OJ Simpson was freedfrom a Las Vegas jail this morning hours after a judge criticised him for "arrogance or ignorance" for breaking bail terms in a robbery case.
The former NFL star posted bail and was driven away without comment to the media outside the jail.
Earlier in the day, Simpson, 60, listened to a lecture from Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass as she doubled his bail to $250,000 (€171,144). "I don't know, Mr Simpson, what the heck you were thinking, or maybe that's the problem - you weren't," Ms Glass said.
Simpson had been ordered to have no contact with co-defendants or witnesses after he was freed on bail in September on charges of orchestrating the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers at a hotel room.
Yesterday's brief custody hearing was called because Simpson mentioned co-defendant Clarence "CJ" Stewart while leaving a phone message with expletives two months ago for his bail bondsman.
Though there was no indication that Mr Stewart received the message, prosecutor Chris Owens suggested it was threatening. The judge merely said she did not like the tone.
"I don't know if it's just arrogance. I don't know if it's ignorance," she said. "But you've been locked up at the Clark County Detention Centre since Friday because of arrogance or ignorance - or both."
Simpson (60) was picked up on Friday in Florida and taken back to Nevada for violating terms of his release.