The day after Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction was posthumously overturned by a judge, his fiancée has shared her shock over his suicide.
Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez sat down with Dr. Phil to talk publicly for the first time since the former New England Patriots player was found hanging in his Massachusetts prison cell on April 19.
“I thought it was a hoax,” said Jenkins-Hernandez, who was not married to the ex-tight end but took his name after they had a child together. “That this was some cruel person playing a trick on me.”
Also in the two-part interview — which is set to air Monday, May 15 and Tuesday, May 16 — host Dr Phil McGraw asks the million dollar question: “Did he kill himself so that you could collect $6.