f. lee bailey about using the "n" word, everybody in the world knew he was being set up but him. >> whatas we also had him on tape. >> four months after bailey versus fuhrman, the defense gets an unlikely tip. screen writer laura hart mckinney had interviewed mark fuhrman for a fictional script she was writing and she still has the audio recordings. despite a court order to keep the tape sealed, some of the startling contents are leaked. >> he's just a real racist scum. >> now we're going to look at is fuhrman and what a scumbag he is. >> and to ron goldman's father, fred, the tapes are a devastating distraction. >> this is not now the fuhrman trial. this is a trial about the man that murdered my son. >> judge lance ito has ruled that the jury will be able to hear portions of taped interviews with now retired lapd detective mark fuhrman. >> fuhrman said the "n" word dozens of times on the tape, but judge ito decides the jury will only hear two. the excerpts are brief, yet powerful and disturbing. >> they don't do anything. [ indiscernible ] >> after the excerpt ended of the fuhrman tapes

f. lee bailey says fuhrman may be a criminal. >> did you go back to the crime scene? bservations? >> bailey wants to know if he planted evidence at the scene. >> did you wipe a glove in the bronco, detective fuhrman? >> no. >> you did not? >> no. >> but some of the jurors believe fuhrman was up to no good. >> did you ever for a moment believe that the police wanted to frame o.j. simpson? >> frame him? i think that was in fuhrman's mind. >> but why would fuhrman want to frame o.j. simpson? simple, says the defense team. fuhrman is a racist. >> why did it become so much about race? >> it's amazing. because o.j. simpson was as white a black person as you can imagine. he lived a white life. lived in a white neighborhood. >> married to a white woman. >> married to a white woman. working for a major car company. he was not part of the african-american community to speak of, but i think that many african-americans could identify with the police tampering with evidence and planting evidence. >> were you familiar with the language attributed to you by ms. bell? >> and to hammer

f. lee bailey, everybody in the world knew he was being set up, but him. the defense gets an unlikely tip. scre screenwriter laura hart mckinney had interviewed fuhrman for a fictional script she was writing and she still has the audio recordings. despite a court order to keep the tape sealed, some of the startling contents are leaked. >> he's just a real racist scum. >> now we'll look at fuhrman and what a scumbag he is. >> and to ron goldman's father, fred, the tapes are a devastating distraction. this is not now the fuhrman trial. this is a trial about the man that murdered my son. >> judge lance ito has ruled the jury will hear portions of taped interviews with now retired lapd detective mike fuhrman. fuhrman says the "n" word dozens of times on the tape, but judge ito decides the jury will only hear two. the excerpts are brief, yet powerful and disturbing. >> they don't do anything. they don't go out. >> after the excerpt ended of the fuhrman tapes you broke down and cried at that moment. why? >> because i was worried at the ramifications because i wa

f. lee bailey came up to me and he whispered in my ear why the hell did you let him do that. i didn't know he was going to do anything. chris is a good man, a good prosecutor, a bright man. he should have known better. >> i remember watching the gloves in the courtroom. and thinking to myself he is not going to ask o.j. to put on the glove. that is too much of a risk. you never ask a question in a courtroom, much less do a demonstration where you don't know what the outcome is. and it was like a slow motion disaster movie for the prosecution as o.j. milked the moment for all it was worth. and pretended to try on those gloves. after the trial, christopher dardin would add min to larry king it was a mistake. >> when it happened in court did you know you were in trouble? >> i knew it had not gone as well as i hoped it would. >> did you regard it as earth shattering to the case? >> no, not necessarily, not particularly. not until i went upstairs and left the courtroom that people thought it was a monumental failure. a monumental mistake. >> was it chris darden that blew the case?

f. lee bailey. >> the person you go to when you're really in lot of trouble and can afford it. >> and of course, johnny cochran, who would take the lead. >> flamboyant. outgoing. approachable. fun. and extremely charismatic, while also having considerable mastery of the details of the case. >> and known for defending celebrities like child actor todd bridges, football legend jim brown and superstar michael jackson. but would the all-star strategy work? >> the o.j. dream team was not a dream team. it was a nightmare team. most of the lawyers didn't get along with each other. there was a lot of competition for the limelight. >> despite all that competition, simpson's team comes up with this. they allege that lapd detective mark furman was a racist who planted evidence. >> this is not just any city where an allegation of the racist cop is being made. this is the lapd. >> the racist allegations simmering under the surface come to a boil. just days before the trial begins. when the defense wants permission to ask furman if he's ever used the "n" word. >> and i'll use the word because i'm quot

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f. lee bailey came up and grabbed me and whispered and laughing. why did you let him do that?he's a good prosecutor. he's a bright man. he should have known better. >> i remember watching the gloves in the courtroom, and thinking to myself he's not going to ask o.j. to put on the glove. that's too much of a risk. you never ask a question in a courtroom, much less do a demonstration where you don't know what the outcome is. it was like a slow motion disaster movie for the prosecution. >> after the trial christopher darden would admit to larry king it was a mistake. >> when it happened in court did you know i was in trouble? >> i knew it hasn't gone as well as i hoped. >> did you regard it as earth shattering to the case? >> no. not necessarily. it wasn't until i went upstairs and left the courtroom that people thought it was a monumental failure. >> was it chris darden that blew this case? >> chris darden blew it. when o.j. was able to walk in front of jury and say it's too small, he didn't have to testify. he had already testified in front of the jury. he wasn't cross examined