel room.

OJ claims that the memorabilia was stolen from him years ago, and he was merely retrieving his own property. The Las Vegas police have a different view of the “retrieval” and have charged Simpson with two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and burglary with a deadly weapon and kidnapping.

Cashmore claims to have only met Simpson that very day saying, “I did not know Mr. Simpson before that evening. A mutual friend of ours asked me if I wanted to meet the gentleman. I just had a cocktail with him and it went from there.”

NBC reports that Cashmore has pled guilty to being an accessory to a robbery and is cooperating with the prosecuting attorneys. If Cashmore testifies that the guns were OJ’s idea, that could prove to be one important nail in Simpson’s coffin. Simpson initially claimed that there were no guns involved in the alleged robbery.

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