The lawyer for Aaron Hernandez is throwing cold water on rumors that the former NLF star and convicted killer had a jailhouse lover, but many folks who were close to the deceased are still suggesting otherwise.
“Rumors of letters to a gay lover, in or out of prison, are false,” Jose Baez said in a statement to NBC News this week. “These are malicious leaks used to tarnish someone who is dead.”
Just to recap: The 27-year-old former Patriots star was serving a life sentence for murder. He found dead in his prison cell last Wednesday. The cause of death was ruled a suicide (asphyxia by hanging).
According to multiple reports, including a spokesperson for the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office, Hernandez left behind three handwritten suicide notes.
One of the suicide notes was addressed to his fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez. Another was addressed to their daughter child. The third note is rumored to have been addressed to his jailhouse lover, 22-year-old inmate Kyle Kennedy, who was placed on suicide watch for several days after Hernandez’s passing.
When asked to clarify who the last note was addressed to, a spokesperson for the D.A.’s office simply said: “The information I have is unclear.”
Related: Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez reportedly left a suicide note for his gay prison lover
Kennedy’s attorney, Larry Army Jr., issued a statement this week requesting that, if the third letter was, indeed, addressed to his client, they would like it handed over immediately.
“My client is obviously saddened by the loss of his friend, Aaron Hernandez,” Army said. “We will be requesting that the letter be turned over to my client a soon as possible.”
There were also reports that the day before Hernandez committed suicide, he gave Kennedy’s family a $50,000 watch.
But Baez insists rumors about any romantic involvement between Kennedy and Hernandez are just that, rumors.
“Representatives, on behalf of an individual named Kyle Kennedy, continue to advise the media such a gay love letter exists,” he said in the statement. “Accordingly, on behalf of the family of Aaron Hernandez, I am reaffirming, unequivocally, no such letter to Mr. Kennedy, or any other individual, in or out of prison, exists.”
Baez did not comment on the $50,000 watch.
The statement comes just one day after Hernandez’s cousin, Davina Hernandez, told In Touch that she “didn’t know” whether or not he had a jailhouse lover, or if he identified as gay or bisexual, though she seemed to imply that it wasn’t outside the realm of possibility.
“He’s definitely never made any mention of [having a lover in prison],” Hernandez said. “No, he would just always say, ‘I’m fine.’ He would always say he kept to himself so I don’t really know how true that is or if he just wanted us to know that he was OK. I don’t know.”
All three suicide letters were released to Hernandez’s family on Monday, the same day he was laid to rest in his hometown of Bristol, Connecticut.
IDoNotHaveToAgreeWithYou
No rumors suggest otherwise, making this fake news.
GayEGO
Oh so the police who found his secret note to his lover are fake? Not likely.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
“But vidence suggests otherwise”
Yet doesn’t go on to cite actual said EVIDENCE. *eyeroll*
Tabloid journalism is goddam awful — being first is more important than being correct.; but LGBT “journalism” is the worst — you’re not even first.
GayEGO
Hey snarky warky, the police who found Hernandez love note to his lover disagree with you.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
Point out where I was wrong. Can you actually read?
Bob LaBlah
This entire gay story about Hernandez reeks of bullshit. There is no proof of a gay relationship and since this is prison we are talking about it seems very hard to believe that none of the other inmates knew about it.
GayEGO
The police at the Shirley, MA prison disagree as they found Hernandez love note to his lover.
Donston
Why can’t this site ever resist the tacky route?
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
This could go either way. And I don’t trust the motives of either lawyer. Why can’t we hold off till the evidence is in so we don’t come off like pontificating psychobabbling fools like in the Omar Mateen case.
Some weird motives going on behind the scenes in those needing this to be true ..as much as there is for those honophobes triggered by the idea of their thug hero/crush being homo
Jeffrey
First and foremost, under the “open records” law in the state—the text of ALL three letters will be made public in due time. Until that happens —we’re all pissing in the wind. Just wait and see. Jeez…
Jeffrey
St. Louis
Soulo_Guero
I never guessed that Queerty has a Republican audience. Then again, it is the comment section and it is the internet. No wonder more websites are opting out of having one.
Donston
Maybe because the lot of us don’t care that a now dead person (who probably killed people) might have possibly had a jailhouse boo-boo. And until the letters are released or someone with first-hand knowledge of Aaron’s sex life and/or orientation comes forward and speaks up this is all just click-bait, conjecture and a wild gay-goose chase that doesn’t do anything for anyone.
o.codone
Many sites are opting out of the comments sections because the people turn around and call the site on their bullshit and lies and their fake news. It’s humiliating for CNN and the other rags to get torn to shreads by the readers who don’t buy into the lies and falsehoods. So, they remain unchallenged by disappearing the comments sections.
GayEGO
The trolls just like to vent their frustration of losing.
Blackceo
I really think that unless the alleged jailhouse lover comes forward, or this alleged high school lover Hernandez had supposedly been involved with comes forward, or there is a release of the letter, all this speculation needs to just stop. Its getting rather salacious and there’s been so much misinformation already. First it was said no suicide letter was found and then that turned into 3. This is tabloid-ish.
ErikO
Yes it makes one wonder what really happened? I remember how they claimed that without a mirror Hernandez wrote a verse from the Bible on his forehead backwards by himself with his own hand, but who knows if that’s even true?
Baba Booey Fafa Fooey
Continued great work Graham. Keep reporting on this. Lots of people want this story buried. Don’t let them. They are very homophobic.
Be sure to follow Michele McPhee. Kennedy’s lawyer just had a press conference. Keep up the great work and reporting the truth of this story.
Donston
As obsessed as you clearly are I’m trying to figure out exactly what do you get out of finding out that a dead killer might have had gay sex?
o.codone
It’s the fantasy that some lucky guy may have had a chance to stick his tongue up that fabulous ass or licked that fine dick.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
My god that press conference was a mess. Shit is even less clear now. Only clear thing is that this boy and his lawyer is one manipulative money-hungry mofo (who’dve thunk it?). Doesn’t mean he wasn’t being banged out. But still not evidence.
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
*This boy (and his lawyer too) is one manipulative …
crowebobby
Will you all stop trying to tarnish the good name of this man now that he’s dead. Killing four men because someone bumped into you may not be exemplary behavior, but don’t heap the ultimate shame of the love that dare not speak its name on the family of this poor man. Haven’t they suffered enough? They may not even get the $5.75 million they’re trying to squeeze out of the NFL.
ErikO
Good name of this man? He was a total thug, psycho/violent, and murdered people. If he is actually bisexual or gay that’s nothing to be ashamed of but there needs to be actual proof of this and not supposed “letters” that never actually get published or actual men who are bisexual or gay who were his lovers if they actually exist have to come forward publically for this to actually be true about him.
Donston
Dude doesn’t even get the most obvious of sarcasm.
He BGB
As Casey Anthony walks free. I wouldn’t believe anything a defense lawyer says.
Donston
I’m not at all interested in the twisted salaciousness of whatever might have happened in prison, which often have nothing to do with sexual orientation or outside prison behaviors. Knowing that he had a long-term bf before prison and getting details on that situation would be far more fascinating and actually make this a real story and make it something that actually relates to us.
Heywood Jablowme
Tom Brady is bisexual too, you know. Mark Wahlberg jerked him off in “Ted 2”! With a teddy bear watching!
You know you saw it, just admit it.
Jack Meoff
Who cares any more.
Richard 55
The back-story involving Aaron Hernandez and his high school friend Ryan McDonnell is even more compelling than the alleged prison lover one.
It was law enforcement officials – meaning prison officers – who apparently gave Newsweek the information that Aaron allegedly had a prison lover. I believe them more than I believe the denials from Aaron’s attorney Jose Baez.
If Aaron’s family and attorney are hurt by these bisexual reports about Aaron, perhaps you can understand why Aaron might have gone to great lengths to hide that side of himself.
Donston
I don’t get why anyone ever cared.
Even if we find out for a fact that the dude had sexual relations with men, unless someone who had a sexual/romantic relationship with Aaron or someone who had discussions with him about his sexuality comes forward we still won’t get any insight into his inherent attractions, whether he ever had a legitimate relationship with a man, whether he was able to develop real romantic connections with either men or women, how much his sexual behavior may have triggered his violence or whether trying to hide it was someone linked to his violence, whether it had anything to do with it at all, etc.
Instead, people will form their own persona and storylines to fit their own personal agenda (as we’ve already seen here), and that’s a whole ‘nother mess. Since no one with real insight is likely to come forward why bother?
GayEGO
So what if Aaron had a lover, he should not have killed those guys.
freedom_power
The dude is dead !!! let him R.I.P