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What you been up to?
- I'm still trying--
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I'm trying to get you marketing deals.
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It's not so easy, man.
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I talked to Nike the other day.
They said that it's hard to put
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the Nike swooshes on orange jumpsuits.
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Yeah, I know. I know.
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But, no. Everything is good, dude.
Everything is good.
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Hey, can you get me a--
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Can you get me a Smith & Wesson deal?
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No, I cannot get you
a Smith & Wesson deal, you fuck.
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Shit.
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This was downtown Boston
in the Theater District.
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Two men shot right in the middle
of the street in their car at a stop light
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and it just baffled us
how we could not solve this.
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Through the course of the investigation,
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as the prosecutor
leading the investigation,
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there were many times
where things would happen
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and evidence would start to point
towards Mr. Hernandez,
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and I would repeatedly say,
"No, it cannot be."
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How can an individual who has
everything in the world going for him,
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who has an incredible athletic
ability and career,
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and everything going for him
financially and otherwise,
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how could he get involved
in something like this?
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Mary Saladna's live
in Foxborough tonight
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where Patriots fans now know, Mary,
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they were cheering on an accused killer.
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That's right, Heather.
And we're across the street
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from Gillette Stadium 'cause the Patriots
don't even want us on their property
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when we're doing
an Aaron Hernandez story now.
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Robert Kraft broke
his silence, telling reporters,
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"If this stuff is true,
then I've been duped,
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and our whole organization
has been duped."
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I would've never expected
what he was off the field,
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what Aaron was off the field,
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I would've never expected that
from meeting him.
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How do you know what that person is,
you know, mentally? How are they?
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You don't really know.
You just see this quiet guy.
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Once this whole thing came out
with the Odin Lloyd,
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you started hearing all types of stuff.
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Evidence for
the Boston case was discovered
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during the Odin Lloyd
murder investigation.
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Prosecutors in Boston claim Hernandez
drove up next to two men and opened fire
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after Hernandez blamed them
for spilling a drink at a nightclub.
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Allegedly, he pulls up to a car
next to him and shoots into the window.
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That's no sane person.
That's no sane person.
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Can we get a moment, Your Honor?
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We were watching very closely
the Odin Lloyd prosecution,
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and we were in regular contact
with the, prosecutors
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and detectives assigned
to the Odin Lloyd case.
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The prosecution was never allowed
to introduce to the jury
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that Aaron Hernandez was a suspect
in a double homicide in July of 2012.
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In this Odin murder,
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are they gonna tie
the double murder into this murder
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and have it, like, back to back?
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Or they can't mention the other one
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until you go to court for that one?
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I'm saying that'll be
a whole different court thing.
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They can't... There's only certain
things you can bring into court.
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But I ain't do either of them,
so I ain't worried about it.
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They have to give you something.
They're not gonna let you go scot-free.
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No, I'm not worried
if they give me anything.
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I'm worried about doing life in jail.
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Tanya Singleton was
the closest relative to Aaron Hernandez.
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Despite the fact
that she was only a cousin,
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he was, by his own admission on the tapes,
closer to her than his own mother,
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closer to her than his brother.
She was his confidant.
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She's currently battling
another round of breast cancer.
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And today, she appeared frail
and had trouble standing up
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to accept her sentence.
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Prosecutors say the SUV used
in the double murder
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was kept at Singleton's house
in Bristol, Connecticut,
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until it was recovered
by a law enforcement in June of last year.
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And rather than answer
one single question about the car
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and how it got in her garage,
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she took the contempt, and she ended up
going to jail for a number of months,
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and it had a disastrous effect
on her cancer treatment.
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Ms. Cumming-Singleton
was advised
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that her testimony was necessary,
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relative to a brutal, senseless
double homicide within the city of Boston.
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She deliberately flouted that order
and refused to testify.
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I do miss you
all the time though, stupid.
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My God, I missed you the most
when you were in jail. I was...
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I was so depressed.
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Really?
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Yeah, 'cause I was like, she's in
jail, she can't be happy, she has cancer.
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I was like, fuck, what if she
doesn't like me? I don't know, I was--
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What are you talk--
Yeah, like that could ever happen. Duh.
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What do you mean, you don't know?
Didn't I tell you your entire life...
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You have one minute left.
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...that I could never and would
never stop loving you, stupid?
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You're like my child.
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Yeah, okay, one day I hate you. No!
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It was tough on Aaron
to ever be alone.
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He was never more alone
than after his father died
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and his brother was at college
and his mother...
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So there was a lot of things where no one
was more lonely at that point than Aaron.
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And it's almost like every step he made
for the rest of his life,
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he tried to prevent
from being alone again.
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Aaron had a plan
where he was going to join DJ
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at the University of Connecticut
and play football.
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That plan changed
after Dennis Hernandez passed away.
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After Dennis' death, Aaron decides to take
a visit to the University of Florida,
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which was never part of the plan.
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But you had an incredible program
and he gets down there
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and commits, right during that weekend.
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The news is a stunner to his family.
His mother had no idea it was coming.
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His brother didn't know.
UConn didn't know.
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It was a... It was a quick turn.
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I'm Aaron Hernandez
from Bristol, Connecticut.
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I play at Bristol Central High School.
And I'm gonna be a Gator.
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He had left for college
before we actually graduated.
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So he was kind of a step ahead
of everyone.
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Florida knew
what they were getting.
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They do their due diligence,
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and they knew that they were getting
an unbelievable player
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that was very, very young
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with some traumatic, emotional, you know,
things that are going to come with him.
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University of Florida Gators,
at that time,
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it was the number one program going.
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This was the highest level
of college football you could get.
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There were a lot
of elements to the University of Florida
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football program that were attractive.
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You know, you've got the cheerleaders,
the packed stadium,
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you've got people chomping their arms.
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You know, the town and the city,
the whole region, is all in.
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Urban Meyer is this young,
aggressive coach
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who is pursuing perfection.
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Get the ball, let's go!
Let's see how hard we can go today!
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Get in the end zone! What are you doing?
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His number one thing when you talk
to Urban Meyer about recruiting
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is he wants a competitor.
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Then he'll deal with how good
of a player you are.
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You have got to compete,
and you have to win to survive.
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Hey, let's go! Get in here!
Get in here right now! Get in here!
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Hey! We got 30 minutes
for the rest of our lives!
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Tim Tebow was the guy
that you heard about as a player.
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Tim Tebow!
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- Tim Tebow!
- Tim Tebow!
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Come on, Tebow!
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Tebow! Tebow! Tebow! Tebow!
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The national narrative at that point
is that Urban Meyer and Tim Tebow
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are this uber-competitive pair
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that are going to lead the Gators
to the national championship.
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I wanna personally thank Coach Meyer
for giving me the opportunity
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to be a Gator. I love him.
He's like a father figure to me.
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And not only are
they gonna win,
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but they're gonna do it
with their families around
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and surrounded by faith
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and there's gonna be this clean image
for the University of Florida
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as they take on
the college football world.
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I also wanna thank my Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ, for putting me here.
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Tim Tebow's religion is known
to everybody, his deep faith.
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He writes John 3:16 on his eye black.
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It's visible to millions of viewers
every weekend.
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And then you have Aaron Hernandez.
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A 17-year-old fresh off
the death of his father,
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trying to establish himself
all those miles south in Florida.
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And if you're in Florida,
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you know who the best players are
in Georgia and vice versa.
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But if you're coming from,
you know, Connecticut,
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they don't know who we are.
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So, he had to prove himself
every day on the football field
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knowing full well
that there was another guy
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just about as capable
who could take his spot.
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And Florida wouldn't miss a beat.
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Nice job on catching the ball
from a very talented
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freshman tight end, Aaron Hernandez!
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Tim, you look like
you were looking at
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Aaron Hernandez a lot during practice.
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With a group of unproven receivers,
are you gonna look to him more?
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I think he'll be, without a doubt,
one of the...
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Our main guys in offense.
So yeah, I'll be looking for him.
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Aaron Hernandez
had that rare combination
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of speed and size
and ability to catch the ball.
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...in the endzone, Hernandez!
Great catch!
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He was a tremendous player
at the University of Florida.
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Hernandez, 15, 10, five.
Touchdown! There it is!
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He establishes himself as part
of the Florida machine
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that's gonna be pursuing these titles.
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He was a guy that you would go
into the game saying,
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"He's one of the best players in America.
Give him the ball." He was that good.
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Football meant everything to him.
He was very committed to it.
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His focus was on point, loved the game.
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They were an absolute powerhouse.
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They won game after game after game.
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But the stress of doing that
was also very difficult.
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If the success
of your team... If winning is predicated
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on having this kid out on the field,
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and if you don't win, your school
is gonna lose millions of dollars...
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That's a tremendous amount of pressure.
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At Wisconsin, I was taken
aback by how serious practice was taken.
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I was playing on every special team.
I was running scout team.
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I was running with our twos on defense.
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Objectively, just, like, too much
of a load for anybody.
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And I saw, you know,
a line of our upperclassmen,
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with their pants to their knees just
waiting to get their Toradol injection.
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And I didn't know this at 18.
I thought, "My God!"
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You know, "These 15 upperclassmen starters
are taking steroids before the game!"
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Like... Just completely naive.
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Um, and I later found out it was Toradol,
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this painkiller that our team docs
would administer
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so guys could play
with whatever they had going on.
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For real, weed and Toradol.
That's all you need, baby!
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I'm telling you, bro,
they cancelling all the Toradols.
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They don't want to give you
no Toradol shots no more.
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For the players,
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if a player, like, you know
what I mean by a player like you,
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- you know what I'm saying?
- Yeah.
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If players want it, man,
they're getting that.
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To see that at 18,
that was really enlightening
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to just how seriously it's taken.
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Kind of my first glimpse at,
"This is very real. It's a big industry,
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and they're willing to put in
basically kids, young men,
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in situations that'll compromise
their long-term health
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just to beat Northwestern."
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Semi-pro was a way for us
to keep living our dreams.
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Most of us, we just dream about it.
We live it out on the semi-pro field,
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and we pay for that experience alone.
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Yeah, we pay to play.
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We pay to play.
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We're all supposed to pay
about 75 to 100 bucks each,
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just so we can pay the referees,
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pay the trainers and EMTs
that come out and tape us up.
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When I broke my arm,
be there for us to say, "Hey, I got you.
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No worries, we'll get you right."
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Definitely different paradox
than what Hernandez
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or somebody would be going through.
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But again, you can't put a price
on what we developed as brotherhood.
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Like I said, Odin played outside
linebacker. He played right behind me.
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First time I met him, I said,
"Who the fuck is that?"
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I turned to Mike Branch, and Mike,
like a proud father or uncle...
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Mike's sitting there like,
"You like him, right?"
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'Cause he played high school football
under Mike Branch.
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And next thing you know,
we got this stud of a football player.
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Odin Lloyd had to borrow
somebody's jersey
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because he didn't put his money
in the pot at one point.
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Odin was always one of them dudes
that we never thought would be
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on either end of the gun.
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We were supposed to be protected
'cause we were football players.
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The most vile gangsters in these streets
knew not to fuck with us
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'cause we were football players.
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And it's so ironic
that a fuckin' football player
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that wanted to be a fake fuckin' gangster
killed my boy.
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This was an incredibly
sloppy crime.
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There's now a grisly murder in a field
right next to Aaron Hernandez's home...
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in a town where these types of things
don't happen.
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There just aren't shootings and killings
in North Attleboro.
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Obviously, the first suspect that
they're gonna have is Aaron Hernandez.
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He's the only person in North Attleboro
that Odin Lloyd knows.
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The prosecution had
no murder weapon, no clear motive.
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The prosecutors were able to collect
a mountain of evidence.
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They had cell phone tower
evidence and various surveillance videos.
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The cell towers tracked
their movements
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all the way to a stop at a gas station
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which was right off of Route 128.
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One of the more jarring images
is of him dancing at the gas station.
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He seems to be impaired.
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Obviously, there's a lot of testimony
he'd been smoking
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almost nonstop that weekend.
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But here's a guy who just minutes later
will pick up a friend of his
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and then drive him directly to a spot
where he murders him.
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2:10 in the morning, they stop.
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The defendant bought gas,
bought two other items.
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Bubblicious blue cotton candy gum
and Black & Milds,
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which are rolling papers for marijuana.
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There was a blunt that was located
to the right of the deceased body.
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Again, close proximity to him.
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The DNA profile
from Aaron J. Hernandez
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matched the deduced DNA profile
from this item.
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Some of the evidence they find
is just amazing.
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He returns the car the next day,
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and there's still gun shells
in the Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
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And who's the car registered to?
Aaron Hernandez.
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I found a piece of chewed...
Looked like blue Bubblicious gum.
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And then when I moved the seat forward,
I looked up and I saw
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what I thought was a bullet.
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Prior to him leaving,
did he offer you something?
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- He did.
- And what was that?
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He offered me a piece of gum.
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And did you see the gum
he was offering you?
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It looks like it would've been
blue Bubblicious.
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Investigators say they matched
shell casings from the murder scene
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to one.45 caliber shell
found in Hernandez's rental car.
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Did you form an opinion, sir,
as to whether or not the 2012 Nissan
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made the imprint from the scene?
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- I did.
- And what was that?
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It made the impression.
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There were tire tracks,
text messages...
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My opinion was
the footwear impression
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was similar in manufacturing and design
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and were consistent
with a retro 11 Air Jordan, size 13.
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You name it, Hernandez was
linked to that scene indisputably.
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The amount
of circumstantial evidence
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continues to escalate, and it is clear
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that Aaron Hernandez is guilty
of something significant.
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What specifically that is pertains
to who pulled the trigger and who didn't.
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If the charges are correct, he had,
you know, a mini arsenal of guns.
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He carried them around.
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If again the charges are correct,
his... You know...
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If his feelings were hurt
or he felt personally dissed,
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it seems at least on three instances,
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he took it out by pulling out a gun
and shooting people.
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Aaron Hernandez gets to campus
down in Gainesville.
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He goes out on a Friday night
with Tim Tebow,
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and he's at a bar called The Swamp.
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He's underage,
so he shouldn't even be there.
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But he is served two alcoholic drinks
that night,
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and he thinks that there's no bill.
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He thinks life's on scholarship.
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The manager comes up to him,
and waves the receipt at him
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and says, "What about this?
What about this?"
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And Hernandez sucker punches him
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right in the ear,
and he bursts his ear drum.
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He's acting in a manner that,
you know, makes no sense.
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A guy's asking him to pay his bar tab.
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The manager declined to pursue charges,
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and he was never charged
with a crime on it.
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And is that the first taste of
"I can get away with this down here"?
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Is this Hernandez stepping outside
of the Bristol Central star role
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and saying, "From this day forth,
I'm not to be tested"?
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My first shock when Aaron went down
to the University of Florida
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was that he put on, like, 10 or 15 pounds.
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And then, the tattoos started pouring on
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as the years went on
at the University of Florida.
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We did have all of his tattoos
analyzed and were told what they meant.
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These weren't just art to Aaron Hernandez.
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These tattoos meant a lot to him.
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They were essentially his life.
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There was a huge tattoo
that was memorializing his father,
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who in many ways, meant the world to him.
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Yeah, it's a quote my father
always used to give me.
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"If it is to be, it is up to me."
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Basically saying,
whatever I want my life to be,
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it's up to me to make it out that way.
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His father, he told me,
kept him in check.
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It's clear that his core discipline
really came
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from the guidance his father gave him
when his father was here.
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Once his father passed, he basically lost
the ballast that kept him on course.
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Tebow jump pass, third time.
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He's done it!
Third time he's gotten a touchdown!
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My nigga.
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My nigga, boy, I know you were
thinking about that shit all night, boy!
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Hey! Word to everything.
I was just telling niggas,
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if you got to do one thing in the world,
nigga, you gotta go to Tootsie's, man.
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Like, they don't... 'Cause strip
clubs up here, there be aight bitches,
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but there don't be bitches like that.
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Them bitches look way better
than my wifey, you know what I'm saying?
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There must've been a lot going on
in Aaron's head of what he was doing,
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what the decisions
and just everything that was in there.
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It must've been a difficult time
to figure out who he was
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or what is gonna make me happy.
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That's where the duality
started to surface.
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My first thought
process to him getting all the tattoos
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was he's trying to hide his sexuality.
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He's down at Florida... He's down there
with a different crew of people
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that... I mean, you have to do whatever
you can to mask the other side of you.
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Moving into a premier football program
like Florida,
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he probably felt a lot of shame
about his own sexuality
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and about the things that he did,
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and he certainly knew that he needed
to keep those things under wraps.
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A lot of people would think,
you know, gay men
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drink martinis, and they're thin
and neat and fit.
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So, I gained a lot of weight,
I started chewing tobacco,
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I drank a lot of beer, and so I kind of
flipped all those stereotypes.
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And at one point in college,
I got up to a little over 370.
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You know, I was trying to be
a stereotypical, sloppy, straight guy.
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My coaches were pleading with me
to lose weight,
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and they were making me
come in there at 6:00 a.m.
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and ride the bike before class
and do these extra things...
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but, you know,
I couldn't tell them why I was
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trying to be as unattractive as possible.
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'Cause in my mind, I thought
if I'm unattractive as possible,
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that takes the pressure off of having
to answer, "Why aren't you dating a girl?"
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I be sitting in my cell, nigga,
and songs be coming back
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because they have back in the day songs,
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shit from like when we was in college.
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And nigga,
they be playing that shit.
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I be thinking of so many memories.
Word to everything, man.
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Down in Gainesville,
there's a ton of distractions,
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and head coach, Urban Meyer, knows this.
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Urban is very involved,
works long hours,
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meets with all of his different players
at all times.
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Aaron would come over
to the family dinners. They would meet.
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Urban said they would have
Bible studies together.
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He was trying to mentor
and guide him
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and be a kind of spiritual presence.
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00:22:31,933 --> 00:22:34,903
Aaron Hernandez was in my home
many, many times...
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sitting with my kids,
playing with my kids.
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Just excruciatingly sad
to see a kid that we know
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that was part of our family
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make decisions that are just horrible.
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That's not the Aaron Hernandez I know.
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There's these people in this
jail... Well, I can't see from my window,
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but all these people, like,
will start laughing and shit...
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because there's one of those
on the other side of the jail in a unit.
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Obviously, a male unit,
it's a male jail. In the window--
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Don't you guys... You guys
have a level of females, don't you?
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00:23:13,642 --> 00:23:15,482
Um, no, not in this jail.
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00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,190
I think... Are you sure?
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00:23:17,270 --> 00:23:19,520
Are there any females
in this jail? No, right?
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00:23:20,357 --> 00:23:21,977
Is this an all-male jail?
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00:23:22,984 --> 00:23:24,614
Yeah, besides those things?
403
00:23:25,904 --> 00:23:27,204
Yeah, well, there's a--
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Stop calling them
"those things." Stop it. That is so rude.
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00:23:30,742 --> 00:23:32,042
No, they got titties.
406
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,789
I don't care!
They're called transgender.
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00:23:34,871 --> 00:23:37,621
They're called transgender!
Don't call them "those things."
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00:23:37,707 --> 00:23:40,287
Well, in jail,
that's what they call 'em. Things.
409
00:23:40,836 --> 00:23:44,666
Well, don't be... Stop hopping
on the bandwagon. Be a leader.
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00:23:44,756 --> 00:23:46,676
I'm not hopping.
That's what they are.
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- We just don't say transgenders.
- They're not things.
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They're humans, just like you.
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I understand that.
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00:23:53,098 --> 00:23:55,228
I need to teach you so much.
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00:23:55,308 --> 00:23:56,848
No, I've got so much better.
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00:23:56,935 --> 00:24:01,605
I just sit and think sometimes,
like... I can't wait to be free.
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00:24:01,690 --> 00:24:03,940
I'm gonna be free soon,
just to let you know.
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00:24:05,193 --> 00:24:06,823
He was what we call
a crash dummy.
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00:24:06,903 --> 00:24:08,913
That's what we call them, crash dummies.
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00:24:08,989 --> 00:24:10,069
What's a crash dummy?
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Somebody who's literally ready to crash
into the wall to impress somebody else
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00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:15,999
and improve their chances
to be more popular.
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00:24:16,079 --> 00:24:19,249
They don't have any savoir faire.
They don't have nothing other than
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the ability to just do something brash
or arrogant
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00:24:22,210 --> 00:24:24,840
or really off-the-wall to get attention.
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00:24:25,589 --> 00:24:29,889
But then when you look in
that SEC football in Florida,
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you're almost to the top of the mountain.
So I can see him getting away...
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00:24:33,054 --> 00:24:34,974
Like, getting away
with a lot of stuff down there,
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00:24:35,056 --> 00:24:38,136
and the more you get away with shit,
the more you feel untouchable.
430
00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:43,725
If he was hanging with guys like us,
this shit would've never happened.
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00:24:43,815 --> 00:24:46,605
'Cause we'd be the first motherfuckers
to say, "We know what happens
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00:24:46,693 --> 00:24:49,613
on that side of the fence. Motherfucker,
you better pick a side,
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00:24:49,696 --> 00:24:50,696
'cause it can't be both sides.
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00:24:50,780 --> 00:24:53,240
'Cause sooner or later, you're gonna be
called to both sides at the same time,
435
00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:54,825
and you can't split yourself in half."
436
00:24:57,037 --> 00:25:00,367
There is an open case
in Gainesville where one night,
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a couple guys got in a fight
with some football players, they believed.
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00:25:04,127 --> 00:25:09,467
As they're pulling away,
they say they saw a muscular man
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00:25:09,549 --> 00:25:13,509
who fits Aaron Hernandez's description
shoot into their car.
440
00:25:15,263 --> 00:25:17,683
Both men were shot. They got away.
441
00:25:19,476 --> 00:25:23,226
He mentioned something
about that over the shooting,
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00:25:23,313 --> 00:25:27,233
which was his freshman year of college.
I don't even think he was 18 years old.
443
00:25:27,317 --> 00:25:29,777
I think he was still 17
when that had happened.
444
00:25:30,570 --> 00:25:33,780
Like, he didn't have to do
a police report or nothing,
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00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:35,445
but I don't know much about it.
446
00:25:37,327 --> 00:25:38,997
Who was involved in that
447
00:25:39,079 --> 00:25:41,039
officially remains a mystery
in Gainesville.
448
00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:49,915
Does not take any college
football star long before they realize
449
00:25:50,006 --> 00:25:52,176
they operate at a different standard.
450
00:25:52,259 --> 00:25:55,509
Charges can disappear
in these college towns,
451
00:25:55,595 --> 00:25:57,755
and there's reluctant witnesses.
452
00:25:59,140 --> 00:26:00,980
That's how these college towns work.
453
00:26:02,310 --> 00:26:04,150
It's a part
of a way of life.
454
00:26:04,854 --> 00:26:08,154
Football's very, very important
and very, very powerful.
455
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:13,659
It's incredibly profitable.
It makes tremendous amounts of money.
456
00:26:16,658 --> 00:26:20,198
It's a system where the
marketing arm is the athletics department,
457
00:26:20,287 --> 00:26:22,617
and they want to have these images.
458
00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:29,376
Aaron Hernandez, to some degree,
clearly was allowed to continue playing
459
00:26:29,462 --> 00:26:33,302
without any repercussions
for what he had done,
460
00:26:33,383 --> 00:26:36,473
as long as he excelled
on the football field.
461
00:26:36,553 --> 00:26:39,973
Congratulations
to the University of Florida Gators,
462
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:47,110
who have won the school's
third National Football Championship!
463
00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:56,315
Aaron told people
that Urban Meyer instructed him
464
00:26:56,406 --> 00:26:58,486
not to come back for his senior year.
465
00:26:58,575 --> 00:27:03,325
That meant Aaron needed to enter
the NFL at the age of 20.
466
00:27:04,497 --> 00:27:06,877
Well, he expected to be
a first round draft pick.
467
00:27:06,958 --> 00:27:10,548
You know, I think... You know,
that's what we all expected him to be.
468
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:13,589
You know, I think
his play on the field showed that.
469
00:27:13,673 --> 00:27:15,763
Come on, Aaron! Let's go!
470
00:27:15,842 --> 00:27:18,182
Draft picks are
extremely valuable.
471
00:27:18,261 --> 00:27:22,971
These are million-dollar decisions
that can shape the direction of a team.
472
00:27:23,058 --> 00:27:26,098
They don't leave anything up to guessing.
473
00:27:26,811 --> 00:27:30,651
Aaron was enough
of a question mark character-wise
474
00:27:30,732 --> 00:27:33,232
that NFL teams
hired private investigators.
475
00:27:34,194 --> 00:27:36,154
They did behavioral analysis.
476
00:27:37,697 --> 00:27:41,027
His score for maturity
was the lowest possible.
477
00:27:42,118 --> 00:27:44,868
They did reveal failed drug tests.
478
00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:48,746
Aaron was absolutely operating
on the edge.
479
00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:54,005
Aaron knew that the NFL
was aware of his past issues.
480
00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:58,509
To combat that, his agent and Aaron
composed a letter
481
00:27:58,593 --> 00:28:01,473
to the New England Patriots
and other teams
482
00:28:01,554 --> 00:28:06,944
that he was willing to be drug tested
during season, more than any other player.
483
00:28:08,144 --> 00:28:10,444
They wanted as much money as he could get,
484
00:28:10,522 --> 00:28:13,022
which is what you get
when you're a top draft pick.
485
00:28:19,155 --> 00:28:22,405
The 2010 NFL Draft
is officially open.
486
00:28:26,329 --> 00:28:28,459
I remember watching the draft.
487
00:28:29,332 --> 00:28:31,792
I was very proud,
and I was very happy for him,
488
00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:35,086
and I was very excited to see
the future for him.
489
00:28:36,297 --> 00:28:40,467
The first round goes by.
The second round goes by.
490
00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:44,812
With the 42nd pick in the 2010 NFL Draft,
491
00:28:44,889 --> 00:28:50,849
the New England Patriots select
Rob Gronkowski, tight end, Arizona.
492
00:28:51,479 --> 00:28:53,269
And then
the third round goes by.
493
00:28:54,482 --> 00:28:57,942
And I'm like, "What is happening?
When is this gonna stop?"
494
00:28:58,278 --> 00:29:01,658
You know, "When is my buddy
gonna make a team?"
495
00:29:01,823 --> 00:29:04,413
With the 15th pick
of the fourth round,
496
00:29:04,492 --> 00:29:10,962
the New England Patriots select
Aaron Hernandez, tight end, Florida.
497
00:29:14,502 --> 00:29:18,012
Here's a kid that has the talent
of a first rounder,
498
00:29:18,089 --> 00:29:19,969
but doesn't go until the fourth round.
499
00:29:20,049 --> 00:29:22,969
And then the red flags start to come up.
Why is that?
500
00:29:25,847 --> 00:29:28,807
We got off to a good start
with Aaron Hernandez.
501
00:29:28,892 --> 00:29:32,772
He was a player that frankly
we were surprised that he was...
502
00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:34,944
That we had the opportunity to draft him
503
00:29:35,023 --> 00:29:38,823
there in the fourth round,
but, you know, glad we did.
504
00:29:38,902 --> 00:29:43,112
Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft
have a relationship with Urban Meyer,
505
00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:45,742
and they leaned on him for advice.
506
00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:48,236
That's how the league works,
you know.
507
00:29:48,328 --> 00:29:51,498
It's all about,
"Hey, what's the deal on this guy?
508
00:29:51,581 --> 00:29:53,001
Talk to me. What's he really like?"
509
00:29:53,082 --> 00:29:57,172
Here's a kid that was young,
little immature,
510
00:29:57,253 --> 00:30:01,013
maybe hanging around the wrong group,
but he's got this unbelievable talent.
511
00:30:01,090 --> 00:30:02,930
If you can get him there, he'll listen,
512
00:30:03,009 --> 00:30:05,219
he's coachable, you can kinda hone him in.
513
00:30:06,262 --> 00:30:07,102
Bill reported this week
514
00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:09,600
that Aaron Hernandez,
the fourth round tight end,
515
00:30:09,682 --> 00:30:11,392
failed multiple drug tests,
marijuana tests.
516
00:30:11,476 --> 00:30:13,186
The team and the player
circled the wagons this week
517
00:30:13,269 --> 00:30:15,099
and denied it, said it was just one.
518
00:30:15,730 --> 00:30:18,730
He had a positive drug test
and sat out a game.
519
00:30:20,777 --> 00:30:23,317
We knew that every time he went home.
And that was a concern of mine,
520
00:30:23,404 --> 00:30:26,034
every time he would go to Connecticut,
521
00:30:26,449 --> 00:30:28,579
I'd have players on my team say,
"Watch this guy."
522
00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:32,290
And his mom and I would talk.
He has a great brother named DJ Hernandez,
523
00:30:32,372 --> 00:30:35,962
great brother. And I'd talk to him
probably every three, four days.
524
00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:39,842
How's he doing and I coach...
When he goes home...
525
00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:42,591
So we would try not to let him
go back to Connecticut.
526
00:30:46,094 --> 00:30:49,264
Patriots, probably
the best organization in the world.
527
00:30:49,722 --> 00:30:51,562
Tom Brady's the best quarterback
of all time.
528
00:30:51,641 --> 00:30:53,231
Bill Belichick's the best coach
of all time.
529
00:30:54,227 --> 00:30:56,477
But at that point,
I wanted him to be drafted
530
00:30:56,563 --> 00:31:03,323
by Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco,
or San Diego, as far away as possible.
531
00:31:03,903 --> 00:31:06,283
You know, just so that
the people that needed to see him,
532
00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:08,744
the people that wanted to see him
had the access
533
00:31:08,825 --> 00:31:11,905
to fly out and go to see him, but they
couldn't just take a two-hour drive.
534
00:31:12,579 --> 00:31:14,209
Sir, if you would state
your full name, please.
535
00:31:14,289 --> 00:31:16,829
- Alexander Bradley.
- And just spell your last name.
536
00:31:16,916 --> 00:31:18,536
B- R-A-D-L-E-Y.
537
00:31:18,626 --> 00:31:21,126
- How old are you, sir?
- Thirty-two years old.
538
00:31:21,754 --> 00:31:26,054
At some point, did you meet an individual
by the name of Aaron Hernandez?
539
00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:29,604
- Yes.
- And at that time, when you first met him,
540
00:31:29,679 --> 00:31:31,179
was he going to school?
541
00:31:31,681 --> 00:31:33,221
He was just finishing school.
542
00:31:33,308 --> 00:31:35,978
He was preparing to enter the NFL.
543
00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:39,774
Alexander Bradley is a convicted
drug dealer,
544
00:31:39,856 --> 00:31:43,396
drug kingpin
is how prosecutors describe him.
545
00:31:43,484 --> 00:31:45,114
And a gun dealer in Connecticut.
546
00:31:46,112 --> 00:31:49,822
So let's start with
the last batch of charges, if I may.
547
00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:51,658
You presently have charges
pending against you
548
00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:56,413
of Violation of a Protective Order.
Reckless Endangerment in the first degree.
549
00:31:56,497 --> 00:31:59,457
And Interference with an Officer
or Resisting an Officer.
550
00:31:59,542 --> 00:32:02,462
Burglary in the third degree.
And Disorderly Conduct,
551
00:32:02,545 --> 00:32:05,205
- and Criminal Mischief, second degree.
- Correct.
552
00:32:06,507 --> 00:32:10,427
At one point,
Alexander Bradley was shot in the groin
553
00:32:10,511 --> 00:32:12,261
at a bar in Hartford.
554
00:32:12,347 --> 00:32:16,597
Bradley sought revenge,
went and got a gun outside of the bar,
555
00:32:16,684 --> 00:32:21,484
came back...
and shot into the bar 11 times.
556
00:32:23,316 --> 00:32:27,776
Just hanging out with a guy
like Alexander Bradley made no sense.
557
00:32:27,862 --> 00:32:31,572
That wasn't the life
that he was projecting to everybody else.
558
00:32:31,658 --> 00:32:35,578
He was hanging out
with a very dangerous, very violent guy.
559
00:32:36,579 --> 00:32:38,159
I would bring him marijuana.
560
00:32:38,247 --> 00:32:40,627
That's how our relationship began,
kind of.
561
00:32:41,542 --> 00:32:43,882
That's what
our relationship was at the beginning.
562
00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:47,052
I see. And just tell us about that.
Would you see him smoke every day?
563
00:32:47,674 --> 00:32:49,764
- Yes. Heavily.
- How often in a day's time?
564
00:32:49,842 --> 00:32:52,432
- How many times in a day?
- Chain smoking.
565
00:32:53,346 --> 00:32:56,056
See, now that I can go
to the store and buy it legally,
566
00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:59,440
I don't need that guy in my life anymore.
567
00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:03,189
And if Aaron didn't need
that guy in his life,
568
00:33:03,272 --> 00:33:05,272
who knows if any of this happens?
569
00:33:05,358 --> 00:33:08,068
At some point,
did your relationship change?
570
00:33:08,194 --> 00:33:11,864
Yes. It progressed
from when I first met him.
571
00:33:11,948 --> 00:33:14,198
Okay, and at some point,
you become friends...
572
00:33:14,283 --> 00:33:17,253
At some point, yes. We were good friends.
573
00:33:18,913 --> 00:33:23,883
It's ultimately about you trying
to put yourself around people
574
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,800
that wanna see you be successful,
in the right way.
575
00:33:46,607 --> 00:33:49,237
When you talk about
the Patriots' organization,
576
00:33:49,318 --> 00:33:51,238
and I played
for a bunch of different organizations
577
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:52,610
throughout my NFL career,
578
00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:55,697
I would say they do things the right way.
579
00:33:56,325 --> 00:34:00,405
"The Patriot way" sounds like
a cliche, cheesy marketing thing.
580
00:34:00,496 --> 00:34:01,366
It works.
581
00:34:01,956 --> 00:34:06,666
Guys come there, conform
and success happens. They buy in,
582
00:34:06,753 --> 00:34:08,763
and there's a track record to buy in,
583
00:34:08,838 --> 00:34:12,718
where it's about discipline
and accountability.
584
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,470
That you're gonna show up early,
you're gonna work hard,
585
00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:16,682
you're gonna do the right thing
and we're gonna win championships.
586
00:34:18,473 --> 00:34:22,983
Walking into
the Patriots' locker room in 2009,
587
00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:27,441
they talked about playoffs,
they talked about Super Bowl.
588
00:34:27,523 --> 00:34:29,443
They expect winning.
589
00:34:30,985 --> 00:34:33,645
I think what makes
Coach Belichick such a good coach
590
00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:36,658
is his extreme attention to detail.
591
00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:40,831
I can compare his style
to other coaches I've had
592
00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:42,462
and no one really stacks up.
593
00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:45,789
He studied generals and military
'cause of his dad,
594
00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:49,165
and that was kind of his foundation
with how he runs the place.
595
00:34:49,879 --> 00:34:53,169
There's certainly a thought that
when Aaron Hernandez goes to New England,
596
00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:56,677
it's actually the perfect place for him
in terms of that culture.
597
00:34:57,428 --> 00:34:58,468
There's no medals for trying.
598
00:34:58,554 --> 00:35:00,894
This isn't like eighth grade
where everybody gets a trophy.
599
00:35:00,973 --> 00:35:03,273
We're in a professional sport,
600
00:35:03,351 --> 00:35:05,771
and it's competitive to win.
That's what we do.
601
00:35:05,853 --> 00:35:07,733
As soon as the Patriots drafted me,
602
00:35:07,814 --> 00:35:11,194
you know, that was the best possible
situation I could have ended up in
603
00:35:11,275 --> 00:35:15,065
'cause, you know, there's no distractions.
There's just an extreme focus on winning,
604
00:35:15,154 --> 00:35:17,574
and nothing else
really flies around there.
605
00:35:17,657 --> 00:35:21,287
And for a closeted guy...
you know, that's great.
606
00:35:32,463 --> 00:35:34,513
Do you know an individual
named Aaron Hernandez?
607
00:35:34,590 --> 00:35:37,260
- I do.
- What grade did you meet?
608
00:35:37,343 --> 00:35:38,973
I believe it was sixth grade.
609
00:35:40,346 --> 00:35:43,846
When he came back to the area
in 2010 and signed with the Patriots,
610
00:35:43,933 --> 00:35:46,353
what, if anything,
happened with your friendship?
611
00:35:47,895 --> 00:35:49,895
You know, we started talking more often.
612
00:35:51,774 --> 00:35:53,234
You know, we became close again.
613
00:35:53,317 --> 00:35:56,447
How frequently would you
speak with Mr. Hernandez on the phone?
614
00:35:56,529 --> 00:35:58,029
Probably every day.
615
00:35:58,614 --> 00:35:59,874
We were super close.
616
00:36:02,618 --> 00:36:04,078
How are you and Shay doing?
617
00:36:04,162 --> 00:36:05,582
We're cordial, know what I mean?
618
00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:07,173
That's all it is? Just cordial?
619
00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:10,378
She hates me every other day,
and I understand.
620
00:36:10,459 --> 00:36:12,379
And I know she'll take me back,
know what I mean,
621
00:36:12,461 --> 00:36:15,881
but she just says, like, there's no way
you're gonna get out of jail
622
00:36:15,965 --> 00:36:19,545
and then, I'm just gonna calm down now
after being in jail and not partying,
623
00:36:19,635 --> 00:36:21,795
not fucking, not doing anything,
you know what I mean?
624
00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:23,678
Who knows what the fuck I wanna do?
625
00:36:23,764 --> 00:36:26,234
No, I think if you get out of jail,
626
00:36:26,309 --> 00:36:28,849
you should maybe lay low for a little bit.
627
00:36:31,564 --> 00:36:36,994
Once Aaron was drafted
by the Patriots,
628
00:36:38,237 --> 00:36:42,867
did the two of you decide
to become a couple in the long run?
629
00:36:43,075 --> 00:36:44,035
Yes.
630
00:36:44,660 --> 00:36:50,580
I had decided to kind of
up and leave my life and move with him.
631
00:36:56,505 --> 00:37:00,505
Do you have any rules
about using marijuana?
632
00:37:00,593 --> 00:37:02,473
-
Did I have any rules?
- Yes.
633
00:37:02,553 --> 00:37:06,023
-
He had a designated spot.
- Where was that?
634
00:37:06,098 --> 00:37:07,098
His man cave.
635
00:37:07,183 --> 00:37:08,603
-
In the basement?
- Yes.
636
00:37:10,603 --> 00:37:15,483
And at some point, did you meet
an individual by the name of Odin Lloyd?
637
00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:18,606
- I did.
- And how did you meet Odin Lloyd?
638
00:37:18,694 --> 00:37:19,864
Through my sister.
639
00:37:21,822 --> 00:37:23,662
For Odin,
he could've just stayed local
640
00:37:23,741 --> 00:37:27,581
and did these little bitty jobs,
but he wanted something better.
641
00:37:27,662 --> 00:37:30,582
And then around the time
when I stopped seeing him,
642
00:37:31,165 --> 00:37:35,125
I believe that's when he started
rubbing elbows with that group of people.
643
00:37:36,045 --> 00:37:39,715
Then I saw him later at a scrimmage,
and he looked good.
644
00:37:39,799 --> 00:37:42,389
He looked like he'd been working out,
eating good, three meals a day.
645
00:37:42,468 --> 00:37:44,548
I'm like, "Man, look at this dude.
Getting big."
646
00:37:45,471 --> 00:37:47,311
So he must've been doing
something different.
647
00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:50,890
Aaron and Odin,
648
00:37:50,977 --> 00:37:54,307
there was a possibility they were going
to become future brother-in-laws.
649
00:37:54,397 --> 00:37:56,817
The sisters would hang out all the time,
650
00:37:56,899 --> 00:38:00,239
and so these two were kinda
forced into a relationship.
651
00:38:00,319 --> 00:38:02,569
But they turned out to be friends.
652
00:38:02,822 --> 00:38:05,532
There were a lot of connections,
they both loved football.
653
00:38:06,575 --> 00:38:11,865
They also bonded over marijuana.
These were enthusiasts, if you will.
654
00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:14,286
Odin Lloyd
would obtain marijuana
655
00:38:15,167 --> 00:38:19,797
and roll blunts for Aaron,
especially for Aaron.
656
00:38:20,715 --> 00:38:24,295
Odin was known as The Blunt Master.
657
00:38:26,929 --> 00:38:30,469
The Jenkins sisters would be
hanging out upstairs at the McMansion.
658
00:38:30,558 --> 00:38:32,978
Odin and Aaron would
go down to the basement
659
00:38:33,060 --> 00:38:36,270
and they'd roll joints and smoke 'em
down there and watch movies,
660
00:38:36,355 --> 00:38:41,315
play video games and all that.
These two became friends.
661
00:38:41,402 --> 00:38:43,822
I asked them, I said,
"When did you have time to play football?
662
00:38:43,904 --> 00:38:46,374
I mean, you're smoking in your basement,
you're smoking at your house,
663
00:38:46,449 --> 00:38:48,449
you're smoking at the restaurant."
And he said
664
00:38:48,534 --> 00:38:51,914
he liked to smoke, and he said
he was pretty much high all the time.
665
00:38:53,456 --> 00:38:55,576
I played two seasons with Aaron.
666
00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:58,086
Him and Gronkowski came in together.
667
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:01,340
Aaron definitely had a big personality.
668
00:39:01,422 --> 00:39:05,632
You could see it. You know,
I don't wanna say loud, but you know,
669
00:39:05,718 --> 00:39:09,138
you knew he was in a room.
It was not, you know, the Patriot way,
670
00:39:09,221 --> 00:39:11,771
but you know, he was who he was.
671
00:39:11,849 --> 00:39:13,979
He approached me in 2010
672
00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:16,400
and, you know, was asking me what I did
673
00:39:16,479 --> 00:39:20,069
and, you know, outside of football.
And he was like, "You know, man,
674
00:39:20,149 --> 00:39:22,149
take my number down.
You know, we can go hang out."
675
00:39:22,234 --> 00:39:25,454
And I still got the text message,
and it just says, "Holla at me."
676
00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:29,990
But we never got a chance to,
you know, to hang out.
677
00:39:30,743 --> 00:39:33,253
I think when a lot of us think
about NFL players,
678
00:39:33,329 --> 00:39:35,539
you wonder what do they do
in their off-time,
679
00:39:35,623 --> 00:39:37,923
do they hang out with the other players?
680
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,170
Well, Aaron was a pretty young guy
when he started with the Patriots,
681
00:39:41,253 --> 00:39:44,423
and he was close enough
to his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut
682
00:39:44,507 --> 00:39:47,047
where it was easy for him to go back
683
00:39:47,134 --> 00:39:49,144
and hang out with his crowd,
his old friends.
684
00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:51,260
And he did. He did that a lot.
685
00:39:51,972 --> 00:39:54,062
I was talking
to my friend James Develin,
686
00:39:54,141 --> 00:39:57,901
who plays for the Patriots and, you know,
he kinda just expressed to me that,
687
00:39:57,978 --> 00:40:00,228
you know, Aaron wasn't building
these relationships,
688
00:40:00,314 --> 00:40:03,784
and he wasn't having fun
with the people around him,
689
00:40:03,859 --> 00:40:07,949
and he wasn't contributing
to the enthusiasm and the positive message
690
00:40:08,030 --> 00:40:10,280
that is important to success in football.
691
00:40:11,033 --> 00:40:14,203
That made me nervous.
That made me really nervous.
692
00:40:14,286 --> 00:40:15,286
Hey!
693
00:40:15,371 --> 00:40:17,541
I'm trying
to watch over Aaron and Brandon.
694
00:40:17,623 --> 00:40:19,963
Brandon! That's great, man.
They're good guys.
695
00:40:20,042 --> 00:40:22,252
They're a lot to handle.
Good luck the rest of the way. See you.
696
00:40:22,336 --> 00:40:24,206
The Patriots, they're just like...
I don't know.
697
00:40:24,296 --> 00:40:28,376
They just try to ruin all your fun
'cause they want you to only be business,
698
00:40:28,467 --> 00:40:30,257
which is why they win,
you know what I mean?
699
00:40:30,344 --> 00:40:35,354
I don't know. You say that
Belichick is, like, the worst coach...
700
00:40:35,433 --> 00:40:39,903
I loved it because I love football
more than most people.
701
00:40:39,979 --> 00:40:42,149
Bill Belichick, as a coach,
702
00:40:42,231 --> 00:40:45,861
he's not afraid to do things
that everybody is not doing.
703
00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:49,954
In the league, we say
it's a copy-cat league
704
00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:52,990
because once one person does something,
you know, another team will do it.
705
00:40:53,075 --> 00:40:56,575
Well, Bill, you know, he won't do
what everybody else is doing.
706
00:40:58,122 --> 00:41:03,132
Bill Belichick designs an offense
that would change the NFL
707
00:41:03,210 --> 00:41:05,590
with Rob Gronkowski on one side,
708
00:41:05,671 --> 00:41:07,591
Aaron Hernandez on another.
709
00:41:07,673 --> 00:41:08,803
It works immediately.
710
00:41:08,883 --> 00:41:11,893
The pass is caught
by Hernandez!
711
00:41:14,763 --> 00:41:16,813
I liked...
I think we all like Hernandez.
712
00:41:16,891 --> 00:41:18,391
This tight end coming out of nowhere,
713
00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:21,016
and all of a sudden...
I mean, he's making plays.
714
00:41:22,897 --> 00:41:25,067
Look at Hernandez.
I know we call him a tight end,
715
00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:27,689
but he's part wide receiver out there.
716
00:41:31,363 --> 00:41:34,953
He brought a lot of toughness
and flair to the New England Patriots.
717
00:41:37,995 --> 00:41:40,405
I did respect
what he did on the football field,
718
00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:43,828
so I followed him in that aspect,
you know, when he was playing, like,
719
00:41:43,918 --> 00:41:45,668
"Hey, him and Gronkowski, they're gonna be
720
00:41:45,753 --> 00:41:50,933
the greatest two tight end tandem in
NFL history," so I was a big fan of his.
721
00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:53,429
And that is Hernandez
running with it,
722
00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:55,391
and getting free inside the 30!
723
00:41:55,471 --> 00:41:58,021
Hernandez cuts back to the ten...
724
00:42:03,604 --> 00:42:05,274
To me, it's the hands.
I think he's had
725
00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:10,276
fifteen passes thrown in his direction,
13 catches, so a very high percentage.
726
00:42:12,238 --> 00:42:15,278
With his pass, in traffic,
it is caught!
727
00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:17,987
That's right on the crown.
Right on the crown.
728
00:42:18,077 --> 00:42:18,907
Yeah, it is.
729
00:42:18,994 --> 00:42:21,084
My body broke,
like in the morning, people were like...
730
00:42:21,163 --> 00:42:24,173
"What the fuck is wrong with you?"
I'm like...
731
00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:28,880
I'm like a grandpa, like all my bones
are like sore, you know what I mean?
732
00:42:33,467 --> 00:42:37,927
My body's so fucked up, honestly.
Just from football, you know what I mean?
733
00:42:43,102 --> 00:42:45,352
That time
you got hurt on the field,
734
00:42:45,437 --> 00:42:48,607
and I had no clue what to do.
735
00:42:48,691 --> 00:42:51,071
I didn't know
whether or not to run down
736
00:42:51,151 --> 00:42:55,701
and see what happened
or to just sit there. It was really scary.
737
00:42:59,326 --> 00:43:02,286
Your compatriot over there,
Hernandez, came out
738
00:43:02,371 --> 00:43:04,331
with a little bit of a head injury.
How's he feeling?
739
00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:07,125
Yes, he's feeling great.
And Hernandez is a beast.
740
00:43:07,209 --> 00:43:08,629
I love playing with him and everything.
741
00:43:12,089 --> 00:43:13,799
All those drugs
they shoot you guys up with
742
00:43:13,882 --> 00:43:17,972
and tell you to go out there and play.
"Play through your pain! Go, go!"
743
00:43:20,055 --> 00:43:22,635
He's hit,
but Hernandez keeps going!
744
00:43:22,725 --> 00:43:26,475
Know what's crazy?
They banned that shit from the league
745
00:43:26,562 --> 00:43:29,152
saying you only could take it
if you have a serious injury or something.
746
00:43:29,231 --> 00:43:31,941
Hernandez was
the intended receiver.
747
00:43:32,026 --> 00:43:33,316
And he's slow getting up.
748
00:43:35,404 --> 00:43:37,914
Guess who they gave that
shit to every fucking game?
749
00:43:39,158 --> 00:43:40,158
Me.
750
00:43:44,997 --> 00:43:46,287
There goes
Aaron Hernandez now.
751
00:43:46,373 --> 00:43:47,423
Yeah, he took a shot there.
752
00:43:47,499 --> 00:43:48,499
We could hear it.
753
00:43:50,711 --> 00:43:53,381
It's a story
that rings painfully true
754
00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:55,384
for more and more NFL retirees
755
00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:59,466
every season. Legends of the game
have complained about or were diagnosed
756
00:43:59,553 --> 00:44:02,683
with ailments
connected to repeated blows to the head.
757
00:44:03,766 --> 00:44:07,556
You know, the first case of CTE
was a Wisconsin alum. Mike Webster.
758
00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:09,861
He was a crucial part
of the Steelers'
759
00:44:09,938 --> 00:44:12,938
legendary team in the 1970s.
760
00:44:13,025 --> 00:44:15,025
But after his death,
he became the first player
761
00:44:15,110 --> 00:44:18,570
to be diagnosed
with the brain disease CTE.
762
00:44:18,656 --> 00:44:21,696
You know, the first thing I did,
and I was completely naive,
763
00:44:21,784 --> 00:44:24,294
was Google "What does CTE stand for?"
764
00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:28,000
Chronic Traumatic
Encephalopathy, or CTE,
765
00:44:28,082 --> 00:44:29,462
a degenerative brain disease
766
00:44:29,541 --> 00:44:33,251
that can lead to memory loss,
depression, and dementia.
767
00:44:33,337 --> 00:44:37,467
So it was in our awareness, but really
just as a caricature of the issue.
768
00:44:37,549 --> 00:44:39,799
We would joke occasionally later
in college,
769
00:44:39,885 --> 00:44:43,005
like if somebody forgot their keys.
Like, "Haha, the CTE is kicking in!"
770
00:44:45,641 --> 00:44:49,271
Family and friends
of former NFL standout Junior Seau
771
00:44:49,353 --> 00:44:52,113
gathered outside his
Oceanside, California home
772
00:44:52,189 --> 00:44:56,069
in shock and grief.
The former San Diego Chargers linebacker
773
00:44:56,151 --> 00:44:58,701
was found dead
of a gunshot wound this morning.
774
00:44:59,321 --> 00:45:02,121
Growing up, Junior Seau
was one of my favorite players.
775
00:45:02,199 --> 00:45:06,249
Being able to be in a locker room with
this guy was an amazing experience.
776
00:45:06,328 --> 00:45:09,208
He wasn't there at first,
but then we signed him,
777
00:45:09,289 --> 00:45:11,999
and it was a great moment.
And obviously, I'm going, and you know,
778
00:45:12,084 --> 00:45:17,094
saying wassup to him and you know,
how much I, you know, respect his game.
779
00:45:18,298 --> 00:45:20,588
He seemed like such a carefree guy.
780
00:45:20,676 --> 00:45:24,176
He used to play his ukulele
all the time with his feet up.
781
00:45:25,597 --> 00:45:31,307
You would never have thought that
a guy like that would take his own life.
782
00:45:32,896 --> 00:45:34,686
Amazingly, looking back,
783
00:45:34,773 --> 00:45:38,323
it gave me pause for like a day or two.
784
00:45:38,402 --> 00:45:42,782
'Cause here's a guy who's one of the best
ever to play the position that I play.
785
00:45:42,865 --> 00:45:44,485
You know, I wanted to be a Junior Seau.
786
00:45:45,075 --> 00:45:47,995
And he shot himself in the chest
so his brain could be studied.
787
00:45:48,287 --> 00:45:50,707
That was shocking to me.
788
00:45:50,914 --> 00:45:53,504
We have an ABC News/ESPN
exclusive report
789
00:45:53,584 --> 00:45:56,554
that has jolted the world
of professional football.
790
00:45:56,628 --> 00:46:00,628
Junior Seau was the star player
who killed himself last May,
791
00:46:00,716 --> 00:46:05,716
and now ABC's Jim Avila breaks the news
that he did have a brain disease
792
00:46:05,804 --> 00:46:07,684
linked to head trauma.
793
00:46:08,432 --> 00:46:10,682
The National Institutes
of Health found evidence
794
00:46:10,768 --> 00:46:16,108
of shrunken and hardened brain cells
like these. Tell-tale signs of CTE.
795
00:46:17,399 --> 00:46:19,439
When you're so focused
and when so much
796
00:46:19,526 --> 00:46:23,276
internal and external expectations
are put on you,
797
00:46:23,363 --> 00:46:25,913
all that stuff doesn't matter.
It's out of mind, out of sight.
798
00:46:25,991 --> 00:46:28,081
You know, I wanted to be
a Hall of Fame linebacker.
799
00:46:28,660 --> 00:46:31,620
I think that's why
you can ignore a Junior Seau suicide.
800
00:46:32,331 --> 00:46:36,171
With Junior Seau, what do
you think is his legacy on the game?
801
00:46:36,251 --> 00:46:38,751
Great team player,
very supportive of his teammates.
802
00:46:38,837 --> 00:46:41,297
I mean, everybody in the locker room
loved Junior.
803
00:46:42,132 --> 00:46:46,012
They love what he did and they loved
the way that he interacted with the team.
804
00:46:51,767 --> 00:46:54,137
Every game, you gotta be focused here.
It's not like...
805
00:46:54,228 --> 00:46:56,228
We treat this
like every other game. Playoffs...
806
00:46:56,313 --> 00:46:59,533
Obviously, the players are more excited,
coaches are more excited,
807
00:46:59,608 --> 00:47:02,898
but I'd say with Bill Belichick,
you gotta come prepared every game.
808
00:47:04,905 --> 00:47:06,655
Here comes Billy Cundiff...
809
00:47:06,740 --> 00:47:12,120
to tie this game... and in all likelihood,
send it to over-time.
810
00:47:12,204 --> 00:47:14,214
Thirty-two yards to tie it.
811
00:47:14,289 --> 00:47:16,579
And the kick... Look out! Look out!
812
00:47:16,667 --> 00:47:18,957
It's no good! It's no good!
813
00:47:23,173 --> 00:47:27,263
And the Patriots will now
take the journey to Indianapolis.
814
00:47:27,845 --> 00:47:30,505
They're heading to Super Bowl 46!
815
00:47:33,016 --> 00:47:35,636
When does reality set in
for a football player,
816
00:47:35,727 --> 00:47:38,227
that they're actually a participant
in the Super Bowl?
817
00:47:38,772 --> 00:47:42,282
I know it really hit me
when we get to the game
818
00:47:42,359 --> 00:47:44,989
and walk in, all those cameras flashing
819
00:47:45,070 --> 00:47:47,410
and really noticing
this is the Super Bowl,
820
00:47:47,489 --> 00:47:49,489
but it's a dream come true.
821
00:47:49,575 --> 00:47:54,785
I never thought I'd be in this position
or have this experience,
822
00:47:54,872 --> 00:47:59,502
but I'll definitely take it all in
and hold this for the rest of my life.
823
00:47:59,585 --> 00:48:01,455
The year that he went
to the Super Bowl,
824
00:48:01,545 --> 00:48:06,585
there was a big shindig down at
his mom's school with flowers and balloons
825
00:48:06,675 --> 00:48:09,295
and all of the students
were super excited.
826
00:48:09,386 --> 00:48:12,056
Let's go, Aaron! Let's go!
827
00:48:12,764 --> 00:48:15,774
Let's go, Aaron! Let's go!
828
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:19,980
Every parent
hopes to raise their kid
829
00:48:20,063 --> 00:48:21,573
to turn out to be something great,
830
00:48:21,648 --> 00:48:24,358
but to turn out to be now a role model,
831
00:48:24,443 --> 00:48:27,283
you have dozens of kids here
who want to be your son.
832
00:48:27,362 --> 00:48:29,202
Aaron has a kind heart.
833
00:48:29,281 --> 00:48:30,661
He's very, very kind...
834
00:48:32,451 --> 00:48:34,871
Well, if you feel
you can't talk to me...
835
00:48:34,953 --> 00:48:38,373
How could I? How could I?
836
00:48:38,916 --> 00:48:40,326
We could try.
837
00:48:40,417 --> 00:48:43,207
No, you know how many times
I tried? I always test you.
838
00:48:43,295 --> 00:48:45,955
I've been testing you
for about 12, 15 years.
839
00:48:46,048 --> 00:48:47,968
I'll just tell you one thing
and tell you not to tell anyone,
840
00:48:48,050 --> 00:48:49,470
and it always gets back to me.
841
00:48:49,551 --> 00:48:50,891
Well, how do you think
me and Tanya...
842
00:48:50,969 --> 00:48:52,929
Why do you think me and Tanya
are so close?
843
00:48:54,222 --> 00:48:56,482
That's just one of the reasons.
I could tell her...
844
00:48:56,558 --> 00:48:57,978
But a mother's not like...
845
00:48:58,060 --> 00:48:59,390
Yes, a mother is!
846
00:48:59,478 --> 00:49:01,188
You're supposed to be able
to talk to somebody.
847
00:49:02,147 --> 00:49:03,687
I mean, let your feelings out.
848
00:49:03,774 --> 00:49:06,444
Talk about personal things,
you know what I mean?
849
00:49:06,526 --> 00:49:07,856
Just everything,
you know what I mean?
850
00:49:07,945 --> 00:49:10,275
Like there's so many things
I would love to talk to you,
851
00:49:10,364 --> 00:49:12,124
so you could know me as a person.
852
00:49:12,199 --> 00:49:13,699
But I never could tell you.
853
00:49:13,784 --> 00:49:15,874
And you're gonna die without even
knowing your son.
854
00:49:15,953 --> 00:49:17,583
That's the craziest thing about it.
855
00:49:18,747 --> 00:49:21,787
And make sure you listen to
all your teachers, do good in school,
856
00:49:21,875 --> 00:49:24,915
and hopefully the best happens
for all you guys.
857
00:49:25,003 --> 00:49:27,343
Just finish the year right.
Talk to you soon.
858
00:49:40,936 --> 00:49:43,106
He scored a touchdown
in the Super Bowl.
859
00:49:47,150 --> 00:49:49,190
It's the pinnacle
of a football player's dream.
860
00:49:49,987 --> 00:49:51,697
He did it at age 22.
861
00:49:53,699 --> 00:49:56,409
I think
the biggest misconception
862
00:49:56,493 --> 00:49:59,663
is he was someone who had everything
and threw it all away.
863
00:50:00,872 --> 00:50:03,082
What is your definition of being happy?
864
00:50:04,001 --> 00:50:08,841
From what we know now, can you ever really
define that he was happy?
865
00:50:08,922 --> 00:50:10,882
Can you ever really define
that he was content?
866
00:50:11,425 --> 00:50:15,045
He did everything he thought
he needed to do to be happy.
867
00:50:15,137 --> 00:50:19,847
He got to the NFL... bought a huge house,
868
00:50:20,434 --> 00:50:22,564
had a fiancée that loved him.
869
00:50:22,644 --> 00:50:26,824
He was doing everything that,
in that storybook setting,
870
00:50:26,898 --> 00:50:29,738
would make you happy,
but obviously he was still hurting.
871
00:50:29,818 --> 00:50:33,158
Some factors that were
eating him up inside.
872
00:50:35,365 --> 00:50:40,075
I couldn't imagine if I had
actually acted on my natural urges to...
873
00:50:40,829 --> 00:50:42,459
you know, to get with other guys.
874
00:50:43,165 --> 00:50:46,665
If I'd actually done that, the paranoia
that would've been in my mind
875
00:50:46,752 --> 00:50:51,842
to, you know, feel like I had to cover
my tracks and make sure nothing got out...
876
00:50:54,426 --> 00:50:57,596
Mr. Bradley, did you notice
anything about the way the defendant,
877
00:50:57,679 --> 00:51:00,099
Mr. Aaron Hernandez, acted when he would
be at night clubs with you?
878
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:02,100
-
Yes.
- What did you observe?
879
00:51:02,184 --> 00:51:03,944
He acted in a manner...
880
00:51:05,771 --> 00:51:07,651
Like a tough guy all the time. Like--
881
00:51:07,731 --> 00:51:10,441
What would he say, if you recall,
when people were staring at him?
882
00:51:10,525 --> 00:51:11,565
Did he say something to you?
883
00:51:11,651 --> 00:51:14,071
He usually would say he didn't like
people staring him
884
00:51:14,154 --> 00:51:16,414
'cause he felt like they were trying him
or testing him.
885
00:51:17,491 --> 00:51:18,951
You're a famous NFL player.
886
00:51:19,034 --> 00:51:21,334
That's gonna happen.
It's not that big of a deal.
887
00:51:21,912 --> 00:51:23,832
In other words, I'd try to explain to him
888
00:51:23,914 --> 00:51:25,714
that people weren't trying him
all the time.
889
00:51:25,791 --> 00:51:29,251
It's just the situation,
the position he was in.
890
00:51:29,336 --> 00:51:32,416
And he didn't really need to overreact
all the time to that type of scenario.
891
00:51:33,256 --> 00:51:36,296
You see this common theme
of him being impulsive
892
00:51:36,384 --> 00:51:38,474
and of being able, on the drop of a hat,
893
00:51:38,553 --> 00:51:44,103
to go from being extremely jovial, nice,
friendly, somewhat loving guy
894
00:51:44,184 --> 00:51:48,864
to, in a moment, becoming angry
and physical and violent.
895
00:51:49,397 --> 00:51:51,017
At some point, Mr. Bradley,
896
00:51:51,108 --> 00:51:55,358
did Aaron Hernandez ask you
to help him purchase something?
897
00:51:55,904 --> 00:51:56,744
Yes.
898
00:51:56,822 --> 00:51:58,532
What did he ask you to help him purchase?
899
00:51:58,615 --> 00:52:00,025
He asked me to get him a firearm.
900
00:52:01,034 --> 00:52:02,584
Did he indicate to you
901
00:52:02,661 --> 00:52:05,961
why he wanted you to purchase
a firearm for him?
902
00:52:06,957 --> 00:52:09,127
Yes. He felt like
he needed it for protection.
903
00:52:09,209 --> 00:52:11,249
He felt like he was tired
of people trying him
904
00:52:11,336 --> 00:52:13,956
and felt like people thought
he was soft or something,
905
00:52:14,047 --> 00:52:16,507
and he was out to prove something.
906
00:52:17,384 --> 00:52:19,554
He doesn't need to behave
in this kind of way
907
00:52:19,636 --> 00:52:23,636
unless he's preparing to use guns
at some point
908
00:52:23,723 --> 00:52:25,983
that he doesn't want to be traced,
909
00:52:26,059 --> 00:52:28,649
or he just thinks it's cool
to go this way.
910
00:52:28,728 --> 00:52:31,108
He would have secret compartments
put into cars
911
00:52:31,189 --> 00:52:33,939
where he could hide a gun
as he's driving around.
912
00:52:34,025 --> 00:52:36,435
That's something that someone
with a criminal background does
913
00:52:36,528 --> 00:52:38,818
in case they get pulled over
by the police.
914
00:52:38,905 --> 00:52:42,775
He's allowed to have a gun.
Yet he's still acting this way.
915
00:52:43,910 --> 00:52:45,700
When you start to hear
about some of this stuff,
916
00:52:45,787 --> 00:52:47,957
it made him feel like this gangster,
you know what I mean?
917
00:52:48,039 --> 00:52:51,669
Here he is, like,
he's able to play football by day,
918
00:52:51,751 --> 00:52:56,171
gangster by night in the sense of,
you know, running around with guns
919
00:52:56,256 --> 00:52:58,466
and drugs and things of that nature.
920
00:52:58,550 --> 00:53:01,260
But he never had that person
that could say,
921
00:53:01,344 --> 00:53:04,934
"Hey, Aaron. You need to get out of that.
922
00:53:05,015 --> 00:53:06,595
You know, leave that stuff alone.
923
00:53:06,683 --> 00:53:09,143
That... Even if that's
what you did in the past,
924
00:53:09,227 --> 00:53:11,897
you in a completely different space now.
925
00:53:11,980 --> 00:53:13,230
Leave that alone.
926
00:53:13,315 --> 00:53:15,935
Focus on what you got going on now."
927
00:53:16,026 --> 00:53:18,696
This was a guy
that they took a chance on,
928
00:53:18,778 --> 00:53:20,698
which a lot of teams take chances on guys.
929
00:53:20,780 --> 00:53:23,370
There's guys with issues
you know coming into your program,
930
00:53:23,450 --> 00:53:24,830
and the whole key is this,
931
00:53:24,910 --> 00:53:27,500
putting them in an environment
where he can have some success
932
00:53:27,579 --> 00:53:28,409
on and off the field.
933
00:53:28,496 --> 00:53:30,286
We're a collection of our choices.
934
00:53:30,373 --> 00:53:31,833
He had a decision to make.
935
00:53:31,917 --> 00:53:34,667
Did he want to go down this road or did he
wanna go down another road?
936
00:53:34,753 --> 00:53:36,003
He chose to go down the wrong road.
937
00:53:36,087 --> 00:53:37,337
This is not on the New England Patriots.
938
00:53:37,422 --> 00:53:38,342
This is on the player.
939
00:53:50,644 --> 00:53:52,064
Mr. Bradley, at the time,
940
00:53:52,145 --> 00:53:54,895
did you know the individual here
in the braids?
941
00:53:54,981 --> 00:53:57,441
-
No.
- Had you ever met him before in your life?
942
00:53:57,525 --> 00:53:58,645
No.
943
00:53:58,735 --> 00:54:01,145
You ever heard of him before in your life?
944
00:54:01,238 --> 00:54:02,108
Never.
945
00:54:07,327 --> 00:54:11,247
The people he murdered
had no power over him.
946
00:54:15,043 --> 00:54:17,503
They were all victims of sneak attacks.
947
00:54:17,587 --> 00:54:19,417
He was the one who was more powerful.
948
00:54:19,506 --> 00:54:23,046
None of 'em had a weapon.
None of 'em could fight back.
949
00:54:25,262 --> 00:54:28,182
There was a group of guys,
and one of the gentlemen was dancing,
950
00:54:28,265 --> 00:54:32,305
and his drink splashed up
and spilled on Mr. Hernandez
951
00:54:32,394 --> 00:54:33,854
and some got on myself as well.
952
00:54:33,937 --> 00:54:37,067
Once Mr. Hernandez turned
towards the individual,
953
00:54:37,148 --> 00:54:40,688
I kinda touched him on his collar and was
like, "Nah, let's just get out of here,"
954
00:54:40,777 --> 00:54:42,317
you know, to avoid the conflict.
955
00:54:43,363 --> 00:54:46,203
If I didn't do that, we were gonna have
an issue in there.
956
00:54:46,283 --> 00:54:49,793
'Cause his temper, the way he was,
he was just agitated.
957
00:54:51,371 --> 00:54:53,291
Plus, he was in a position
in his life where
958
00:54:53,373 --> 00:54:54,583
he didn't really need that,
959
00:54:54,666 --> 00:54:56,916
so I just figured
we could get outta there.
960
00:54:57,002 --> 00:54:58,632
There's other spots around.
961
00:54:58,712 --> 00:55:02,972
Later, we walked back down
towards the garage somewhat.
962
00:55:03,049 --> 00:55:06,429
Mr. Hernandez said,
"There they go! There they go!"
963
00:55:06,511 --> 00:55:07,601
What happened next?
964
00:55:07,679 --> 00:55:08,679
He said, "Go, go!
965
00:55:08,763 --> 00:55:11,733
Let's catch up to the car,
the BMW that passed."
966
00:55:14,102 --> 00:55:16,402
After I got through that light,
as I was approaching the car,
967
00:55:16,479 --> 00:55:18,359
he removed a firearm from the glove box.
968
00:55:19,524 --> 00:55:20,904
He said, "Yo!" one time.
969
00:55:21,901 --> 00:55:24,491
And nobody turned around from the car.
970
00:55:28,408 --> 00:55:30,038
He wind up, saying "yo" again.
971
00:55:30,910 --> 00:55:34,750
And then they turned and he was like,
"Wassup now, niggas?"
972
00:55:34,831 --> 00:55:36,581
He started firing shots into the car.
973
00:55:37,834 --> 00:55:39,174
How many shots
did you hear fired?
974
00:55:39,961 --> 00:55:41,211
He fired five shots.
975
00:55:42,130 --> 00:55:45,180
The gun began clicking after that.
I heard, like, three or four clicks.
976
00:55:45,925 --> 00:55:47,135
Clicks coming from the gun?
977
00:55:47,218 --> 00:55:48,388
Coming from the gun.
978
00:55:51,389 --> 00:55:53,809
I was notified at about
four o'clock in the morning.
979
00:55:53,892 --> 00:55:56,392
And I was asked if I would take the case.
980
00:55:58,521 --> 00:55:59,361
It was an eerie scene.
981
00:55:59,439 --> 00:56:01,729
This is a part of Boston,
the Theater District,
982
00:56:01,816 --> 00:56:04,106
that is usually very much buzzing.
983
00:56:09,824 --> 00:56:11,794
It was an eerie quiet.
984
00:56:16,206 --> 00:56:18,876
And at that point,
we have no idea who's involved.
985
00:56:19,834 --> 00:56:22,594
And I couldn't help but think, you know,
this is somebody's brother,
986
00:56:22,670 --> 00:56:23,760
this is somebody's son.
987
00:56:23,838 --> 00:56:26,798
And it was... It's a horrible thing.
988
00:56:33,223 --> 00:56:37,063
When detectives in Boston began
trying to investigate the double homicide,
989
00:56:37,143 --> 00:56:40,943
their problem was there was no one
with a motive to kill these guys.
990
00:56:41,022 --> 00:56:42,322
Didn't make any sense.
991
00:56:42,399 --> 00:56:46,239
These guys weren't in gangs.
They weren't drug dealers.
992
00:56:46,319 --> 00:56:51,029
They were young guys from Cape Verde
who had immigrated to the United States,
993
00:56:51,116 --> 00:56:52,616
cleaning offices at night.
994
00:56:52,700 --> 00:56:56,620
They had just gone out on a really quiet
Sunday night in Boston.
995
00:56:56,704 --> 00:56:57,834
And so they were baffled.
996
00:56:57,914 --> 00:56:59,624
Who could've possibly have done this?
997
00:56:59,707 --> 00:57:02,837
And why in such a dramatic fashion?
998
00:57:02,919 --> 00:57:06,009
It's not so much that leads went dry.
There were no leads.
999
00:57:09,801 --> 00:57:14,181
The investigation, at that point,
very much became focused on the car.
1000
00:57:14,764 --> 00:57:17,984
That's all we had.
We had an eyewitness behind the car,
1001
00:57:18,059 --> 00:57:20,649
and we had the survivors
from inside the car.
1002
00:57:20,728 --> 00:57:23,568
So we knew without any doubt
that the killer car,
1003
00:57:23,648 --> 00:57:27,148
the suspect's vehicle, was a silver SUV.
1004
00:57:27,235 --> 00:57:29,395
We then focused on the nightclub itself.
1005
00:57:30,947 --> 00:57:34,487
We saw somebody enter the nightclub,
the Cure Lounge,
1006
00:57:34,576 --> 00:57:36,196
who one of the detectives
right away recognized,
1007
00:57:36,286 --> 00:57:38,326
"Hey, that's Aaron Hernandez!"
1008
00:57:38,413 --> 00:57:43,673
And I remember just thinking to myself,
"Well, you know, that's kinda crazy.
1009
00:57:43,751 --> 00:57:45,091
He couldn't be involved in this."
1010
00:57:46,337 --> 00:57:50,177
You have Aaron Hernandez on
surveillance video in the club that night,
1011
00:57:50,258 --> 00:57:53,638
but how many of the Boston police
at that time would've thought
1012
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:58,310
that Aaron Hernandez, star Patriot,
would be involved with a double homicide?
1013
00:57:58,391 --> 00:58:00,641
He has no criminal record at this point.
1014
00:58:01,686 --> 00:58:05,646
The Florida incidents, whatever they were,
he had gotten away with.
1015
00:58:06,274 --> 00:58:09,534
His link to that didn't come for years.
1016
00:58:10,820 --> 00:58:13,490
You're obviously a favorite
in the Hispanic community.
1017
00:58:13,573 --> 00:58:16,283
What ways do you give back
to the community?
1018
00:58:16,367 --> 00:58:18,117
I just try to be a role model,
1019
00:58:18,203 --> 00:58:19,873
and when I see Hispanics
that look up to me,
1020
00:58:19,954 --> 00:58:21,294
I try to lead them in the right direction.
1021
00:58:21,372 --> 00:58:25,002
There's not that many Hispanics in the NFL
and it's just an honor to be one.
1022
00:58:35,178 --> 00:58:38,718
Aaron Hernandez is reporting
to the Patriots Training Camp.
1023
00:58:38,806 --> 00:58:41,676
Fans are cheering for him,
and nobody has any idea.
1024
00:58:43,144 --> 00:58:45,194
Aaron lived a life
as a chameleon.
1025
00:58:48,900 --> 00:58:51,780
The Patriots had their owner,
Robert Kraft,
1026
00:58:51,861 --> 00:58:54,111
praising him for his maturity.
1027
00:58:54,197 --> 00:58:57,987
So what Aaron had shown,
and what he had shown on a daily basis,
1028
00:58:58,701 --> 00:59:01,701
you can't just necessarily
always fake that.
1029
00:59:01,788 --> 00:59:04,828
He's there every day, working out,
going through meetings,
1030
00:59:04,916 --> 00:59:06,666
doing everything that they want.
1031
00:59:11,965 --> 00:59:13,625
The Patriots were so convinced
1032
00:59:13,716 --> 00:59:17,426
that a guy they waited
until the fourth round to draft
1033
00:59:17,512 --> 00:59:19,722
because of concerns about his character...
1034
00:59:20,890 --> 00:59:24,100
reward him with a $40 million contract
1035
00:59:24,185 --> 00:59:27,225
just one month
after the double homicide in Boston.
1036
00:59:29,315 --> 00:59:32,105
The Patriots are not going
to give somebody $40 million
1037
00:59:32,193 --> 00:59:33,703
if they have a concern about them.
1038
00:59:34,571 --> 00:59:37,531
There certainly was some connection
between owner and player
1039
00:59:37,615 --> 00:59:39,655
that isn't always common in the NFL.
1040
00:59:41,661 --> 00:59:45,621
Still kinda surreal, but take it in
over the next few days,
1041
00:59:45,707 --> 00:59:49,287
months, years and just... It's a blessing
1042
00:59:49,377 --> 00:59:54,047
and hopefully
I make the right decisions with it.
1043
00:59:55,925 --> 00:59:58,595
We were on a fucking little leash,
little leash.
1044
00:59:58,678 --> 01:00:01,678
Give me a crumb here and there.
Aaron, you're so great!
1045
01:00:01,764 --> 01:00:04,524
Blah, blah, blah. Give you
a little crumb here and there. Bullshit.
1046
01:00:04,601 --> 01:00:06,521
What do you want me to do?
1047
01:00:06,603 --> 01:00:10,113
I told you when you got
that fucking 40 million,
1048
01:00:10,189 --> 01:00:12,189
give me a million. I'm set for life.
1049
01:00:12,275 --> 01:00:13,185
I'm not giving...
1050
01:00:13,276 --> 01:00:14,316
I'm helping DJ right now...
1051
01:00:14,402 --> 01:00:16,612
Fuck you mean,
give you a million dollars?
1052
01:00:16,696 --> 01:00:19,066
You act like I had $40 million.
1053
01:00:19,157 --> 01:00:20,367
Nobody could touch your--
1054
01:00:20,450 --> 01:00:21,870
Get the fuck outta here, Mom.
1055
01:00:23,244 --> 01:00:25,504
I do have to ask you,
when you heard about Aaron Hernandez,
1056
01:00:25,580 --> 01:00:27,500
what you thought, what your reaction was?
1057
01:00:29,751 --> 01:00:30,791
Next question.
1058
01:00:32,337 --> 01:00:33,917
It had to be a shock
for all your teammates.
1059
01:00:34,005 --> 01:00:35,205
Next question.
1060
01:00:37,342 --> 01:00:39,142
All right, then I'll ask you.
1061
01:00:39,719 --> 01:00:44,219
It seems to me that these two men
played on opposite sides of the line
1062
01:00:44,307 --> 01:00:46,847
but they had more than that
in terms of being opposites.
1063
01:00:47,602 --> 01:00:50,612
Truthfully, I'm not gonna go...
Yeah, I'm not gonna go there.
1064
01:00:50,688 --> 01:00:51,768
I'll walk off right now.
1065
01:00:51,856 --> 01:00:53,316
- Don't walk off!
- Right now.
1066
01:00:53,399 --> 01:00:55,819
- I'll change the subject!
- Yeah, yeah, change it.
1067
01:00:57,445 --> 01:00:59,105
People talk about OJ.
1068
01:00:59,197 --> 01:01:02,277
OJ Simpson was a retired football player,
1069
01:01:02,367 --> 01:01:04,907
who was involved in a string
of domestic violence.
1070
01:01:04,994 --> 01:01:06,914
We've seen this kind of crime before.
1071
01:01:08,915 --> 01:01:11,075
No one has allegedly murdered two people
1072
01:01:11,167 --> 01:01:14,497
and then played an entire season
as a professional athlete.
1073
01:01:14,587 --> 01:01:17,877
We've never seen something like that.
1074
01:01:19,175 --> 01:01:23,385
But as the time progressed, and you've
gone well past the first 48 hours,
1075
01:01:23,471 --> 01:01:25,061
well past the first two weeks,
1076
01:01:25,139 --> 01:01:27,729
when it gets to the point where
that leads to no suspect,
1077
01:01:27,809 --> 01:01:31,149
it's extremely, extremely frustrating
and a little bit depressing
1078
01:01:31,229 --> 01:01:33,559
because what we would do
is we would still stay
1079
01:01:33,648 --> 01:01:35,818
in regular contact with the two families.
1080
01:01:35,900 --> 01:01:37,940
And they would oftentimes ask, you know,
1081
01:01:38,027 --> 01:01:40,777
"Is there any update
with our loved one's murder?"
1082
01:01:43,324 --> 01:01:45,544
Now what, if any, observations
did you make, Mr. Bradley,
1083
01:01:45,618 --> 01:01:49,998
over those next several weeks and months
regarding the defendant's demeanor,
1084
01:01:50,081 --> 01:01:51,751
particularly when you
would go out to clubs?
1085
01:01:52,667 --> 01:01:56,997
He became extremely paranoid
of everything and everybody.
1086
01:01:59,632 --> 01:02:01,802
He just assumed
everyone was a detective
1087
01:02:01,884 --> 01:02:04,434
or everything, every matter
was police related,
1088
01:02:04,512 --> 01:02:07,892
just his sense of paranoia was heightened.
1089
01:02:09,809 --> 01:02:11,939
He didn't like iPhones around him
'cause he said
1090
01:02:12,019 --> 01:02:15,649
that he learned that they can
record everything at all times.
1091
01:02:15,732 --> 01:02:17,362
And he was just extremely paranoid.
1092
01:02:21,112 --> 01:02:22,492
February 2013.
1093
01:02:22,572 --> 01:02:25,372
Aaron and Alexander Bradley
take a trip down to Florida
1094
01:02:25,450 --> 01:02:29,120
to attend some parties,
to hang out, kind of a vacation.
1095
01:02:29,871 --> 01:02:34,751
At one point, they are out at a local
gentlemen's club, Tootsie's Cabaret.
1096
01:02:36,210 --> 01:02:41,550
Aaron is particularly paranoid at this
point that he's going to get in trouble
1097
01:02:41,632 --> 01:02:44,392
over the 2012 double homicide in Boston.
1098
01:02:45,094 --> 01:02:48,854
He pointed out two gentlemen
with low haircuts,
1099
01:02:48,931 --> 01:02:51,431
and he told me he thought
that they were police officers.
1100
01:02:51,934 --> 01:02:53,064
What did you say?
1101
01:02:53,811 --> 01:02:55,191
I told him, if they are,
1102
01:02:55,271 --> 01:02:57,691
it's because of the stupid shit
he did in Boston.
1103
01:03:01,652 --> 01:03:04,032
What was Mr. Hernandez's
response to that?
1104
01:03:04,113 --> 01:03:06,993
He became, like, standoffish.
He got upset, I could tell.
1105
01:03:07,575 --> 01:03:08,825
He walked away from me.
1106
01:03:13,539 --> 01:03:15,079
Towards the end of the night,
1107
01:03:15,166 --> 01:03:17,376
sometime close to five o'clock
in the morning,
1108
01:03:17,460 --> 01:03:20,050
- did all of you decide to leave?
- Yes.
1109
01:03:20,129 --> 01:03:22,419
At some point
during the car ride, Mr. Bradley,
1110
01:03:22,507 --> 01:03:23,337
did you fall asleep?
1111
01:03:23,424 --> 01:03:24,264
Yes.
1112
01:03:29,931 --> 01:03:33,141
When you woke up
from the sleep, what did you see?
1113
01:03:34,393 --> 01:03:37,193
Mr. Hernandez pointing a gun at my face.
1114
01:03:37,772 --> 01:03:39,902
And as you put up
the defense gesture, what happened?
1115
01:03:39,982 --> 01:03:42,442
He fired a shot. He shot the gun.
1116
01:03:53,120 --> 01:03:56,370
This is where one man
was found shot just earlier this morning,
1117
01:03:56,457 --> 01:03:57,747
just before seven o'clock.
1118
01:03:57,834 --> 01:04:02,214
We're told a man on his way to work
actually heard the gunshot go off
1119
01:04:02,296 --> 01:04:04,416
and saw the body
and that's when he called 911.
1120
01:04:04,507 --> 01:04:07,177
Now we do know that victim was taken
to St. Mary's Medical Center
1121
01:04:07,260 --> 01:04:08,720
to be treated for his injuries.
1122
01:04:08,803 --> 01:04:11,103
We're not sure of his condition
at this time.
1123
01:04:11,472 --> 01:04:13,272
Also, sheriff's office hasn't indicated
1124
01:04:13,349 --> 01:04:15,809
if they are looking for somebody
at this time.
1125
01:04:17,061 --> 01:04:19,271
Tell us about the phone call
to Aaron Hernandez
1126
01:04:19,355 --> 01:04:21,565
when you woke up that next morning.
1127
01:04:22,942 --> 01:04:25,742
I called him. I said, "Wassup?"
1128
01:04:26,529 --> 01:04:28,659
And he said, "Who... Who's this?"
1129
01:04:30,241 --> 01:04:32,991
I was like, "You know who this is."
108152