They cut ties with him years ago.
The ties may return if his conviction is thrown out. His family family and the families of his victims will try to obtain any money they can claim he’s owed by the Patriots and the NFL. I don’t know if those claims have merit, but there’s going to be some interaction there.
BTW: Saw a tabloid headline that explains everything. He was killing people to cover up his bisexuality. Since tabloids are always right it finally explains everything.
I’m sure lawyer fees have eaten up a lot of Aaron’s estate. Defending a double murder charge doesn’t come cheap.
I would hope his long time gf and his daughter gets a big part of whatever is left.
Don’t most states give young children priority in dividing up an estate?
I find it shocking how some people saying how sad they feel for Aaron and that he had it all and blah blah blan when he killed 3 people ! The only people I feel bad for is his daughter and the victims families and living in Massachusetts this is going to be on the news for a long time. :smack: It looks like there is going to be a lawsuit too , I heard on the news that a jail safety checkup may had been missed when this happen . If this is correct that doesn’t look good .
I wonder whether brain injuries from football played any part in his personality disorders.
I seem to recall that it was a brain injury from jousting that made Henry VIII a murderous psycho.
They released him the day he was arrested - just as if they knew something like that was going to happen sooner or later.
He is owed nothing by the Patriots. The NFL is set up so that it is very easy for teams to release players without paying them the rest of the contract. There are no guaranteed contracts. Hernandez was released and the contract was void when he was arrested. The his firing was not contingent on his conviction. If for instance he was acquitted on all charges he still wouldn’t be a Patriot but would have been able to sign with another team.
Just like many stars he was able to negotiate a guaranteed structured signing bonus. Kind of a hedge against losing everything to injury (or murder arrest). Most of that money had already been paid out before the arrest. There was an additional guaranteed amount reported to be about 3 mil that the Patriots refused to pay. It is just possible that after a court fight the family could get that money but doubtful. Hernandez already attempted to get it and lost.
All it took to release him was a phone call by Robert Kraft. It’s not like they needed months to prepare for it. As it was they did have days since the investigation wasn’t a secret.
A waste of a life is always tragic, but this guy was a thug by nature and would have wound up in trouble eventually, no matter what his circumstances.
Killing himself may have been the one selfless thing he did. By taking advantage of Mass law to essentially vacate his conviction by death, he leaves his heirs and assigns able to profit from any memoirs, books, articles, movies, etc. that may be made of his life and fall into disgrace. Had he served his life term and exhausted his appeals he may well have been barred from profiting from his circumstances. I also agree that the threat of civil suits would be blunted, if not entirely eliminated, by his death. It is just possible that he decided to make the best of very bad circumstances by sacrificing his life for the benefit of his baby daughter and family.
As to NFL or Patriot obligations, IIRC those were litigated earlier on.
On the other hand there is the possibility of a brain injury (CTE…). Apparently his brain is being sent to one of those centers who study it.
His estate is worth $0…except for a $1.3 million dollar house. Isn’t the house part of the estate?
It means his debts exceeded his assets. Happens to a lot of athletes who aren’t paying lawyers, too.
So could it have been CTE rather than him being an evil person was what caused his violence?
I think he was just an asshole.
I’m gonna say I would be pleased.
I’m not a medical professional but my speculation is that the brain injuries didn’t turn Hernandez into a violent man. It just turned him into a man who couldn’t control his violence anymore.
I’m not surprised they found CTE.
The claims he had severe CTE is quite astonishing. He only played three seasons.
They need to research his concussion history in college and high school. I’d also like to know the sample size for the claim his was the most severe they’ve seen for a man that age. How many dead NFL players (in their late twenties) have they autopsied? I bet it’s not many.
I agree his illness has little bearing on the murder case. Aaron got into trouble in college and always had an interest in gang culture. He was in the Bloods.
He was a violent thug before CTE.
It’s highly unusual for an athlete to die at 27. It does happen, shootings, car wrecks or suicide in Aaron’s case.
The sample size has to be very, very small. Perhaps a sample size of just one?
He’s at the bottom of the 27 Club 27 Club - Wikipedia
His violence (including a possible double shooting) goes back at least to 2007 when he was 17 Aaron Hernandez - Wikipedia
Pfft. Just an asshole.