Aaron Hernandez’s fiancée Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez breaks her silence in her first public interview since the NFL player allegedly took his life in prison. More inside…
Less than a month after former NFL player Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his prison cell, his fiancée Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez is speaking out for the first time.
In an interview with “Dr. Phil” (set to air next week), Shayanna opens up about the mysterious death of the former New England Patriots football star while serving a life sentence following a murder conviction of Odin Lloyd. She’ll be setting the record straight about her fiancé’s jail cell death, rumors about his purported secret romantic life, and if she thinks he killed himself so that she could collect millions of dollars.
“I thought it was a hoax, that this was some cruel person playing a trick on me,” she said when she found out about his death.
You’ll recall, there were rumors that Aaron had an inmate lover and that one of the three suicide notes he left was addressed to an inmate.
Shayanna, the mother of his 4-year-old daughter, said she was the last person to speak to Aaron before his death and things seemed to be on the up and up.
“I felt like we were looking so bright. We were going up a ladder to a positive direction. Our last talk had nothing to do with suicidal thoughts.”
Dr. Phil will ask Shayanna if she thinks Aaron took his life so she could get millions or if she feels like someone made his death look like a suicide. We already know she doesn’t think he killed himself. She is suing the Department of Corrections to be sure they preserve every piece of evidence that was found at the scene.
By the way, Aaron's murder conviction was vacated since he died during the appeal process.
Peep the clip below:
The two-part interview will air Monday, May 15th and Tuesday, May 16th. Check your local listings for the air time.
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