HOLLYWOOD - O.J. Simpson told henchmen who helped him carry out a sports memorabilia raid on a Las Vegas hotel suite they should consider leaving the state to avoid a possible jail sentence, a court has heard.
The former football star-turned-actor stormed the room of collector Alfred Beardsley in September, demanding the return of items he claimed had been stolen from a storage facility.
The fact that two of the men who joined Simpson in the raid wielded weapons has landed the Naked Gun star in big trouble--and three of his co-defendants have since agreed to testify against him.
In the ongoing preliminary hearing in Las Vegas, one of the men, Walter Alexander, told the court on Tuesday that Simpson, who claims he didn't know weapons would be used in the raid, joked with him about the incident afterwards.
Alexander said, "I was like, 'So, O.J., if I go to jail... you gonna bail me out?' And he was like, 'Ha ha ha, if you get out of town you don't have to worry about going to jail.'"
Alexander insisted Simpson urged his posse to "bring heat" as he planned the raid.
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