Ever since his arrest for first degree murder, stories involving Aaron Hernandez have been coming out the woodworks. Â Between fights and domestic incidents with his fiancee, Hernandez is being painted as someone who never lived “the Patriot way”. Â Hernandez, who admitted to failed drug tests in college, seems to have a much darker past than once thought.
Hernandez’s fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, had called the cops on Aaron while at their rental home in Hermosa Beach, CA. Â Jenkins claimed that she began arguing with Hernandez and he became so enraged he punched a window leaving his hand bloody. Neighbors claimed that Hernandez was a nightmare to live next to with constant partying and disregard for the law.
Reports have also surfaced accusing an underage Hernandez of punching a worker at a bar after getting into an altercation with him. Â This happened while Hernandez was a freshman at the University of Florida with teammate Tim Tebow who came to Hernandez’s defense. Â Hernandez never denied hitting the man, but was never charged because he was only seventeen. [Sidenote: Why was a 17-year-old let into a bar?]
While stories will continue to come out until this trial is over, it is not fair to assume that because Hernandez has a violent past that he committed this heinous crime. Â People are losing sight that a man was murdered and a mother lost her son. Â Nothing good ever seems to happen when athletes go out to clubs. Let this be a lesson to future athletes!