I'm lookin' at James in the studio
and he's like, "How'd it go last night with O.J.?"
And I said, "Jimi."
At first,
before I said, "Don't say anything."
Well,
just when we thought that this family feud couldn't
have another layer.
Ooh Lord!
We have O.J. Simpson.
(laughing)
O.J. Simpson enters.
Jara, how did O.J. Simpson come between
you, Julie and Jimi James?
It's right after he got acquitted.
He was the biggest thing out there.
As far as,
he was in the news all the time and everything.
So it was presented to me about putting O.J.
in a Sypac video
and I was thinking about it because at the time
we really didn't know what our next move was gonna be.
And I knew whether its good press or bad press
he would be everywhere if we did this thing.
So then I got a call one day from O.J. Simpson.
My girlfriend
He called you personally?
Yes. My girlfriend says "O.J.'s on the phone."
I'm like, "What?"
(laughs)
And I'm like, "Hello?"
and I got on the phone.
He says, "This is O.J.
Jara, I'm in town. I'm in Coto de Caza playing golf.
Are you busy this after.
We can get together to talk about the video."
Then it got really real at that point.
And I kind of panicked and didn't know what to do.
So I called my band instead of me just going by myself.
I called the band and said,
"Hey guys, we're gonna go meet up with O.J.".
Jeff was there and my percussion player was there.
We had a good talk for three hours.
But it kind of turned into a circus there.
Really? And what happened at the circus?
Julie kind of had her friends come.
Jeanine had a couple of her friends come.
And it kind of became a spectacle a little bit.
So after we left,
Julie stayed
and I guess some things happened.
Julie, would you mind sharing with us what happened?
Well, at the end of the meeting
it was my friends and I that stayed.
And we ended up hanging out that night
at the place.
There was some inappropriate things.
Some things happened that I found inappropriate.
And I was already inappropriate
because I shouldn't have stayed.
But the next day
I went to the studio and I was recording with James.
Let me finish.
Let me take it.
No let me tell that.
'Cause hold on.
You come back to you cause you may not tell it right.
What happened was I went into the studio
and I was in the mike
and I'm lookin' through the thing.
I was lookin' at James in the studio
and he's like, " How'd it go last night with O.J.?"
And I said, "Well, let me tell you what happened."
Then I told him what I told him and I said,
"But James,"
At first,
before I said, " Don't say anything. Can I tell you this?
Don't say anything."
He said, "I won't say anything Julie."
I said, "I mean it. Don't say anything."
I told him what I told him.
And alright, we went on recordin'.
The next morning I got a call from Nicole Brown's father.
I got a call from the owner of the place that we were.
"Oh James said this is this."
And it just
Spiraled.
Yes.
Spiraled out of control.
I had to public media.
The public media.
So he betrayed your trust?
He betrayed my trust.
Because of that you ended up testifyin' in a trial?
Yes. I testified in his custody trial.
And Jara you clearly did not want
to have any part of this.
And now it's all in the public.
I was upset because her name got dragged through it
anyways after I decided not to do it.
Jimi, I still want to know
why you betrayed your sisters trust?
Because what he did was so disgusting.
It upset me.
Julie, do you think he wanted to cash in
on your story?
Yes or no baby girl.
Probably.
In some way. Yeah.
So Julie let me ask you a question.
And I'm gonna be really honest with this one.
Are you guys concerned about Jimi James' mental health?
No.
No they're not.
Face the truth baby.
It's okay.
Yeah I'm concerned about it.
Like how else could you think this would be the thing to do?
That kind of thing.
Right. Like how did you think this was gonna work out.
That some how everybody would be happy about it.
Julie, can I ask you, is he easy to talk to?
It could go south.
It could go south real quick.
Because he is kinda difficult to talk to when he starts.
If you have your way and he has his way
it's gonna get heated
and then there's gonna be cussin' and then
yes.
So he's not easy to talk to about things?
No. Not for something serious like that. No.