“Severely depressed and despondent” O.J. Simpson landed back on suicide watch at Lovelock Correctional Center, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.
The disgraced football hero is serving nine to 33 years at the Nevada institution for his involvement in the gunpoint heist of his own memorabilia from a Las Vegas hotel room. But he just can’t stand doing prison time!
A distraught O.J. fell apart Sept. 4 after the Nevada Supreme Court denied his request to be freed pending a decision on his conviction appeal.
The court feared the Heisman Trophy winner was a flight risk. “O.J. was absolutely crushed after his motion was denied,” revealed a close source. “He was on the phone after getting the news, and the call was being monitored.
“O.J. was upset and really emotional. He was almost crying! Suddenly, he blurted into the phone that he ‘didn’t have a reason to live anymore.’ He said, ‘I might as well kill myself.’ ”
Guards overheard the conversation and escorted O.J. to the psych ward at the prison hospital, said the source. “O.J. was formally put on suicide watch and given a bed in the psych ward.”
The 62-year-old athlete-turned-felon was released from the mental health unit on Sept. 8 after four days.
