The Best Detective Phillip Van Atter Quotes

Detective: [on tape] O.J., when was the last time you saw Nicole?
O.J. Simpson: [on tape] Yesterday, when we were leaving our daughter's dance recital. It ended at about, uh, 6:30, 6:45, something like that.
Detective: [on tape] And what time did you get back home?
O.J. Simpson: [on tape] Oh... 7:00-something. I'm trying to think... Did I leave? You know, I had to run and get my daughter, uh, recital flowers. Then I called my girlfriend Paula as I headed to her house. And Paula wasn't home.
Marcia: What... what did he say? Did he buy flowers before or after the recital? Did he even go to Paula's house?
Gil: Shh.
Detective: [on tape] And when did you park your Bronco on Rockingham?
O.J. Simpson: [on tape] 8:00-something. 7:00. 8:00... 9:00--I don't know, around that area. And then I was sitting with Kato. He hadn't done a Jacuzzi, so we went and got a burger.
Marcia: '7:00, 8:00, 9:00.' That's not an answer. Guys, lock him to a timeframe. Pin him to a version of the story he can't change later!
Detective: [on tape] And what about your left hand there? How did you get that injury?
O.J. Simpson: [on tape] Oh, I don't know. Uh... the first time I was in Chicago. Yeah, and I got back to the house, and I was running around and, uh, I broke a glass. Yeah, and then one of your guys just called. Uh, actually, uh... uh, I cut it before. Maybe I opened it. But it's no big deal. I bleed all the time. I golf, you know.
[chuckling]
O.J. Simpson: It's always something. Nicks and stuff, yeah.
Gil: [stopping the tape] That's it.
Marcia: Well, I can't tell. Did he cut his hand in Los Angeles or Chicago? How did he injure himself? This is a fiasco! Why did the cops tolerate it?
Gil: 'Cause they're not used to grilling a star. He's The Juice. He rushed more than 2,000 yards in one season.
Marcia: I have no idea what that means, but you know what? It shouldn't matter. He got away with beating her, he's not gonna get away with killing her!

Marcia: Phil, question. How is O.J. back in his white Bronco?
Detective: What do you mean?
Marcia: I mean the Bronco was full of blood. We impounded it. How can he be driving it again?
Detective: Hold on a sec. Tom, how is O.J. back in the Bronco?
Detective: Believe it or not, there are two white Broncos. A.C. Cowlings worships O.J. so much, he bought the identical car.
Marcia: Unbelievable.