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Hernandez was sentenced last month to life in prison for the
June 2013 murder of an acquaintance, Odin Lloyd, whose body was
found in a North Attleborough, Massachusetts, industrial park
not far from the former New England Patriots tight end's home.
He is due back in court in Boston on Thursday to face charges of
witness intimidation for a February 2013 incident in which he is
accused of shooting a former friend in the face in Florida.
Prosecutors contend the man knew about a 2012 double murder
Hernandez is charged with committing outside a Boston nightclub.
Hernandez, 25, is awaiting trial on the double-murder charge.
While prosecutors have not identified the man involved in the
non-fatal shooting, details of the incident match a civil suit
filed by Alexander Bradley, a former friend who alleges that
Hernandez shot him, costing him an eye.
Bradley testified during Hernandez's trial in Fall River,
Massachusetts, over the killing of Lloyd.
Hernandez had been a rising star in the NFL with a $41 million
contract when he was arrested in June 2013 and charged with
Lloyd's murder. The Patriots cut him within hours of his arrest.
Additional charges on the 2012 double murder followed in May
2014.
Media reports this week quoted a law enforcement source as
saying Hernandez faced disciplinary action for allegedly serving
as a lookout during a fight at a Massachusetts prison.
(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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