O.J. Simpson to return to court; accused of violating bail

Last Updated: Friday, January 11, 2008 | 3:58 PM ET

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Former football star and actor O.J. Simpson is back in custody after allegedly violating the terms of his bail in relation to his recent armed robbery case, a Las Vegas court official said Friday.

Currently in custody in Florida, Simpson is scheduled to appear at a hearing before U.S. District Court Judge Jackie Glass in Las Vegas on Wednesday, a clerk said.

O.J. Simpson entered a not guilty plea in November.
(John Locher/Associated Press)

The hearing was scheduled at the request of Clark County district attorney David Roger, who on Friday was said to be filing a motion to revoke Simpson's bail.

In mid-September, Simpson was arrested after he and his friends allegedly conducted a raid on two sports memorabilia dealers at the Palace Station casino-hotel in Las Vegas.

He has claimed he was simply retrieving items that had been stolen from him.

A few days later, Simpson was released on $125,000 US bail after agreeing to surrender his passport and not contact any witnesses or co-defendants.

He was subsequently arraigned, along with two other men, on 12 charges, including suspicion of kidnapping and armed robbery of the two memorabilia dealers. In late November, he entered a not guilty plea.

Glass had set trial for Simpson and his co-defendants — Charles (Charlie) Ehrlich and Clarence (C.J.) Stewart — for April 7.

Infamous after his 1995 acquittal of killing his wife Nicole Brown-Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, Simpson was nevertheless later deemed liable for their deaths in a civil trial and ordered to pay $33.5 million US.

In 2006 and throughout 2007, he was the target of public scrutiny once again after participating in a ghost-written book project entitled If I Did It, which purportedly details how he would have committed the killings.