Simpson's latest: a setup or a crime?

You would think O.J. Simpson would know better than to do anything bearing a remote whiff of controversy. But apparently he can't stay out of the limelight and now is facing a whole slew of felony charges in connection with an incident in Las Vegas.
Something about this incident -- or at least what I've read about it -- really bothers me, and I am, by no means, a Simpson apologist. The "sports collectors" apparently taped the meeting and sold the tape, according to news reports I've read. That smells fishy to me.