. >> reporter: charlie ehrlich, a miami strip club promoter, agrees to pose as a buyer. >> so i said.j., listen, for you i'm going to do this. >> reporter: ehrlich leaves, and simpson's former golfing buddy walter alexander joins in too. >> riccio left, and then all of a sudden the conversation got serious. >> reporter: what was the plan? what did o.j. say he wanted to do? >> when he approached me about it, he was like, hey, man, will you watch my back? so i said yes. and then after i said yes he leaned in a little closer and he said, "by the way, can you get some heat?" >> meaning a gun? >> meaning a gun. and when he said that, i hesitated. >> reporter: while he hesitates, someone else speaks up. michael mcclinton, a friend from the los angeles nightclub scene. and at the time he ran a security company and had a concealed carry permit. >> he asked me, would you go with me to be my security? sure, i'll go with you. little did i know that it was going to turn into what it did. >> after he did that i look at o.j. and i say, so o.j., what if they call the police? and he looked at me and

joining me live, charlie ehrlich, an accomplice to the 2007 robbery in vegas. > hello. hello, stephanie, how are you? >> fine, thank you. do you think your friend o.j. will get parole? >> i would hope so. >> well, you're his friend. when and if he gets out of jail, are you going to help him out? >> if he calls me, i would help him out, absolutely. i believe he shouldn't be there in the first place. >> are you in contact with him now? you were there in 2007. >> no, no. i have not spoken with o.j. since he's been incarcerated. >> then tell us about that night from your point of view. >> it was a mistake what happened. if o.j. just would have let me -- if he just would have let me do what he asked me to, to go up there and look to see if it was his memorabilia, i would have came down. i would have told him i was really nothing much. and this gentleman mr. richo misled him and that's why he got caught in this debacle. i really don't think o.j. meant for this to happen. matter of fact, i know he didn't want this to happen. he's one of the nicest gentleman that you'll

." >> reporter: meet charlie ehrlich, a miami strip club promoter and part of simpson's new pack of friendsh says simpson asks him to pose as a buyer. >> i said, "o. j., listen. for you, i'm going to do this." >> reporter: he leaves and later upstairs in simpson's hotel room, the planning continues. and so does riccio's recording. listen as the juice gets in game mode. >> can you lower the tv a little bit? it's 3:30 already. so we're talking about 6:00. >> reporter: by now, someone else has joined this company of conspirators, simpson's old golfing buddy, walter alexander. what was the plan? what did o.j. say he wanted to do? >> he approached me about it he was like, hey, man will you watch my back? so i said yes. and then after i said yes, he leaned in a little closer and he said, "by the way, can you get some heat?" >> reporter: meaning a gun. >> meaning a gun. and when he said that i hesitated. >> reporter: alexander may have hesitated, but someone else soon steps up. he runs a security company and has a conceal carry permit. his name? michael mcclinton, a simpson pal from the vegas nigh

charles ehrlich joins us now. good morning, charlie. thank you for being here. >> good morning, alisyn, how are you? >> i'm well. do you think that o.j. will be paroled today? >> yes, i do. >> and are you --how do you feel about that? >> i think it's about time. he's been in, what, nine years now. and i don't think he should have been there to begin with. >> well, let's talk about that. because, let's remind people just as jean just did, it was september 13th, 2007. you both went to this las vegas hotel room. you, i believe, was the one posing for this memorabilia buyer. you were going to meet with these two memorabilia sellers who claimed to have o.j.'s stuff, some of his items. a heisman trophy, et cetera. >> correct. >> o.j. wanted those items back. but he had had to surrender those items, because he had lost that wrongful death suit against the goldman family, ron goldman was killed. and so why shouldn't o.j. have been in prison for that -- perpetrating and masterminding that robbery? >> because i don't think that he knew there wer