Aaron Hernandez appeared in Superior Court in New Bedford, Mass., on Thursday, this time featuring a large new neck tattoo that reads “LIFETIME” over a star design. The photo below on the left was taken in court on April 15, the day Hernandez was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Odin Lloyd; the photo on the right was taken Thursday:
In superior court Thursday, Hernandez pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted witness intimidation. Hernandez is charged with trying to silence a witness in a double-murder case against the former New England Patriots player.
According to prosecutors, Hernandez shot the man, Alexander Bradley, in the face in 2013 after Bradley, a former friend, made a comment about a 2012 Boston double homicide. Bradley is expected to testify as an eye witness against Hernandez in that case, in which the former Patriots star is accused of killing two men in a dispute that began over a spilled drink in a nightclub.
The case will continue on June 4.
At virtually the same time Thursday in a Bristol County (Mass.) courthouse, Hernandez faced a civil hearing filed by Ursula Ward, Odin Lloyd’s mother.
Hernandez was found guilty in April of the 2013 murder of Lloyd, another former associate. More recently, Hernandez served as a lookout during a prison fight, according to guards. According to ABC News, the fight was gang related and “after the fight, prison officials found that the former NFL standout had been inked with a new tattoo that references the Bloods gang.”
The five-point star is a Bloods symbol.
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