While Aaron Hernandez’s conviction for a 2013 murder was dismissed by a Massachusetts judge Tuesday, there has been speculation over whether his family will be able to claim the millions withheld by his former team and the NFL.
A former New England Patriots star, however, feels the team's owner — Robert Kraft, CEO of the Kraft Group — will pay Hernandez’s family the $6 million that reports say the team and NFL owed the former player. Hernandez’s conviction for murdering Odin Lloyd in 2013 was being appealed at the time of his death. On Tuesday, the conviction was dismissed because of a Massachusetts legal rule known as “abatement ab initio.