Pubdate: Tue, 12 Oct 1999
Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA)
Copyright: 1999 Mercury Center
Contact:  http://www.sjmercury.com/

O.J. SIMPSON CALLS THE COPS

A breathless O.J. Simpson called Miami-Dade's 911 hotline Sunday evening for
help -- saying former Los Angeles Dodgers star Pedro Guerrero had taken
Simpson's 26-year-old girlfriend, Christie Prody, along on a two-day drug binge.

Simpson, 52, called police from Prody's townhouse in West Kendall, Fla.,
about 6:15 p.m. while the two were arguing. On the 911 tape, the former pro
football star said the dispute began when he learned about the drug use and
tried to intervene.

Said Simpson: "We have a problem here. I'm trying to get a girl to go to
rehab for doing drugs for two days with Pedro Guerrero, who just got
arrested for cocaine, and I'm trying to get her to leave the house for rehab."

After Simpson hung up, two patrol officers went to Prody's townhouse. They
found only Simpson there.

Guerrero was charged with cocaine conspiracy in Miami federal court Oct. 1.
Drug Enforcement Administration agents picked him up at his Doral, Fla.,
home and accused him of agreeing to put up the money for a nephew to buy 15
kilograms of cocaine. He posted a $100,000 bail bond pending trial. No one
returned a call to Guerrero's home Monday night.

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