O.J. Simpson set to be released from Nevada prison

We are well aware of OJ's scofflaw attitude & our state should not become a country club for this convicted criminal https://t.co/iRSeKlj14F pic.twitter.com/47IhL5CeBx

— Fla. AG Pam Bondi (@AGPamBondi) September 29, 2017

CARSON CITY — O.J. Simpson wants to serve out his parole in Florida when he is released from prison in the next few days, but at least one high-ranking Sunshine State official wants his residency rejected.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she is asking the Department of Corrections to notify authorities that the state objects to Simpson’s relocation from Nevada.

“Orenthal Simpson stated, ‘I could easily stay in Nevada but I don’t think you guys want me here,’ Bondi wrote. “In light of Mr. Simpson’s history in California, Nevada, and Florida (discussed below), the same goes for the People of Florida.”

Simpson’s attorney, Malcolm LaVergne of Las Vegas, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday that he had spoken with Simpson by telephone Thursday night and that he was still at Lovelock Correctional Center, 120 miles east of the state capital, where he has been serving his sentence since December 2008.

Reports that Simpson, 70, was being held at High Desert State Prison in Southern Nevada are false, LaVergne said.

Simpson was granted parole in July. He is eligible for release starting Sunday, but the Nevada Department of Corrections has released no details.

In Florida, Bondi said there were allegations that Simpson had broken into his then-girlfriend’s home. He was also arrested for speeding in his powerboat in a manatee zone, among other concerns. If Simpson is allowed to serve his parole in Florida, under the rules of an interstate compact, the state is entitled to “take all deliberate steps to ensure that Mr. Simpson is subjected to the most stringent and secure conditions of supervision,” including the wearing of an electronic monitoring device, Bondi said.

A spokeswoman for the Florida Department of Corrections said Thursday that the state had not received a transfer request regarding Simpson and had not been contacted by its counterparts in Nevada.

LaVergne on Friday told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he expects the former football star and actor to be released from a Nevada prison “a few days” after Sunday.

Simpson was acquitted of the 1994 killings of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. He was later found liable for their deaths in civil court.

That case prompted Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner, R-Reno, to announce that she will propose a law in 2019 that requires an inmate’s history of domestic violence to be considered in hearings by the Nevada Parole Board.

Contact Sean Whaley at swhaley@reviewjournal.com or 775-461-3820. Follow @seanw801 on Twitter. The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.