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Hernandez lawyers want tattoo, texts ousted

BOSTON -- Jurors at Aaron Hernandez's upcoming double murder trial shouldn't hear about his tattoos or text messages sent to his sports agent, attorneys for the former New England Patriots player told a judge Tuesday.

Hernandez is charged with killing two men in a 2012 drive-by shooting, because one of the men bumped into the former football star in a Boston nightclub, prosecutors said.

Hernandez, who attended Tuesday's hearing wearing a suit and a tie, has pleaded not guilty to killing 29-year-old Daniel de Abreu and 28-year-old Safiro Furtado.