Vegas Court to O.J.: Sorry for Candid Camera

O.J. Simpson isn't getting much love in Las Vegas these days. But at least he's getting an apology.

The head honcho of the Clark County Courts has written an apology to Simpson via his attorneys, Yale Galanter and Gabriel Grasso, after a court reporter snapped an illicit cell phone photo of the Naked Gunner during his bail hearing earlier this week.

"On behalf of the Clark County Courts, I apologize for the actions of one of our contract employees," writes Charles J. Short, the executive officer of the district. (Read the full letter.)

Short says the photo was snapped by an unidentified male staffer as Simpson exited the courtroom after Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure Jr. set bail at $125,000.

"Our court is a professional organization and this behavior is an aberration that will not be tolerated. The court does not condone this type of conduct by its employees and deeply regrets this took place," Short continues.

"I can assure that this has been addressed with this individual in the appropriate way."

Short adds that the photo was immediately deleted from the cell phone and was not "shared electronically."

There was no immediate comment Friday from either Grasso, who's based in Las Vegas, or Galanter, Simpson's longtime legal eagle who, like Simpson, resides in Florida.

Simpson has remained on the down-low since returning to Miami late Wednesday. He is facing 11 counts, 10 of them felonies ranging from kidnapping to armed robbery, for his Sept. 13 vigilante-style raid on memorabilia dealers who had some of his mementos.

The last two of Simpson's five suspected coconspirators were arraigned Friday on similar counts to the rest.

Charles Cashmore, 40, of Las Vegas, and Charles Bruce Ehrlich, 53, of Miami, were caught on security cameras hauling items out of the Palace Station casino after apparently liberating them from the collectors.

Police took Simpson's alleged accomplices into custody immediately following their appearance before Joe Bonaventure, who set bail at $32,000 apiece.

Ehrlich's lawyer, John Moran Jr., said his client was merely an "acquaintance" of Simpson's and "not a principal in this thing." The attorney said Ehrlich would likely make bail and return to the Sunshine State later in the day.

Cashmore, however, isn't expected to post bail, said his lawyer, Edward Miley, who also acknowledged that Cashmore has been arrested at least twice before for passing bad checks. Bonaventure has set Cashmore's preliminary hearing date for Oct. 4.

Simpson himself isn't due back in Vegas until the week of Oct. 22 for his arraignment.

When he returns to Sin City, he'll need to find a new place to stay.

Palms hotel proprietor George Maloof has revoked the welcome mat after the negative publicity Simpson drew, a Palms spokesman confirmed to E! News.

Simpson, initially in town for a wedding, had spent seven days at the traditionally celeb-friendly resort.

But he was arrested at the Palms and led out in cuffs, a scene that played in heavy rotation on newscasts and online.

"It's highly unlikely he'd stay here again. We don't need the drama," Maloof told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

"It was a disruption and a hindrance to our other guests," Maloof told the newspaper, adding that he did not comp Simpson for his stay.

Maloof also said that Simpson fiasco was worse than such other casino landmark moments as Britney Spears' insta-marriage to Jason Alexander in 2004 or the Video Music Awards, which took place three days earlier and featured Spears' ill-fated comeback performance and a fistfight between Kid Rock and Tommy Lee.

"[Simpson] was nonstop for a week," Maloof told the Review-Journal. "It just kept going. We had hundreds of media calls."