It looks like O.J. Simpson got another pass. Though he violated his parole and was sent back to Las Vegas last week, Simpson was let go again, though he had to post more bond. Which isn’t exactly a big deal for him, since according to his bondsman, Simpson never paid a sent on his first bond – not even the $40 processing fee. In fact, it was Simpson’s bail bondsman who turned him in for his probation violation. How did that happen exactly? Well not only did Simpson not pay a cent of the $18,725 he needed to give bondsman Miguel Pereira – who posted his $125,000 bond – but the probation violation that got Simpson thrown back in jail was actually a message he told Pereira to pass along to one of his co-defendants. So Simpson stiffed the guy, then told the guy to do him a favor and break the law for him. Talk about delusional.

His own bail bondsman, Miguel Pereira, snitched – telling authorities about a voice mail from O.J., asking him to get a message to alleged accomplice Clarence (C.J.) Stewart.

“I just want, want C.J. to know that … I’m tired of this [expletive]. Fed up with [expletives] changing what they told me. All right?” Simpson allegedly ranted.

Pereira, who runs You Ring We Spring Bail Bonds, testified at yesterday’s hearing that he ignored Simpson’s message for two months because he assumed he was just venting.

[From the New York Daily News]

The judge let Simpson go with a warning – not exactly the wisest move when dealing with O.J. She did chew him out a little, which was nice.

Rejecting a prosecution motion to jail the Juice until his April 7 armed robbery trial, Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass instead doubled his bail to $250,000. As live TV cameras rolled, she gave Simpson a wicked tongue-lashing for defying the court by attempting to contact one of his co-defendants.

“I don’t know, Mr. Simpson, what the heck you were thinking – or maybe that’s the problem – you weren’t,” Glass railed as a scowling Simpson sat before her in blue prison duds. “I don’t know if it’s just arrogance. I don’t know if it’s ignorance. But you’ve been locked up at the Clark County Detention Center since Friday because of arrogance or ignorance – or both.”

Glass ordered Simpson to stay in the continental U.S. – or spend the next four months in a jail cell. “Don’t get on a boat. Don’t go on a trip. You stay on dry land,” she told him.

[From the New York Daily News]

I think O.J. Simpson has a long history of showing that he doesn’t believe laws apply to him. The judge could absolutely have kept him in jail for his probation violation, and she should have. If you give O.J. Simpson an inch, he’ll take ten miles, and by giving him another shot at freedom, she’s shown him that she’s a pushover. Now Simpson and his lawyers are going to walk all over her and try to run the trial, just like his lawyers did with Lance Ito in Simpson’s double murder trial. I was initially optimistic about Judge Glass, but now it’s looking like it’ll be a replay of twelve years ago. Don’t give O.J. any grace.

Picture note by Jaybird: Simpson with Miguel Pereira on January 12th. According to Splash News: “The bail bondsman that posted bail for O.J. Simpson revoked his bond. The bondsman had bounty hunters in Miami Florida take OJ into custody and flown across country to Las Vegas. Upon landing at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, O.J. was removed from American Airlines flight 1825 on the tarmac and put in a black SUV. Upon arriving at the Clark County Detention Center, O.J. was transferred to the custody of the Las Vegas Metro Police. News crews scrambled for video and photos as O.J. walked through the front entrance of the CCDC. Images thanks to Splash Photos.