IN HIS OWN WORDS

The Las Vegas police report on the arrest of O.J. Simpson said that when detectives first interviewed him on Friday at his hotel room at the Palms, he was "extremely talkative" despite saying that his lawyer had told him not to talk to authorities. The report lists some of Simpson's quotes as written down by a detective.

"These guys are afraid 'cause of the turnover orders," referring to Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong having to turn over any Simpson memorabilia to the California courts because of the Goldman family's civil judgment against Simpson.

"Where did they get the stuff?"

"They didn't claim that they got it legitimate?!!"

"They sneakin'," referring to the Beardsley and Fromong's handling of the memorabilia.

"THEY SAID, 'TAKE IT.' ... 'WE COOL JUICE.' ... 'WE COOL O.J.,'" REFERRING TO WHAT BEARDSLEY AND FROMONG SAID TO HIM IN THE PALACE STATION HOTEL ROOM.

"Why are they not in trouble?"

"I don't care about the memorabilia, I wanted the family stuff."

"These guys know me," referring to Beardsley and Fromong.

"Everyone there can corroborate the story," regarding his version of what happened in the hotel room.

"I wanted them to go to the room and see if it was my stuff and call me," referring to the men who went with Simpson to the Palace Station hotel room.

"First I hear we broke in ... then it was an armed robbery," referring to media reports of the incident.

"I didn't look at the stuff. I saw the balls down in the car," referring to items taken from the room and put into a car after the incident.

"I didn't take the time to go through it," referring to the items taken from the hotel room.

When asked whether he had police reports to support his claim that the items were his property that had been stolen from him, he said, "I don't have nothing."

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