and so does riccio's recording.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 night club scene. >> 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. you know, what if the

riccio the go-xen heads north to the palace station hotel to link with the memorabilia dealers.hey're captured on the hotel security cameras bringing in the haul. >> we took the memorabilia down to the room, set it all up for this supposed buyer that was coming in. >> reporter: on the way to the palace simpson recruits two more buddies including c.j. stewart. >> he gets in the car and he says what? >> man, i've got 15 minutes to get there and you don't even have to get out of the vehicle. just please don't leave me there. >> reporter: ehrlich and another pretend buyer head in first. >> two seconds later i look down the hallway, i see o.j., this guy clarence stewart who i met an hour and a half ago, these two black guys who look like they're right out of "miami vice." slicked back here, versace glasses, suits. i go who the [ bleep ] are these guys? excuse my french. and i said oh, boy, this is a typical o.j. move, i'm saying to myself. >> reporter: for the first time since that night mcclinton walks back into the palace station hotel. it's undergoing significant renovation. >> wh

i wish riccio had never called me. i thought i was glad to get my stuff back but it wasn't worth it. nine years without my family, it wasn't worth it. i'm sorry. >> just one more thing for the record. 9-29-22 is your expiration. all those people in the world wondering how that adds up to 33 years in the state of nevada, good behavior, complying with the rules can mean up to a 50% reduction off the back end of your sentence. if granted parole, that september 29th, 2022 time could even move closer. i wanted to put that on the record. and at this point, i'll ask miss bautista if you will move mr. lavergne and mr. simpson again and we invite mr. fromong to the table. >> we will now hear from bruce fromong, one of the victims of o. swrnchts simpson on that day. you heard o.j. say he felt he made good with mr. fromong many years ago. now we're going to hear him testify on oj's behalf. >> state your name for the record and then please proceed. >> it is bruce fromong. thank you for the opportunity to be able to speak today. fi

they'll apogize and they'll give the stuff back. >> riccio agrees to help simpson.ource of the original tip about simpson's stolen items. a man named al beardsley and asks him to arrange a meeting in with the seller in las vegas the evening of september 13, 2007. the seller will bring the items for inspection. the afternoon of the meeting simpson decides his plan needs reinforcement. he talks to friends at his hotel and rounds up a group of five men to take with him that night. including michael mcclinton. >> simpson says you've got to conceal a weapon for me. he said i want you to go with me as security. sure, i'll go with you. >> at 7:30 that night o.j. simpson's sting goes into motion. at the palace station hotel and casino in las vegas, tom brings the sellers to his hotel room so they can display their merchandise. what no one but riccio knows is that he plans to record everything. >> i had a little recorder up there on the armoire and i had it there for the whole time. >> riccio then leaves the room to meet simpson in the hotel lobby, who has been drinking all

oh, yeah, tom riccio is a rat. >> name the person i ratted on. >> riccio says that it was o.j. was giving the orders in the room. >> maybe i did. all right, so i'm a rat. >> reporter: following a two-week trial, 13 years to the day of this infamous moment, o.j. simpson's fate is once again in the hands of a jury. the 61-year-old found guilty on all 12 counts. friend c.j. stewart, the only one not to have cut a deal, also found guilty of armed robbery. when you heard those words and you're standing there in that courtroom -- >> i froze up. i asked for this. i left myself open. i wasn't no victim. i allowed myself to get caught up. >> reporter: you were beating yourself up at that moment. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: that's all right. take your time. it's okay. >> i just wanted my personal things and i realize i was stupid. i didn't mean to hurt anyone and i didn't mean to steal from anyone. thank you. >> all right mr. simpson, i'm going to sentence you as follows. count one. >> reporter: and then that stiff sentence -- up to 33 years in prison. >> i'm not here to sentence mr. simp

i wish riccio had never called me. i thought i was glad to get my stuff back, but it wasn't worth it. nine years away from your family is just not worth it and i'm sorry. thank you. >> just one thing for the record. your numbers, good behavior, complying with the rules can mean up to a 50% reduction off of the back end of your sentence if granted parole, that is september 29th, 2022 time could even more closer. i wanted to put that on the record. at this point i will ask mr. batista, and we invite mr. furmong to the table, please. >> if you will put your own name on the record for us, please. >> yes, it is bruise furmong, i would like to thank you for the opportunity to speak today. first and foremost, i would like to state that i'm not here just as mr. simpson's friend of almost 27 years. because that i am. but today i'm also appearing as the victim of the crime from september 13th of 2007. on that day, i felt that mr. simpson was misguided. not by himself, but also by tom riccio. he was led to believe that on that da

i met with riccio in the lobby. the two guys, they also met us there, which was a big mistake, obviously. i realize that quite soon after this. and mr. riccio led us to his room, put the key in the door and let us in. i know i've seen the last two or three days the media reporting we broke in the room. we didn't break into any room. mr. riccio brought us into that room. when i came into the room, i notice spread out everywhere was my personal property. you know? the only thing i saw that was on display that wasn't mine was some baseballs, and i made it clear to everybody, those are not mine. all i want is my property and i think there's a tape of it, you hear me on it at least three or four occasions say i just want my property. go forward, try to make it a little quicker, at some point we started -- when we were leaving the room after i was being pushed out of the room by the security guys because while i was in there and i recognized bruce was there, i was surprised to see him as he testified, i was shocked really

i wish -- i wish riccio had never called me. i thought i was glad to get my stuff back, but it wasn't worth it. you know, nine years away from your family is just not worth it and i'm sorry. thank you. >> just one more thing for the record. your expiration is, as of today, 9/29/22 and for all those people in the world wondering how that adds up to 33 years, in the state of nevada, good behavior, complying with the rules, can mean up to a 50% reduction off the back end of your sentence. if granted parole, that september 29, 2022, time could even move closer so i wanted to put that on the record. and at this point, i'll ask the officer if you will move mr. laverne and mr. simpson again and we invite mr. furmong to the table, please. >> yes, ma'am. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and put your own name on the record for us, please, and then proceed. >> yes. it is bruce furmong and i'd like to thank the -- thank you for the opportunity to be able to speak today. first and foremost, i'd like to state that i'm not here just as mr. simps

riccio led us to his room, put the key in the door and let us in. i've seen the media reporting we broke into the room but we didn't break into any room, riccio brought us in there. when i came into the room, i noticed spread out everywhere was my personal property. the only thing i saw that was on display that wasn't mine were some baseballs and i made it clear to everybody that those were not mine, all i want is my property. there is a tape, you hear me on at least three or four cases say i just want my property. i'll try to make it a little quicker. at some point we started leaving, when we were leaving the room -- i had been pushed out of the room by the security guys because while i was in there and i recognized bruce was there, i was surprised to see him, as he testified i was shocked to see him. bruce has been a friend of mine, he has traveled to me and we have done a lot of business together over the years. i said man, what are you doing here? he explained to me why he was there and why he had my property and i told him he should have told m

riccio brought us into the room.pread out everywhere was my personal property, you know? the only thing i saw that was on display that wasn't mine was some baseballs and i made it clear to everybody those are not mine. all i want is my property, and i think there's a tape of it. you hear me on at least three or four occasions that i just want my property. go forward and try to make it a little quicker. at some point we started leaving -- when we're leaving the room, i was pushed out of the room by the security guys, because while i was in there and i recognized bruce was there, i was surprised to see him as he testified. i was shocked to see him. bruce has been a friend of mine, he's traveled with me, we've done a lot of business together over the years, and he and i said, man, what are you doing here? he explained to me why he was there and had my property there, and i told him, geez, you should have told me. i understood why. it was an 06-07, people were losing their homes, a guy owed him money, couldn't pay him th

riccio brought us into that room. when i came into the room i noticed spread out everywhere was my personal property. you know? the only thing i saw that was on display that wasn't mine was some baseballs, and i made it clear to everybody those are not mine. all i want is my property, and i think there was a tape of it, you hear me on at least three or four cases say i just want my property. go forward, try to make this a little quicker -- at some point, we started -- when we were leaving the room, actually, i was being pushed out of the room by the security guys, because while i was in there and i recognized bruce was there, i was surprised to see him. as he testified, i was shocked, really, to see him. bruce has been a friend of mine. he's traveled with me. we've done a lot of business together over the years and he and i said, man, what are you doing here? you know? he explained to me why he was there and why he had my property there and i told him, but, geez, you should have told me. i accepted -- i understood why

. >> riccio leads the entourage back to the room where the tape recorder is rolling. capture the voices of nine men in the small room when o.j. simpson's sting goes terribly wrong. o.j. simpson is face-to-face with the person who's selling some of his stolen items. and simpson is shocked. the seller is bruce framal, a collectibles dealer simpson knows and has worked with many times in the past. with him is al beardsley who has come to broker the sale. >> everybody's blaming, pointing fingers at everybody else at this point. >> by then all these guys have pillowcases and they're stuffing the pillowcases with the stuff. >> it was only six minutes and 38 seconds from the time we walked through that door until the time we walked out. beardsley immediately called the police and the media. two days later in las vegas, simpson attends his best friend's wedding. he publicly dismisses rumors he may have been involved in a robbery. >> i ain't got nothing to say. i didn't do nothing wrong. >> but las vegas metropolitan police come to a different conclusion. >> we recovered two f

crucial to his case, the video from the hotel security cameras and tom riccio's audiotapes, 16 hoursding o.j. talking about the incident before, during, and after it happened. >> unfortunately for o.j. he says nobody can leave this room. and they brandished a gun. those two things sealed o.j.'s fate. >> on october 3rd, 2008, after 13 hours of deliberating, the nevada jury reaches its verdict. >> the state of nevada plaintiff versus orenthal james simpson defendant. the we the jury in the above entitled case find the defendant guilty. >> on all 12 counts of robbery, kidnapping and conspiracy. >> the verdict came down 13 years to the day of his acquittal in the murder trial. make of that what you will. >> at his sentencing simpson faces judge jackie glass. >> i said to mr. simpson i didn't know if he was arrogant or ignorant or both and during the trial and through this proceeding i got the answer. and it was both. >> i wasn't there to hurt anybody. i just wanted my personal things and i realize now it was stupid of me. i am sorry. i didn't mean to steal anything from anybody. and i di

thomas riccio/former auction house owner: "that's the only way i am allowed to talk about it.but in the end... prosecutors said the case simply boiled down to robbery... while simpson's defense argued it was all about o-j.((david roger/district attorney: "we don t want people going into rooms with guns to take property - that is robbery." )) ((yale galanter/simpson's attorney: "the police, da, was only interested in one thing. mr. simpson." )) at his december 2008 sentencing... simpson said he was sorry for his actions.((o.j. simpson: "i wasn't there to hurt anybody. i just wanted my personal things, and i realized it was stupid of me. i'm sorry, i didn't mean to steal anything from anybody, and i didn't know i was doing anything illegal. ")) but it was illegal... bringing with it a sentence of 9 to 33 years in prison. the goldman family said they finally had some justice... after o-j's acquital in the murders of nichole brown simpson and ronald goldman 13 years to the day earlier.((fred goldman/ron goldman's father: "it's kinda a bitter sweet moment knowing that the sob is go

a man named thomas riccio promised him this big big package. in reality -- thomas had never met me. he got there and saw this -- i had went down, he got omt j., and instead of telling him that's not what was there. he brought him up anyway. when o.j. got there, and first thing he was already worked up, and had people with him that were hollering and screaming. there was a lot of commotion going on in a very, very small room. real small room, wasn't it, o.j.? and a lot of things happened very quickly. and unfortunately, if o.j. had said everybody out of here, o.j. bruce and i need to talk for a minute, none of this needed to happen. but that didn't happen. and it took -- one of the things i want to make clear, it took two years in a california court because -- and a judge's infinite wisdom instead of going ahead and turning things back over, everything got sent to a california court to get straightened out. and after having to fight the goldman's lawyers, o.j.'s lawyers, and it took me two years to get back with over 600 items, a majority of it did come back to me. i had to go back 1

tom riccio got total immunity after waiting eight days, makes $320,000, goes to o.j., lies about goingthere's going to be thousands of pieces of his personal memorabilia. helps plan this whole thing, gets total immunity. i mean, you know, nobody in there served time except for stewart who did 27 months and o.j. simpson that did 9 1/2 to 33. >> all right, bruce, we appreciate your time this morning. thanks so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> david. >> we'll have more on this but first the other stories we're following. as we told you more than 100 million americans will feel the heat topping 100 degrees spreading across the country as we enter day three of the heat wave in the east. ginger is outside the studio with the latest. how is it feeling. >> this is when it goes beyond uncomfortable and potentially dangerous closing in on 80 degrees already after 7:00 a.m. and want to show you why we have an excessive heat warning. in philadelphia, also places like de men or wichita, kansas. kansas city and st. louis. heat advisories that stretch from texas all the way to here in new york

>> yes whenever he was just telling me -- when riccio was calling me telling me this, i wasn't interested it wasn't until he got pictures of what they supposedly had and family photos and stuff, that's when i got interested in going there and i only went there to retrieve my own property >> what were you thinking when the guns were being brandished >> well, i didn't see the guns brandished you say guns, as i understand it, one guy who's behind me, i never saw him brandish the gun when i left there i called back to the room and said to bruce, you said there were some pictures and i asked walter alexander to return the cell phone and he said it wasn't cool that the gun was pointed at me i said what gun and he described what it was. to be honest, i didn't really believe him at the time. i asked the three guys i was with, they all said they didn't see him do it. i got back to my hotel we waited for these two security guys to show up and the minute they drove up, i said, man, did you pull a gun in that room? he swore to high heaven he didn't and i asked walter alexander for the cell phone and