LAS VEGAS , Nevada -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former football star O.J. Simpson walked out of jail late Wednesday after posting $ 250,000 bail . O.J. Simpson leaves the Clark County Detention Center late Wednesday night . Eighth District Judge Jackie Glass hours earlier doubled Simpson 's bail to ensure his appearance at an April 7 trial . Glass said Simpson had violated terms of his previous bail . Glass was adamant that Simpson remain in the Clark County Detention Center until 15 percent of the $ 250,000 is paid in full -- $ 37,500 -- after it was revealed in court that Simpson never paid any part of his previous $ 125,000 bail . `` There 's no ` get-out-of-jail-free card ' today , '' an angry Glass told Simpson 's lawyers . `` I do n't want him out of the jail until the 15 percent is paid in full . '' Watch the scolding judge '' The judge scolded Simpson , saying he was n't taking the matter seriously . `` I do n't know if it 's just arrogance . I do n't know if it 's ignorance , '' she chided . Simpson posted bail at about 6:15 p.m. local time -LRB- 9:15 p.m. ET -RRB- , according to Las Vegas authorities . Simpson returned to jail in Nevada from his home in Florida January 11 for Wednesday 's hearing , after prosecutors alleged he violated the terms of his bail by attempting to contact a co-defendant . The original bail bondsman -- Miguel Pereira of Florida-based You Ring , We Spring -- testified Wednesday that the former football player did n't put any money toward the bail that allowed him to leave jail in September . `` Not one cent , '' he said . The bail bondsman himself paid the 15 percent premium and the $ 40 filing fee to allow Simpson to leave the detention center , although he said he had a power of attorney for Simpson 's Florida home but never filed a lien on it . When questioned by Simpson attorney Yale Galanter , Pereira admitted he had never sent Simpson a bill for the premium . But , he said , he had an understanding with Simpson that he would be paid `` after it was all over . '' Glass described it as `` mind-boggling '' that Simpson never had to put up any collateral for his first bond and that the bail bondsman never asked for anything . Prosecutors also produced Wednesday a recording of a profanity-laced voice mail message left on Pereira 's answering machine in November from Simpson , which he told Pereira to deliver to co-defendant Clarence Stewart . The prosecutor said the message contained `` an undercurrent of a threat , '' and he wanted the bail to be raised to at least $ 1 million . Galanter did not contest the authenticity of the recording . As part of his bail granted September 19 , Simpson was to have no contact whatsoever with victims , witnesses or co-defendants in the case . Glass said the same goes this time . Watch how Simpson wound up in jail '' `` When I tell you , Mr. Simpson , there are conditions and there are rules , let me make sure you understand if you violate those rules ... you 'll be back , locked up in the Clark County Detention Center ; do you understand me ? '' the judge asked . `` I understand 100 percent , '' said Simpson , dressed in a navy blue jail jumpsuit . `` No contact -LSB- with others in case -RSB- , no phone messages to third parties , no emails , no letters -- nothing , '' Glass added . Galanter said his client `` was truly contrite about what has occurred . '' `` He will abide scrupulously by whatever this court decides , '' the attorney said . Simpson faces trial April 7 on 12 criminal counts , including conspiracy , kidnapping , robbery , burglary , coercion and assault with a deadly weapon . The charges stem from a September 13 incident at a Las Vegas hotel in which he allegedly stole sports memorabilia he said belonged to him from dealers Alfred Beardsley and Bruce Fromong . According to earlier testimony , Beardsley and Fromong were offering more than 600 Simpson-related items for sale , including ties Simpson wore during his criminal trial for the 1994 murders of his ex-wife , Nicole Brown Simpson , and her friend Ron Goldman . Simpson was acquitted in that trial . E-mail to a friend