Netflix's doceri "Killer Insi: The Md of Aaron Hernanz" claims the former New England Patrts star was gay and that he suffered om chronic trmatic encephalopathy (CTE).
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- AARON HERNANZ TEARFULLY TOLD MOM HE WAS GAY BEFORE PRISON SUICI, BROTHER SAYS
- AARON HERNANZ’S ALLEGED GAY LOVER DCRIB YEARS-LONG RELATNSHIP NETFLIX’S ‘KILLER INSI’
- NOW WE'VE GOT PRETTY SOLID PROOF THAT AARON HERNANZ WAS GAY
- AARON HERNANZ' GAY LOVER REVEALS SHOCKG DETAILS ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME"WE WERE TRYG TO HI WHAT WE WERE DOG."{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY PL MEARAOCTOBER 14, 2018/10:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2032PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}PHOTO: JARED WICKERHAM/GETTY IMAGBY PL MEARAOCTOBER 14, 2018 / 10:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AARON HERNANZ' GAY LOVER REVEALS SHOCKG DETAILS ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME","SCRIPTN":"\"WE WERE TRYG TO HI WHAT WE WERE DOG.\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-15T02:00:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-15T02:00:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"PL MEARA","KEYWORDS":"AARON HERNANZ, SPORTS NEWS","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S BEEN LONG MORED THAT AARON HERNANZ HAD A GAY LOVER, BUT NOW WE’RE LEARNG JT HOW TIMATE HE WAS WH THE PREVLY UNNAMED MAN BEFORE HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM ALL APPEARANC, HERNANZ WAS SUCCSFUL, A FOOTBALL STAR AND HAD A WIFE. THAT IMAGE HAS CHANGED THOUGH AFTER THE FORMER NEW ENGLAND PATRTS TIGHT END WAS NVICTED OF MURRG OD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERNANZ, WHO MTED SUICI PRISON LAST YEAR, WAS ALSO REVEALED TO BE HOMOSEXUAL AND WAS ONLY AFTER HIS ATH THAT DENNIS SANSOUCIE ME OUT AS ONE OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYER’S GAY LOVERS. SANSOUCIE PLAYED FOOTBALL WH HERNANZ HIGH SCHOOL AND RECENTLY EXPLAED TO THE BOSTON GLOBE HOW HE BEGAN HIS OFF-THE-FIELD RELATNSHIP WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ME AND HIM WERE VERY MUCH TO TRYG TO HI WHAT WE WERE DOG,” SANSOUCIE SAID. “WE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW.” JONATHAN HERNANZ, AARON’S OLR BROTHER, SAYS THEIR FATHER, WHO PASSED AWAY WHEN AARON WAS HIGH SCHOOL, BELIEVED HERNANZ “HAD A FEME WAY ABOUT HIM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HE WANTED TO BE A CHEERLEAR. MY S WERE CHEERLEARS AND AMAZG,” JONATHAN RELLED. “AND I REMEMBER G HOME AND MY DAD PUT AN END TO THAT REAL QUICK. AND WAS NOT OKAY. MY DAD MA CLEAR THAT HE HAD HIS FN OF A MAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONATHAN WENT ON TO TELL THE GLOBE ABOUT HOW HE LED HIS FAY WH AN “IRON FIST,” WHICH MANY BELIEVE HAD AARON HIDG HIS SEXUALY. A LLEGE GIRLIEND ALSO LATER REVEALED THAT HERNANZ HAD TOLD HER ABOUT BEG MOLTED AS A CHILD AND THAT "HE NEVER ALT WH " AND " LED TO ISSU HIS SEXUALY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER AARON HERNANZ PASSED AWAY, HIS FAY DONATED HIS BRA TO BOSTON UNIVERSY, WHICH FOUND THAT THE 27-YEAR-OLD SUFFERED OM THE MOST SEVERE SE OF CTE EVER FOUND A PERSON THAT YOUNG. HERNANZ REPORTEDLY TOOK HIS OWN LIFE ONLY TWO DAYS AFTER HE WAS OUTED ON THE KIRK & CALLAHAN SHOW. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}READ THE BOSTON GLOBE’S FULL REPORT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}AARON HERNANZSPORTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-TOP:24PX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;}TRENDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-TEMPLATE-LUMNS:50% 50%;GRID-LUMN-GAP:12PX;}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}} > DIV{HEIGHT:133PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;-WEBK-TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);-MS-TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){ > DIV{WIDTH:100%;}} > DIV A{-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} > DIV A > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1) > DIV{BORR-TOP-RIGHT-RADI:0PX;BORR-BOTTOM-LEFT-RADI:VAR(--BORR-RADI);HEIGHT:133PX;WIDTH:133PX;PADDG-TOP:100%;} > DIV A > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1) > DIV > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1){BORR-TOP-RIGHT-RADI:0PX;BORR-BOTTOM-LEFT-RADI:VAR(--BORR-RADI);} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1){OVERFLOW:HIDN;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) > *{-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(2){MARG-BOTTOM:LC(VAR(--SPACER) * 2);} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(2){DISPLAY:NONE;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(3){MARG:6PX 0 0 0;PADDG:0;POSN:RELATIVE;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(3) SPAN{-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:1;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) SPAN{-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:4;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;FONT:NORMAL 600 1.2REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;OVERFLOW:HIDN;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){ > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) SPAN{FONT-SIZE:1.4REM;}}{-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;-WEBK-TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);-MS-TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);}{BOX-SHADOW:0 8PX 22PX -6PX RGBA(0,0,0,0.3);-WEBK-TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);-MS-TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);} > *:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(2){MARG-BOTTOM:LC(VAR(--SPACER) * 6);}MIDDLE SCHOOLER MA TO RUN SWELTERG HEAT BEFORE DEATHTHE BOY WAS BEG PUNISHED FOR NOT DRSG APPROPRIATELY FOR GYM CLASS.DENZEL WASHGTON’S ‘THE EQUALIZER 3’ MAK BOX OFFICE HISTORY DURG LABOR DAY WEEKENDTHE MOVIE TOPPED NEARLY $35 LN OVER THE WEEKEND OM FRIDAY TO SUNDAY.CHRIS ROCK AND DIPLO ESPE BURNG MAN BY HCHG A RI THE ANNUAL FTIVAL WAS SHUT DOWN THREE DAYS EARLY DUE TO WEATHER NDNS.KHLOé KARDASHIAN AND TRISTAN THOMPSON OFFICIALLY CHANGE SON TATUM’S LAST NAME THE -PARENTS WELED THEIR SON VIA A SURROGATE JULY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- SHOP 'GMA3' POWER HOUR ALS FOR LABOR DAY!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHNEWSFIANCEE OF LATE AARON HERNANZ SPEAKS OUT ON HIS SEXUALY AFTER DOCERI6:05AARON HERNANZ'S FORMER FIANCéE BREAKS SILENCE ABOUT NEW BYELLA TORRJANUARY 29, 2020, 7:40 AM•3 M READTHE FIANCEE OF THE LATE AARON HERNANZ IS SPEAKG OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME SCE THE RELEASE OF A NEW NETFLIX DOCERI ON THE LIFE OF THE FOOTBALL-STAR TURNED-NVICTED KILLER, CLUDG MORS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY.IN A S-DOWN TERVIEW WH ABC NEWS' AMY ROBACH THAT WILL AIR WEDNDAY ON "GOOD MORNG AMERI," SHAYANNA JENKS-HERNANZ SAID THAT WHILE HERNANZ DID NOT EXPRS TO HER ANY WAY HE MAY HAVE BEEN GAY OR BISEXUAL, IF HE DID, SHE "WOULD NOT HAVE LOVED HIM ANY DIFFERENTLY."MORE: AARON HERNANZ SENTENCED TO LIFE AFTER MURR NVICTNHERNANZ, A FORMER NEW ENGLAND PATRTS TIGHT END, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURR APRIL 2015 FOR THE KILLG OF OD LLOYD, THE 27-YEAR-OLD FIANCE OF JENKS-HERNANZ' SISTER, WHO WAS FOUND SHOT TO ATH A SUBURB OF BOSTON ABOUT TWO YEARS EARLIER. AFTER HERNANZ'S TRIAL, AND PRR TO HIS SUICI HIS PRISON CELL 2017, HIS ALLEGED RELATNSHIPS WH MEN BEME A TOPIC OF DISCSN."YOU N'T SCRIBE SOMEONE'S SEXUALY WHOUT THEM BEG HERE," JENKS-HERNANZ TOLD ABC NEWS. "ALTHOUGH I HAVE A CHILD WH AARON, I STILL N'T TELL YOU HOW HE WAS FEELG SI. NO ONE N."THE NETFLIX DOCERI "KILLER INSI: THE MD OF AARON HERNANZ," WHICH WAS RELEASED JANUARY, SPOKE TO A HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATE AND IEND OF HERNANZ, DENNIS SANSOUCIE, WHO SAID THE TWO ENGAGED A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP WHILE HIGH SCHOOL.JENKS-HERNANZ SAID THAT SHE KNEW OF SANSOUCIE, BUT DON'T KNOW HIM WELL AND HE WASN'T VERY VOLVED HERNANZ'S ADULT LIFE.SHAYANNA JENKS-HERNANZ, THE FIANCEE OF THE LATE AARON HERNANZ SPEAKS WH ABC NEWS.ABC NEWSHOWEVER, SHE SAID THROUGH TEARS, "YOU START TO FEEL FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY BE HIDG SI HOW THEY REALLY FEEL. AND I -- I FEEL AWFUL FOR THAT."JENKS-HERNANZ, WHO WAS ENGAGED TO HERNANZ AT THE TIME OF HIS SUICI AND SHAR A DGHTER WH HIM, SAID HE WAS "CERTALY A MAN TO ME. THERE WAS NO BEHAVR THAT MA ME THK DIFFERENTLY."FILE PHOTO OF AARON HERNANZ DURG CLOSG ARGUMENTS HIS TRIAL FOR THE MURR OF OD LLYOD AT FALL RIVER SUPERR COURT, APRIL 7, 2015.FILE/BOSTON GLOBE VIA GETTY IMAGSHE WISH THAT IF HERNANZ HAD BEEN HIDG HIS SEXUALY, HE WOULD HAVE E TO HER.MORE: FORMER PATRTS FOOTBALL PLAYER AARON HERNANZ'S FIANCEE, LAWYER ON HIS FAL NOT BEFORE HIS SUICI, CTE DIAGNOSIS"IF HE DID FEEL THAT WAY OR IF HE FELT THE URGE, I WISH THAT I -- I WAS TOLD," SAID JENKS-HERNANZ. "AND I WISH THAT HE -- YOU KNOW, HE WOULD'VE TOLD ME 'E I WOULDN'T -- I WOULD NOT HAVE LOVED HIM ANY DIFFERENTLY. I WOULD HAVE UNRSTOOD. IT'S NOT SHAMEFUL AND I DON'T THK ANYBODY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF WHO THEY ARE SI, REGARDLS OF WHO THEY LOVE. I THK 'S A BETIFUL THG, I JT WISH I WAS ABLE TO TELL HIM THAT."RELATED TOPICSAARON HERNANZUP NEXT NEWS—HURRINE IDALIA TEARS THROUGH CRYSTAL RIVER, A SAFE HAVEN FOR MANATEAUGT 31, 2023FAY OF SHARK ATTACK SURVIVOR SPEAKS OUT ‘GMA’ EXCLIVE TERVIEWAUGT 31, 2023COLLEGE NEWSPAPER FEATUR STUNTS' FEARFUL TEXTS AMID ADLY SHOOTG LOCKDOWNAUGT 30, 2023SHOCKG VIO SHOWS PACKAGE STOLEN OM HANDS OF FEDEX WORKER VIRGIAAUGT 30, 2023UP NEXT NEWS—HURRINE IDALIA TEARS THROUGH CRYSTAL RIVER, A SAFE HAVEN FOR MANATEAUGT 31, 2023FAY OF SHARK ATTACK SURVIVOR SPEAKS OUT ‘GMA’ EXCLIVE TERVIEWAUGT 31, 2023COLLEGE NEWSPAPER FEATUR STUNTS' FEARFUL TEXTS AMID ADLY SHOOTG LOCKDOWNAUGT 30, 2023SHOCKG VIO SHOWS PACKAGE STOLEN OM HANDS OF FEDEX WORKER VIRGIAAUGT 30, 2023
AARON HERNANZ TEARFULLY TOLD MOM HE WAS GAY BEFORE PRISON SUICI, BROTHER SAYS
” A subsequent Globe story on the reportg of the mors scribed the mountg ire of gay-rights advot who mata that the salac tails reports like McPhee’s have no bearg on Hernanz’s crim and th no relatnship to the public McBri, a media-ethics expert at the Poynter Instute, offered a more nuanced take. But a statement given to the Globe, he sisted that McPhee’s reportg was not sound: “Rumors of letters to a gay lover or out of prison are false, ” the statement read.
Aaron Hernanz had tearfully told his mother that he was gay before his prison cell suici — wh his fay still fearg he beme a killer to hi his secret sex life, his brother says a new TV terview. “You mean to tell me that the quarterback and the tight end, he’s gay?
AARON HERNANZ’S ALLEGED GAY LOVER DCRIB YEARS-LONG RELATNSHIP NETFLIX’S ‘KILLER INSI’
You mean to tell me that the quarterback and the tight end, he’s gay? SanSoucie go on to scribe his alleged relatnship as Hernanz as “weird, ” particularly bee both of their fathers were openly homophobic.
NOW WE'VE GOT PRETTY SOLID PROOF THAT AARON HERNANZ WAS GAY
As former Patrt Ryan O’Callaghan, who me out as gay June 2017, puts , “If he was able to to be himself and have some of the negative thgs not his life, what kd of difference would that have ma? 26, Amendola / AP fileHernanz's mored sexualyThough there had been long-standg speculatn about Hernanz's sexualy, "Killer Insi" ntends that he was gay and stggled wh his sexualy for the majory of his life. " He said that Hernanz was "terrified" that his father would fd out that he was said he and Hernanz were nstantly worried that someone would "tch" them and that they were "nial" about their sexualy bee they were O'Callahan, a former Natnal Football League player for the Patrts and the Kansas Cy Chiefs who me out as gay after leavg the NFL, suggts that livg as a closeted gay profsnal athlete ed Hernanz ner turmoil.
He was outed as gay on a rad show soon after the 2017 “not guilty” verdict; two days after that, he killed himself prison, takg his secrets to the then, the story of Hernanz’s downfall has bee big bs for the te crime dtrial plex as the subject of memoirs, books, podsts, documentari, and vtigative seri. Killer Insi prents a different angle on Hernanz’s boyhood, showg that his father wasn’t jt providg stcture but tght him a mol of masculy built on anti-gay prejudice.
AARON HERNANZ' GAY LOVER REVEALS SHOCKG DETAILS ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME"WE WERE TRYG TO HI WHAT WE WERE DOG."{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY PL MEARAOCTOBER 14, 2018/10:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2032PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}PHOTO: JARED WICKERHAM/GETTY IMAGBY PL MEARAOCTOBER 14, 2018 / 10:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AARON HERNANZ' GAY LOVER REVEALS SHOCKG DETAILS ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME","SCRIPTN":"\"WE WERE TRYG TO HI WHAT WE WERE DOG.\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-15T02:00:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-15T02:00:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"PL MEARA","KEYWORDS":"AARON HERNANZ, SPORTS NEWS","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S BEEN LONG MORED THAT AARON HERNANZ HAD A GAY LOVER, BUT NOW WE’RE LEARNG JT HOW TIMATE HE WAS WH THE PREVLY UNNAMED MAN BEFORE HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM ALL APPEARANC, HERNANZ WAS SUCCSFUL, A FOOTBALL STAR AND HAD A WIFE. THAT IMAGE HAS CHANGED THOUGH AFTER THE FORMER NEW ENGLAND PATRTS TIGHT END WAS NVICTED OF MURRG OD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERNANZ, WHO MTED SUICI PRISON LAST YEAR, WAS ALSO REVEALED TO BE HOMOSEXUAL AND WAS ONLY AFTER HIS ATH THAT DENNIS SANSOUCIE ME OUT AS ONE OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYER’S GAY LOVERS. SANSOUCIE PLAYED FOOTBALL WH HERNANZ HIGH SCHOOL AND RECENTLY EXPLAED TO THE BOSTON GLOBE HOW HE BEGAN HIS OFF-THE-FIELD RELATNSHIP WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ME AND HIM WERE VERY MUCH TO TRYG TO HI WHAT WE WERE DOG,” SANSOUCIE SAID. “WE DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW.” JONATHAN HERNANZ, AARON’S OLR BROTHER, SAYS THEIR FATHER, WHO PASSED AWAY WHEN AARON WAS HIGH SCHOOL, BELIEVED HERNANZ “HAD A FEME WAY ABOUT HIM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HE WANTED TO BE A CHEERLEAR. MY S WERE CHEERLEARS AND AMAZG,” JONATHAN RELLED. “AND I REMEMBER G HOME AND MY DAD PUT AN END TO THAT REAL QUICK. AND WAS NOT OKAY. MY DAD MA CLEAR THAT HE HAD HIS FN OF A MAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JONATHAN WENT ON TO TELL THE GLOBE ABOUT HOW HE LED HIS FAY WH AN “IRON FIST,” WHICH MANY BELIEVE HAD AARON HIDG HIS SEXUALY. A LLEGE GIRLIEND ALSO LATER REVEALED THAT HERNANZ HAD TOLD HER ABOUT BEG MOLTED AS A CHILD AND THAT "HE NEVER ALT WH " AND " LED TO ISSU HIS SEXUALY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER AARON HERNANZ PASSED AWAY, HIS FAY DONATED HIS BRA TO BOSTON UNIVERSY, WHICH FOUND THAT THE 27-YEAR-OLD SUFFERED OM THE MOST SEVERE SE OF CTE EVER FOUND A PERSON THAT YOUNG. 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He says they didn’t nsir themselv “homos, ” like the stunts who were openly gay, and they kept their relatnship behd closed doors bee of how unqutned anti-gay prejudice was at the time.
Hernanz was drafted to play as a tight end for the Patrts 2010; Killer Insi, one of the more pellg sights about that (somewhat rocky) transn to the NFL om former Patrts player Ryan O’Callaghan, who me out as gay 2017. He pots out that football is an almost perfect hidg place for many gay men. “I relied on all the stereotyp of a football player — a lot of ttosterone and the aggrsivens, htg each other, thgs you assume middle Ameri wouldn't thk of as gay men.
His attorney Gee Leontire says that "as a gay man myself, I argued agast this really discreded approach, " which uld have massively prejudiced the jury agast Hernanz. “Aaron asked me if I felt or believed that someone was born gay; I said I do believe that.
SHOP 'GMA3' POWER HOUR ALS FOR LABOR DAY!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHNEWSFIANCEE OF LATE AARON HERNANZ SPEAKS OUT ON HIS SEXUALY AFTER DOCERI6:05AARON HERNANZ'S FORMER FIANCéE BREAKS SILENCE ABOUT NEW BYELLA TORRJANUARY 29, 2020, 7:40 AM•3 M READTHE FIANCEE OF THE LATE AARON HERNANZ IS SPEAKG OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME SCE THE RELEASE OF A NEW NETFLIX DOCERI ON THE LIFE OF THE FOOTBALL-STAR TURNED-NVICTED KILLER, CLUDG MORS ABOUT HIS SEXUALY.IN A S-DOWN TERVIEW WH ABC NEWS' AMY ROBACH THAT WILL AIR WEDNDAY ON "GOOD MORNG AMERI," SHAYANNA JENKS-HERNANZ SAID THAT WHILE HERNANZ DID NOT EXPRS TO HER ANY WAY HE MAY HAVE BEEN GAY OR BISEXUAL, IF HE DID, SHE "WOULD NOT HAVE LOVED HIM ANY DIFFERENTLY."MORE: AARON HERNANZ SENTENCED TO LIFE AFTER MURR NVICTNHERNANZ, A FORMER NEW ENGLAND PATRTS TIGHT END, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURR APRIL 2015 FOR THE KILLG OF OD LLOYD, THE 27-YEAR-OLD FIANCE OF JENKS-HERNANZ' SISTER, WHO WAS FOUND SHOT TO ATH A SUBURB OF BOSTON ABOUT TWO YEARS EARLIER. AFTER HERNANZ'S TRIAL, AND PRR TO HIS SUICI HIS PRISON CELL 2017, HIS ALLEGED RELATNSHIPS WH MEN BEME A TOPIC OF DISCSN."YOU N'T SCRIBE SOMEONE'S SEXUALY WHOUT THEM BEG HERE," JENKS-HERNANZ TOLD ABC NEWS. "ALTHOUGH I HAVE A CHILD WH AARON, I STILL N'T TELL YOU HOW HE WAS FEELG SI. NO ONE N."THE NETFLIX DOCERI "KILLER INSI: THE MD OF AARON HERNANZ," WHICH WAS RELEASED JANUARY, SPOKE TO A HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATE AND IEND OF HERNANZ, DENNIS SANSOUCIE, WHO SAID THE TWO ENGAGED A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP WHILE HIGH SCHOOL.JENKS-HERNANZ SAID THAT SHE KNEW OF SANSOUCIE, BUT DON'T KNOW HIM WELL AND HE WASN'T VERY VOLVED HERNANZ'S ADULT LIFE.SHAYANNA JENKS-HERNANZ, THE FIANCEE OF THE LATE AARON HERNANZ SPEAKS WH ABC NEWS.ABC NEWSHOWEVER, SHE SAID THROUGH TEARS, "YOU START TO FEEL FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY BE HIDG SI HOW THEY REALLY FEEL. AND I -- I FEEL AWFUL FOR THAT."JENKS-HERNANZ, WHO WAS ENGAGED TO HERNANZ AT THE TIME OF HIS SUICI AND SHAR A DGHTER WH HIM, SAID HE WAS "CERTALY A MAN TO ME. THERE WAS NO BEHAVR THAT MA ME THK DIFFERENTLY."FILE PHOTO OF AARON HERNANZ DURG CLOSG ARGUMENTS HIS TRIAL FOR THE MURR OF OD LLYOD AT FALL RIVER SUPERR COURT, APRIL 7, 2015.FILE/BOSTON GLOBE VIA GETTY IMAGSHE WISH THAT IF HERNANZ HAD BEEN HIDG HIS SEXUALY, HE WOULD HAVE E TO HER.MORE: FORMER PATRTS FOOTBALL PLAYER AARON HERNANZ'S FIANCEE, LAWYER ON HIS FAL NOT BEFORE HIS SUICI, CTE DIAGNOSIS"IF HE DID FEEL THAT WAY OR IF HE FELT THE URGE, I WISH THAT I -- I WAS TOLD," SAID JENKS-HERNANZ. "AND I WISH THAT HE -- YOU KNOW, HE WOULD'VE TOLD ME 'E I WOULDN'T -- I WOULD NOT HAVE LOVED HIM ANY DIFFERENTLY. I WOULD HAVE UNRSTOOD. IT'S NOT SHAMEFUL AND I DON'T THK ANYBODY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF WHO THEY ARE SI, REGARDLS OF WHO THEY LOVE. I THK 'S A BETIFUL THG, I JT WISH I WAS ABLE TO TELL HIM THAT."RELATED TOPICSAARON HERNANZUP NEXT NEWS—HURRINE IDALIA TEARS THROUGH CRYSTAL RIVER, A SAFE HAVEN FOR MANATEAUGT 31, 2023FAY OF SHARK ATTACK SURVIVOR SPEAKS OUT ‘GMA’ EXCLIVE TERVIEWAUGT 31, 2023COLLEGE NEWSPAPER FEATUR STUNTS' FEARFUL TEXTS AMID ADLY SHOOTG LOCKDOWNAUGT 30, 2023SHOCKG VIO SHOWS PACKAGE STOLEN OM HANDS OF FEDEX WORKER VIRGIAAUGT 30, 2023UP NEXT NEWS—HURRINE IDALIA TEARS THROUGH CRYSTAL RIVER, A SAFE HAVEN FOR MANATEAUGT 31, 2023FAY OF SHARK ATTACK SURVIVOR SPEAKS OUT ‘GMA’ EXCLIVE TERVIEWAUGT 31, 2023COLLEGE NEWSPAPER FEATUR STUNTS' FEARFUL TEXTS AMID ADLY SHOOTG LOCKDOWNAUGT 30, 2023SHOCKG VIO SHOWS PACKAGE STOLEN OM HANDS OF FEDEX WORKER VIRGIAAUGT 30, 2023
Hernanz said that their father didn't approve of homosexualy and that Aaron Hernanz kept a secret that he was gay. ”Like I said on the first day this issue of Aaron Hernanz’ gayns or relative heterons me up, I wouldn’t re one way or the other if weren’t relevant to the aths of two people: Od Lloyd and Aaron Hernanz. They’re not homosexual; they’d have to be human first.
It’s been unrreported for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is no one wants to imply that bee AHern was a bi suicidal murrer that all gay guys are self-loathg homicidal maniacs. The fiancée of late New England Patrts star Aaron Hernanz says she saw no ditn the football player was gay, addg she would have accepted him regardls of his sexual the foreword for "Unnecsary Roughns, " a book wrten by Hernanz's fense attorney Jose Baez, Hernanz's fiancée Shayanna Jenks-Hernanz, 29, addrs the speculatn about the NFL player's sexualy and talks about the grief she felt learng of his advanced chronic trmatic encephalopathy (CTE) after his ath.