Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernanz 'sobbed durg gay nfsn', lawyer says new book - NZ Herald

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AARON HERNANZ TEARFULLY TOLD MOM HE WAS GAY BEFORE PRISON SUICI, BROTHER SAYS

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). * who outed aaron hernandez as gay *

” 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. I have been labeled a homophobe, an absurd accatn given my long and public rerd of fightg for LGBT rights.

Before I left Boston, I ed the bully pulp of my former four-hour, drive-time Boston rad show to fight for our untry's gay veterans who were beg exclud om marchg the annual St. Y, Hernanz's sexual orientatn and the homophobia that ntu to exist, pecially profsnal sports, was very much a factor this se, but those sentiments didn't e om me then or now. His own attorney, openly gay as happens, said the Oxygen documentary that Hernanz was eply nflicted.

"This man clearly was gay, " Gee Leontire says, addg that his client, "Acknowledged . Hernanz said that their father didn't approve of homosexualy and that Aaron Hernanz kept a secret that he was gay.

AARON HERNANZ’S LAWYER: 'THIS MAN CLEARLY WAS GAY'

Multiple people close to Aaron Hernanz say the late Patrts star turned nvicted murrer was gay, an Oxygen documentary reveals. * who outed aaron hernandez as gay *

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. 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. 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.

AARON HERNANZ BROKE DOWN WHILE ADMTG HE WAS GAY AND KILLED HIMSELF DAYS AFTER HE WAS OUTED

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.

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.

EX-NFL STAR AARON HERNANZ 'SOBBED DURG GAY NFSN', LAWYER SAYS NEW BOOK

" 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. Multiple people close to Aaron Hernanz say the late Patrts star turned nvicted murrer was gay, and that ternal strife about his sexualy may have been a factor his vlent behavr, an Oxygen documentary reveals (via).

Also, Gee Leontire, an openly gay lawyer who reprented Hernanz, says the documentary that he and Hernanz discsed his sexualy.

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"This man clearly was gay, " Leontire says. The fal days of Aaron Hernanz's life and his cisn to nfs about his homosexual relatnships are tailed the new book Unnecsary former football star's attorney, Jose Baez, wr that he rmed Hernanz the fal days of his double murr trial that prosecutors were planng to qutn his fiancee Shayanna Jenks about his affairs - one wh a woman and one wh another is when Hernanz burst to tears wr Baez, aaid of how Jenks would react to the news of his secret relatnship wh a member of the same sex who also happened to be a mutual iend of the uple. Hernanz's sexualy did not rema private for long however, and days after he was acquted the trial he was outed on The Kirk & Callahan days later, Hernanz took his own down for vioBreakdown: Aaron Hernanz burst to tears and said he was aaid about how his fiancee would react to the news of his homosexual relatnships wr Jose Baez (Hernanz and Baez urt July 2017) Sweetheart: I never meant to hurt her.

But she is my soul, ' Hernanz told Baez (Hernanz and Jenks above an undated photo)Comg clean: Baez told Jenks the news later that day, sayg that Hernanz's affair wh a woman and a mutual male iend would be brought up while she ttified (uple above undated photos)Baez wr that he is uncerta if Hernanz was gay or bisexual, but stat that eher way he ultimately appeared 'hopeful' after sharg his tth wh his rt of the day was a 'blur' wr Baez, who lled Jenks to say that he need to speak wh her before she arrived the HERNANDEZ'S FINAL DAYS March 3, 2017: Aaron Hernanz adms to his lawyer Jose Baez that he has had gay relatnships. April 14, 2017: Hernanz is found not guilty for the murrs of Daniel Abr and Safiro 17, 2017: Hernanz is outed as gay on the Kirk & Callahan 19, 2017: Hernanz is found ad si his jail cell. 'In the new book, Jenks also adms for the first time that Hernanz was likely a gay man.

AARON HERNANZ' GAY LOVER REVEALS SHOCKG DETAILS ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME

'I saw no ditn that he was gay or homosexual. Exclively revealed jt days after Hernanz's ath that the NFL star had wrten three suici not, one to Shayanna, one to their dghter and one to his alleged gay prison lover, Kyle Kennedy. Jenks stood by Hernanz's si throughout his trial, and the aftermath dismissed claims that he was gay, spe his prison lover speakg out and ex nfirmg they knew about his predilectn for members of his Two days later, Hernanz hanged himself his prison cell at the age of 27, leavg behd Jenks and his dghter Avielle, who was jt 4 Tot mom: Baez prevly fend Casey Anthony back 2011 followg the ath of her dghter (pair above after Anthony's release om prison) When asked about his prison lover on an episo of Dr.

The fal days of Aaron Hernanz's life and his cisn to nfs about his homosexual relatnships are tailed the new book Unnecsary former football star's attorney, Jose Baez, wr that he rmed Hernanz the fal days of his double murr trial that prosecutors were planng to qutn his fiancee Shayanna Jenks about his affairs - one wh a woman and one wh another is when Hernanz burst to tears wr Baez, aaid of how Jenks would react to the news of his secret relatnship wh a member of the same sex who also happened to be a mutual iend of the uple. Hernanz's sexualy did not rema private for long however, and days after he was acquted the trial he was outed on The Kirk & Callahan days later, Hernanz took his own wr that he is uncerta if Hernanz was gay or bisexual, but stat that eher way he ultimately appeared 'hopeful' after sharg his tth wh his rt of the day was a 'blur' wr Baez, who lled Jenks to say that he need to speak wh her before she arrived the urtroom. 'In the new book, Jenks also adms for the first time that Hernanz was likely a gay man.

NOW WE'VE GOT PRETTY SOLID PROOF THAT AARON HERNANZ WAS GAY

'The book also reveals that Hernanz feted on himself while the procs of takg his own exclively revealed jt days after Hernanz's ath that the NFL star had wrten three suici not, one to Shayanna, one to their dghter and one to his alleged gay prison lover, Kyle Kennedy. Jenks stood by Hernanz's si throughout his trial, and the aftermath dismissed claims that he was gay, spe his prison lover speakg out and ex nfirmg they knew about his predilectn for members of his asked about his prison lover on an episo of Dr. The Netflix documentary addrs Aaron Hernanz’s sexualy and alleged gay relatnship wh high school quarterback Dennis SanSoucie.

It is suggted his transphobia was one of his many attempts to nceal that he was gay or bisexual.

AARON HERNANZ' SECRET HIGH SCHOOL GAY LOVER SPEAKS OUT

One of Hernanz’s attorney’s Gee Leontire, who is gay, spoke about a revealg nversatn he had wh the former football star after he was “outed.

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Od Lloyd murr motive: Aaron Hernanz outed as gay, prsured to nceal sexualy Killer Insi .

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