Okay, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to be adjourning until January the 6th. I want to restate the admonition that I gave to you earlier. That you not allow yourself to be influenced by anything that you may hear outside of this courtroom, or see outside of this courtroom with regard to this case. You must only be relying upon the evidence as you will learn it through the trial process and the law that the Court will give to you at the end of the case. You must not conduct any research on your own. You must not permit others to address you about anything connected with this case. On occasion, the Court is aware that there may be people around the courthouse that may make an effort to display themselves or somehow convey something to those persons who are involved in this trial that may possibly include you. You're not to permit yourself to be influenced by anything like that that you may occasionally come across. In this case, we are trying specific aspects of what occurred underlying the circumstances of this case. We have heard at one stage or another that there was another proceeding ongoing in another county, Orange County, that has to do not with our case specifically, but with regard to Mr. Simpson and the children. And I am bringing this to your attention because in the two weeks or so that you will be away from the court, it is entirely possible that you will be inadvertently exposed to some accidental or inadvertent exposure to news casts or broadcasts or whatever. You are instructed that whatever happens in any other case involving Mr. Simpson and/or the children has nothing to do with this case. The issue involved in that matter has nothing to do with our case. Our case is fact specific and is dependent only upon the evidence that we receive in our case, and you must not be influenced by whatever anybody says, whatever anybody does with regard to any other matter outside of this trial. This is a very important point. Everybody understand that?

Don't allow yourself to be exposed to any such information. If you see a headline in the newspaper or you inadvertently see it on television, switch it off. Do not permit yourself to be influenced by those things. Okay. And over this long course of the holiday, I hope that it refreshes you, but at the same time, I am making every effort to make sure that you not allow yourself to be subtly or inadvertently or otherwise influenced by what friends or relatives or others may say to you during your period of absence in connection with your service on this case. Okay. It's very important that you—while people may know you're on this case, I don't know if they do or not, but you are instructed that you're not even to tell them that you are on this case, confirm it or anything. You have absolutely no comment with regard to this case. Everybody understand that?

I appreciate your patience and hard work and being here every day. We get late starts often because we have matters that we have to address outside of your presence. These are legal matters oftentimes that should not ever be a matter of concern for the jury. Okay. You are only concerned with what you actually get through the trial process. Whatever else occurs outside of your presence, that is not before you in the case. Everybody understand that?

Okay. I hope to see all 16 of you back January 6. Stay in good health. Enjoy the holidays. And every day bear in mind the admonition I have given you, okay. Thank you very much, and you're excused until January 6, 8:30.