Simpson Denies Taking A Lie Detector Test
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. (2:30 P.M. COURT BREAK) -- O.J. Simpson admitted to being hooked up to a polygraph, but said he was just having the lie detector test explained to him, in his testimony Monday afternoon in his civil trial.
After about a 10-minute sidebar conference, Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki, allowed plaintiffs' attorney Daniel Petrocelli to ask questions about the test.
"You went to the office of some person on Wilshire Blvd., and you were wired up for a lie detector test, true?" Petrocelli asked.
"Not true in totality," Simpson replied. "We didn't take a lie detector test, he was explaining it . . . "
"And they asked you questions about Nicole's death and whether you were responsible for it?" Petrocelli asked.
"I don't know if it went that far," Simpson replied after a pause.
"And at the end of that process you scored a minus 22?" Petrocelli asked.
"I don't know what the end result was," Simpson said, later adding: "I understood that once I finished and I understood it, I was willing to do one for the police."
Petrocelli, several questions later, said: "And minus 22, by the way, is a score indicating extreme deception, true?" The judge sustained an objection to the question.
The plaintiffs' lawyer then pointed out that Simpson said in his deposition that he never took a lie detector test. And Simpson stuck by that story.
"As far as I know, I didn't take a polygraph test," Simpson said.
"You did sit for that test, didn't you?" Petrocelli asked.
"That's incorrect," Simpson replied.
After the break, Simpson will answer questions about his flight from police and the low-speed Bronco chase.
-Robert Schmidt
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