L-R: Attorney Charles Rankin, Aaron Hernandez, attorney James Sultan in court a week before he was sentenced. Faith Ninivaggi / AP
The attorney for former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez, convicted two months ago of killing a man who was dating his fiancee’s sister, claims that a juror never disclosed knowledge of his client’s other murder charges in an attempt to get picked.
The allegations, unsealed in court documents Monday, detail how an anonymous caller told Hernandez’s attorney, James Sultan, that “she recognized one of the jurors from TV,” and that she had discussed Hernandez’s separate double-homicide case in Boston with the person.