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09-16-2009, 12:41 AM
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0909/15/ijvm.01.html
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Inside the toxic drug- and alcohol-fueled violent relationship between O.J. Simpson and girlfriend Christie Prody. Christine tells "Inside Edition" O.J. threatened her. She also claims he admitted to brutally murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JIM MORET, "INSIDE EDITION": Do you believe that O.J. Simpson killed Nicole and Ron?
CHRISTINE PRODY, O.J. SIMPSON`S GIRLFRIEND: Yes.
MORET: When did you think to yourself, "I think he did it"?
PRODY: Couple of years ago.
MORET: Did he ever admit to you that he did it?
PRODY: In so many words, he did.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Wow. Christine also says O.J. hit her. O.J. allegedly abuses women. That`s no surprise. Before she was murdered, Nicole Brown Simpson called 911. You can hear her screaming, "He`s going to beat me."
This is a monster who I believe got away with murder, and now he`s behind bars for a Las Vegas armed robbery. Christine says she felt safe enough to end their poisonous relationship.
Straight out to "Inside Edition`s" chief correspondent, Jim Moret, who conducted this fascinating interview. I think all of America is wondering why would any woman take the chance of dating O.J. Simpson in the first place?
MORET: She was not quite 20 years old when she met O.J. Simpson. You`ve seen O.J. Simpson. He`s charming. He`s -- he`s somewhat of a sociopath, but you know, those people who knew him prior to these murders would always want to be around him. He had a magnetic personality. She was young and stupid. I think she would be the first to admit that.
And she got trapped, she said, in this cycle of violence. She was frankly terrified leave. And she told me she didn`t really feel comfortable to break up with O.J. Simpson until he was locked away in prison.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Let`s hear from it from her own mouth. Why did Christine wait 13 years before ending it with O.J.? She says she was afraid.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PRODY: I was scared to leave.
MORET: Did you honestly believe that, if you left, he would kill you?
PRODY: Yes, I did. He called and said that he would come there and shoot me and shoot himself.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VELEZ-MITCHELL: And Jim Moret, what else did she tell you about her relationship with O.J. Simpson? Surprise, surprise, drugs and alcohol involved?
MORET: Yes. No surprise perhaps to most people. But yes, drugs and alcohol were involved. She said she witnessed him using drugs. She used drugs. She`s been through rehab. She tried to break up with him. And as you heard there he tracked hear down, called her and said, "I will shoot you and then kill myself."
I said, "Did you believe him?"
She said, "Yes, I did." And he owned a gun at the time.
She tried -- her phone was monitored. Her bills were monitored. He didn`t like her to have friends. It was a situation of control, not unlike your last segment where you talked about violence against woman.
This woman looked to me, to my producer, to the camera crew, to all of us as a woman who was battered physically, emotionally, mentally. She looked down a great deal. She still seems to be afraid of O.J. Simpson, even though he`s in prison for at least nine years. And I believed her.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: So just a little bit of time. She`s happy that O.J. is locked up, indeed?
MORET: She is happy. She`s tried to get on with her life. She`s in a new relationship. She has a six-week-old baby girl. She`s moved back to Minnesota. She`s trying to reclaim her life.
She looks much older than her 33 years. And she`s clearly been through a lot, but I think she`s learned a lot, too.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Wow, fascinating interview. Good, good scoop there, Jim Moret, as always.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Inside the toxic drug- and alcohol-fueled violent relationship between O.J. Simpson and girlfriend Christie Prody. Christine tells "Inside Edition" O.J. threatened her. She also claims he admitted to brutally murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JIM MORET, "INSIDE EDITION": Do you believe that O.J. Simpson killed Nicole and Ron?
CHRISTINE PRODY, O.J. SIMPSON`S GIRLFRIEND: Yes.
MORET: When did you think to yourself, "I think he did it"?
PRODY: Couple of years ago.
MORET: Did he ever admit to you that he did it?
PRODY: In so many words, he did.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Wow. Christine also says O.J. hit her. O.J. allegedly abuses women. That`s no surprise. Before she was murdered, Nicole Brown Simpson called 911. You can hear her screaming, "He`s going to beat me."
This is a monster who I believe got away with murder, and now he`s behind bars for a Las Vegas armed robbery. Christine says she felt safe enough to end their poisonous relationship.
Straight out to "Inside Edition`s" chief correspondent, Jim Moret, who conducted this fascinating interview. I think all of America is wondering why would any woman take the chance of dating O.J. Simpson in the first place?
MORET: She was not quite 20 years old when she met O.J. Simpson. You`ve seen O.J. Simpson. He`s charming. He`s -- he`s somewhat of a sociopath, but you know, those people who knew him prior to these murders would always want to be around him. He had a magnetic personality. She was young and stupid. I think she would be the first to admit that.
And she got trapped, she said, in this cycle of violence. She was frankly terrified leave. And she told me she didn`t really feel comfortable to break up with O.J. Simpson until he was locked away in prison.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Let`s hear from it from her own mouth. Why did Christine wait 13 years before ending it with O.J.? She says she was afraid.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
PRODY: I was scared to leave.
MORET: Did you honestly believe that, if you left, he would kill you?
PRODY: Yes, I did. He called and said that he would come there and shoot me and shoot himself.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VELEZ-MITCHELL: And Jim Moret, what else did she tell you about her relationship with O.J. Simpson? Surprise, surprise, drugs and alcohol involved?
MORET: Yes. No surprise perhaps to most people. But yes, drugs and alcohol were involved. She said she witnessed him using drugs. She used drugs. She`s been through rehab. She tried to break up with him. And as you heard there he tracked hear down, called her and said, "I will shoot you and then kill myself."
I said, "Did you believe him?"
She said, "Yes, I did." And he owned a gun at the time.
She tried -- her phone was monitored. Her bills were monitored. He didn`t like her to have friends. It was a situation of control, not unlike your last segment where you talked about violence against woman.
This woman looked to me, to my producer, to the camera crew, to all of us as a woman who was battered physically, emotionally, mentally. She looked down a great deal. She still seems to be afraid of O.J. Simpson, even though he`s in prison for at least nine years. And I believed her.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: So just a little bit of time. She`s happy that O.J. is locked up, indeed?
MORET: She is happy. She`s tried to get on with her life. She`s in a new relationship. She has a six-week-old baby girl. She`s moved back to Minnesota. She`s trying to reclaim her life.
She looks much older than her 33 years. And she`s clearly been through a lot, but I think she`s learned a lot, too.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Wow, fascinating interview. Good, good scoop there, Jim Moret, as always.