Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s lawyer made a “Deflategate” joke and the judge didn’t receive it very well.
Aaron Hernandez was a growing star with the New England Patriots, but that ended abruptly. Out of the blue, there was non-stop news coverage on Hernandez, and he was suspected of murder. That took the focus immediately off of his talent on the football field, and the Patriots quickly cut ties with him.
Now, Hernandez is in the middle of his trial and things aren’t looking all that great for him. His lawyer, James Sultan, didn’t help things out with a joke that he tried to make in the courtroom on Thursday.
"James Sultan was questioning a state police trooper about tire pressure Thursday when he jokingly asked whether the trooper had ever received “training in football deflation devices.”On Friday morning, Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh told Sultan that they are conducting serious business, and she does not expect there to be any more jokes. Sultan agreed and expressed regret."
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Needless to say, that isn’t the type of joke to make in a courtroom that is judging whether or not a man murdered another man in cold blood. It would have been funny in a small claims court type of setting, but not in this type of situation.
There haven’t been any clear indications on what the likelihood of Hernandez being convicted is, but it wouldn’t be surprising at all to see him end up behind bars for a long time. Despite that, there are still some holes in the prosecution’s case that could come back to hurt them. Obviously the most important missing piece of evidence is the weapon that Hernandez was said to have used to kill Odin Lloyd.
Even after this trial, Hernandez isn’t a free man and will have to stand trial for a separate case. He was accused of double murder in Suffolk County for allegedly gunning down two men in Boston in July of 2012. Hernandez has already pleaded “not guilty” in that case as well.
[H/T Bleacher Report]
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