O.J. talks to CNN

Simpson makes spontaneous call to "Burden of Proof"

February 5, 1996
Web posted at: 2:10 p.m. EST

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- During an hour-long telephone interview aired live on CNN Monday, O.J. Simpson said his ex-wife's allegations of domestic abuse were written to get out of a prenuptial agreement, and that only once, in 1989, did they get into a fight that left her injured.

"I was totally wrong ... I take full responsibility," he said in a call to the CNN legal program "Burden of Proof".

Simpson stayed on the phone, even during commercial breaks to get his message across. He was acquitted last October in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.

Discussing a variety of subjects related to the case, Simpson:

-- Said he believed he cut his hand twice: once while preparing for a trip to Chicago on the night of the murders, and again after he got to Chicago. He said he recalled seeing blood on his pinkie finger when he was still at home.

-- Denied there was anything sinister in his calling house guest Brian "Kato" Kaelin from Chicago the day after the murders. Simpson said he was calling everybody he could think of to get information about his ex-wife's death.

"I couldn't get through to anybody," he said. "What would you do under the circumstances?" (247K AIFF sound or 247K WAV sound)

-- Said he didn't know how the DNA of both victims ended up in his Bronco. "I have absolutely no idea. I think we should be asking the LAPD that."

-- Said he didn't speak at any length to Nicole Brown Simpson when he called her house less than two hours before the murders. He said he wanted to speak with their daughter, Sydney.

-- Denied he got a phone message from his then-girlfriend Paula Barbieri the morning of the murders in which she said she was breaking up with him.

Simpson's call Monday appeared to be spontaneous but he had previously been given an open invitation to telephone the program, hosted by attorneys Greta van Susteren and Roger Cossack.

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Associated Press contributed to this report.