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From: rovaan
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Date: 21 Feb 2005
Time: 18:59:03 -0500
Mario- This is from the preliminary hearing on Jul7 5th. Park picked up two huys earlier but used a Lincoln Towncar. I suspect this will all run together but hopefully you can get the jist. Q WHEN DID YOU FIRST RECEIVE NOTIFICATION THAT YOU 21 WERE GOING TO HAVE A PICK UP AT O.J. SIMPSON'S HOUSE? A IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN SOMETIME IN THE 22 MORNING, 10:00, 11:00, 11:00. Q WHERE DID YOU RECEIVE THAT NOTIFICATION? 23 A FROM MY BOSS. HE LIVES ACROSS THE STREET. Q DID HE JUST WALK OVER, OR DID HE CALL YOU? 24 A I CAN'T REMEMBER IF HE CAME OVER OR CALLED. Q AND WHAT DID HE TELL YOU? 25 A HE TOLD ME I HAD A PICK UP AT 7:00 O'CLOCK EARLIER IN THE NIGHT AT LAX, PICKING UP A COUPLE CLIENTS AND 26 TAKING THEM TO BEVERLY HILLS. AND THEN HE TOLD ME I HAD A PICK UP AT 10:45 AT MR. SIMPSON'S HOUSE. 27 Q WHERE DID YOU START FOR YOUR 7:00 O'CLOCK PICK UP AT LAX? 28 A WHERE DID I START? 0055 1 Q WHERE DID YOU LEAVE FROM? A FROM HIS HOUSE IN TORRANCE. 2 Q SO HE HAS HIS CARS AT HIS HOUSE? A YES. 3 Q AND WHAT TYPE OF VEHICLE WERE YOU DRIVING? A A LINCOLN TOWN CAR. 4 Q WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THAT CAR? A IT IS A STRETCH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LENGTH OF 5 IT IS. Q DO YOU KNOW IF STRETCHES COME IN DIFFERENT 6 LENGTHS? A YES, THEY DO. 7 Q YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LENGTH THIS CAR WAS? A NO. 8 Q WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE FOR THE AIRPORT FOR THAT PICK UP? 9 A TO THE AIRPORT? Q YES. 10 A 6:00 -- WE GOT A PHONE CALL WHICH WE FOUND OUT THE PLANE WAS COMING IN EARLY. THE PICK UP WAS AT 11 7:00 O'CLOCK, AND WE FOUND OUT THEY WERE COMING IN AT 6:30. SO I LEFT ABOUT 6:00 O'CLOCK. 12 Q WHAT AIRLINES DID YOU GO TO, FOR THE PICK UP? A IT WAS BRITISH AIRWAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 13 Q OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? YOU ARE NOT SURE? A I AM NOT POSITIVE. 14 Q WHAT WAS THE FLIGHT NUMBER? A I DON'T REMEMBER THIS STUFF. 15 Q WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE PARTIES YOU WERE PICKING UP? 16 A IT WAS BILL TAYLOR AND ANOTHER PERSON. Q WHAT WAS THE OTHER PERSON'S NAME? 17 A KEITH SOMETHING. Q YOU DON'T REMEMBER THE LAST NAME OF KEITH? 18 A NO. HE WASN'T IMPORTANT. HE WAS JUST WITH BILL TAYLOR. 19 Q WHAT TIME -- DID YOU PICK UP THEIR LUGGAGE AT THE AIRPORT? 20 A NO, THEY JUST CARRIED IT UP. IT WAS A SHORT -- Q THEY HAD CARRY ON? 21 A YES. Q HOW MANY BAGS DID EACH OF THEM HAVE? 22 A BILL TAYLOR HAD TWO, AND THE OTHER GUY HAD ONE. Q WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THOSE BAGS PLEASE? 23 A I DON'T KNOW. I WASN'T LOOKING AT THEM. I NEVER HANDLED THEM. 24 Q WHERE DID YOU FIRST SEE THEM? A THE BAGS OR HIM? THE PEOPLE? 25 Q BOTH. A GETTING OFF THE FLIGHT. 26 Q WERE YOU AT THE -- A I WAS AT THE GATE. 27 Q AT THE GATE. DID YOU HAVE A SIGN UP FOR THEIR NAMES? 28 A YES, I DID. 0056 1 Q AND THE PEOPLE CAME UP TO YOU? A YES. 2 Q SO YOU SAW THEM CARRYING BAGS? A YES. 3 Q WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE BAGS THEY WERE CARRYING? MS. CLARK: OBJECTION. ASKED AND ANSWERED. 4 THE COURT: SUSTAINED. BY MR. SHAPIRO: 5 Q THEY CARRIED THEIR OWN BAGS TO YOUR LIMOUSINE? A I WASN'T DRIVING THE LIMOUSINE AT THAT TIME. 6 Q WHO WAS DRIVING THE LIMOUSINE? A I WAS IN A -- I HAD TO MAKE A SWITCH. I WAS IN A 7 TOWN CAR, JUST A REGULAR TOWN CAR. Q WHAT KIND OF CAR WERE YOU DRIVING? 8 A LINCOLN TOWN CAR. Q WHAT COLOR? 9 A WHITE. Q AND WHERE DID YOU PUT THE BAGS THAT THESE TWO 10 GENTLEMEN HAD? A I POPPED THE TRUNK, AND THEY PUT THEM IN THERE. 11 Q THEY PUT THEM IN? A YES. 12 Q WHERE DID YOU TAKE THEM? A TO THE PENISULA HOTEL. 13 Q WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE PENISULA? A THE PLANE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN AT 6:30. IT 14 DIDN'T ARRIVE UNTIL ABOUT 6:45. I DROPPED THEM OFF ABOUT 7:30. 15 Q ARE YOU SURE OF THAT TIME? A AROUND THERE. 16 Q ARE YOU AS SURE OF THOSE TIMES AS YOU ARE OF THE TIMES THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US FOR MR. SIMPSON? 17 A IF NOT, I KNOW THESE TIMES A LITTLE BIT BETTER. Q WHY DO YOU KNOW THESE TIMES BETTER? 18 A BECAUSE JUST THE WAY THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENED, AS I CALLED MY BOSS, WHAT TIME THE PICK UP WAS, WHAT TIME HE HAD 19 TO BE AT THE AIRPORT, WHAT TIME WE LEFT, WHAT TIME WE ARRIVED. IT WAS JUST MORE CLEAR TO ME WITH THE PHONE CALLS. 20 Q WELL, YOU HAD PHONE CALLS WITH THIS FLIGHT. YOU HAD NOTIFICATION THE FLIGHT WAS LATE? 21 A AT HOME -- WE WERE STILL AT HOME. I WAS TALKING TO HIM PERSONALLY. 22 Q I SEE. AFTER YOU DROPPED OFF THESE TWO GENTLEMEN AT THE 23 PENISULA HOTEL, WHERE DID YOU GO? A I CAME BACK. 24 Q YOU CAME BACK WHERE? A I CAME BACK HOME. 25 Q WHAT TIME DID YOU GET HOME? A 8:00 O'CLOCK OR SO. 26 Q 8:00 O'CLOCK OR SO? DID YOU JUDGE THE TIME BY ANYTHING? 27 A JUST FROM WHEN I LEFT THE PENISULA TO THE STANDARD TIME IT WOULD TAKE ME TO GET HOME. 28 Q WHERE DO YOU LIVE? I DON'T NEED YOUR EXACT 0057 1 ADDRESS, BUT GIVE ME CROSS STREETS, IF YOU MIGHT. A TORRANCE. 2 182ND AND PRAIRIE. Q AND WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN YOU GOT HOME AT 3 8:00 O'CLOCK? A WELL, I HAD A SNACK AND CHANGED CARS AND GOT 4 READY TO GO. Q WHERE DID YOU CHANGE CARS? 5 A AT HIS HOUSE. Q SO YOU WENT BACK TO YOUR BOSS' HOUSE ACROSS THE 6 STREET? A YES. 7 Q WHAT TIME DID YOU GO THERE? A IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN 9:00 O'CLOCK OR SO. JUST TO 8 TALK TO HIM AND MAKE SURE THAT MR. SIMPSON WAS STILL GOING. Q WHAT DID HE TELL YOU? 9 A HE SAID, YES, SO FAR AS HE KNOWS THAT THE FLIGHT IS STILL ON, HIS PICK UP. 10 Q HOW MUCH TIME DID YOU SPEND WITH YOUR BOSS AT HIS HOUSE AT 9:00 O'CLOCK? 11 A WELL, I DON'T REMEMBER. JUST LIKE A FEW MINUTES. Q AND THEN WHAT DID YOU DO? 12 A WENT BACK HOME. Q HOW LONG DID YOU STAY AT HOME? 13 A UNTIL ABOUT 9:45.