When attorney Jose Baez first met Aaron Hernandez in 2016, the former NFL star was already serving life in prison. The then-26-year-old had been arrested for the murder of Odin Lloyd, an acquaintance, in 2013, after three seasons with the New England Patriots. Now, he needed a lawyer for another indictment, involving an earlier double homicide.
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Aaron Josef Hernandez was born in Bristol, Connecticut, and raised on Greystone Avenue. He was the son of Dennis Hernandez, of Puerto Rican descent, and Terri Valentine-Hernandez, of Italian descent.
Hernandez suffered from migraines in prison, and had trouble with memory. Jose Baez wrote that he saw symptoms consistent with CTE from his earliest meetings with Hernandez: Hernandez sometimes showed keen insight and observational skills, while other times he had gaps in memory that were highly unusual for a young person.
Jose BaezAfter Netflix released Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez, a three-part documentary series chronicling the life, crimes, trial, and suicide of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez, Hernandez's attorney, Jose Baez, spoke out against the streaming network.
Baez is a highly sought-after speaker and lecturer. He is on the faculty at Harvard Law School where he teaches trial techniques to second- and third-year law students in what is considered one of Harvard Law School's most popular courses.
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$200,000 per monthBaez — the Florida attorney best known for winning the Casey Anthony case — was Weinstein's lawyer for about five months in 2019. Baez charged a non-refundable retainer of $200,000 per month.
For his part, Baez said that the claims were all fictitious and that he'd be pursuing legal action. "I unequivocally and categorically deny exchanging sex for my legal services with Ms. Anthony," he said in a statement to People. "I further unequivocally and categorically deny having any sexual relationship with Ms.
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Baez, a Florida-based lawyer best known for representing Casey Anthony, joined Weinstein's defense in January 2019 and left six months later, saying the former movie mogul had tarnished their relationship by communicating only through other lawyers and by failing to abide by a fee agreement.
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Universal StudiosCasey also told police that she was working at Universal Studios, a lie she had been telling her parents for years. Investigators took Casey to Universal Studios on July 16, 2008, the day after Caylee was reported missing, and asked her to show them her office.
Casey Anthony, shown in court with lead defense attorney Jose Baez, now has six lawyers on her defense team. (CNN) -- Casey Anthony's defense team is now six attorneys strong.
The former NFL star, who hanged himself in his Massachusetts prison cell on April 19, 2017, left the suicide notes that his lawyer, Jose Baez, detailed in his book “Unnecessary Roughness: Inside the Trial and Final Days of Aaron Hernandez.”.
Life is eternal—believe!!!”. Hernandez wrote in the letter, according to the Post. “Love, repent, and see me/yourself in everyone because that’s what the truth is! I’ll see you all in the heavens awaiting you all with the same love.”. He continued, “Never fear me, but love me with all of you!
In the letter to Shayanna Jenkins, Hernandez was more cryptic with his wording, telling his then-fiancée that he told her “what was coming indirectly.” He included a drawing of a thin rope dangling from a noose.
Hernandez mentioned contacting music artists, such as Meek Mill and Jay-Z, who have helped him through his “tough times.”. “Well, I wrote this letter following my acquittal and wanted to voice how I felt and let some people whos [e] music helped me get through hard times, know that it did.
Report says Aaron Hernandez had advanced stages of CTE. Reaction and analysis on 'Fox & Friends'. Aaron Hernandez penned suicide notes to his lawyer, his fiancée Shayanna Jenkins and his daughter, to whom he told to “never fear him” as he entered a “timeless realm.”. The former NFL star, who hanged himself in his Massachusetts prison cell on April ...
Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional football player, was found shot dead in an industrial park one mile away from Hernandez’s home in North Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Hernandez's biggest legal saga started to unfold in the middle of 2013, when he was arrested at his home for the murder of Lloyd.
Hernandez is indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Daniel de Abreau and Safiro Furtado on July 16, 2012, as well as three counts of armed assault with intent to murder and one count of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.
Hernandez goes on trial for the murder of Lloyd. ABC News sources confirmed that prosecutors believe Lloyd was killed over his knowledge of the 2012 double-murder, but prosecutors were barred by the judge from telling the jury their theory for the motive because it was deemed speculation.
Hernandez is convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of Lloyd, which carries a mandatory life sentence.
Hernandez goes on trial for the 2012 murders of de Abreu and Furtado in Boston.
After a week of deliberations, the jury decides to acquit Hernandez of the 2012 murders. Hernandez cries when the verdict is announced.
When attorney Jose Baez first met Aaron Hernandez in 2016, the former NFL star was already serving life in prison. The then-26-year-old had been arrested for the murder of Odin Lloyd , an acquaintance, in 2013, after three seasons with the New England Patriots.
He helped Hernandez win an acquittal on April 14, 2017, but days later, on April 19, the 27-year-old hanged himself in his cell. A brain scan revealed that the former tight end had suffered severe brain injuries consistent with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), due to repeated head blows while playing football.
Among the tome’s revelations are three notes found after Hernandez’s death, addressed to his daughter, Avielle Jenkins-Hernandez, now 5, fiancée Shayanna Jenkins, now 29, and Baez himself. “ [Hernandez] wrote three letters the night he died, letters discovered in his cell and released to us by corrections officials a few days after his death,” said ...
Singleton, Hernandez's cousin, has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit accessory after the fact. Singleton, of Bristol, pleaded guilty last year to criminal contempt for failing to testify before the grand jury, and she was given probation.
Jenkins, Hernandez's fiancee, is charged with perjury and has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors have said she lied dozens of times to a grand jury investigating Lloyd's killing. Jenkins is listed on the prosecution's list of potential witnesses, and prosecutors petitioned the court to grant her immunity for the murder trial.
Both men have pleaded not guilty to murder. They hail from Hernandez's hometown of Bristol, Connecticut. Prosecutors say they and Hernandez picked up Lloyd shortly before he was killed. They are not listed as witnesses by the prosecution but could be called by the defense.
He was found shot to death June 17, 2013, in an industrial park near Hernandez's home in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. Investigators believe he was killed with a .45-caliber Glock, which has never been found. From left, Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz (AP) Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz.
Hernandez has pleaded not guilty. He has also pleaded not guilty to murder charges stemming from a 2012 double slaying in Boston, where he is accused of killing two men after someone accidentally spilled a drink on him at a nightclub. No trial date is set in the Boston case, and prosecutors in the Lloyd case will not be allowed to tell ...
At the time of the abatement, prosecutors argued that throwing out Hernandez’s conviction would “reward the defendant’s conscious, deliberate and voluntary act” of killing himself and that the abatement rule has no solid historical or legal basis.
Hernandez was serving a life sentence for the June 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd. Hernandez hanged himself in his prison cell on April 19, 2017, just days after his acquittal on double-murder ...
Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction was reinstated Wednesday by Massachusetts’ highest court in a ruling that also ended an anti quated legal rule in which convictions were thrown out when a defend ant died before an appeal was heard. The Supreme Judicial Court’s decision comes nearly two years after a state judge vacated Hernandez’s murder ...
Aaron Hernandez found hanged. But Wednesday’s high court ruling called the longstanding legal principle “outdated and no longer consonant with the circumstances of contemporary life, if, in fact, it ever was.”. Instead, the court said that when a defendant dies during an appeal, the appeal will be dismissed and noted in the court record, ...
Baez defended Aaron Hernandez on charges related to a 2012 Boston double homicide of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in a drive-by shooting in Boston's South End on July 16, 2012. On April 14, 2017, a jury cleared Hernandez of committing the murders.
Ann McKee of Boston University, and that he had filed a federal lawsuit, on behalf of Hernandez' daughter, against the National Football League and the New England Patriots, seeking unspecified damages for loss of parental support. The suit alleges the league and team were aware of the dangers of repeated head injuries and refused to disclose these to Hernandez.
Charlie Ely's Murder Conviction Vacated. Charlie Ely was convicted of first-degree murder after being charged for her alleged role in the death of a fifteen year old boy who was shot in her room. She was sentenced to life in prison in Florida. Baez was hired to represent her in a conviction and sentence appeal.
Baez was born to Puerto Rican parents in Manhattan, N.Y., and raised in the Bronx, New York, and South Florida with his three sisters by his single mother. He attended Homestead High School in Florida, but dropped out in the ninth grade. He married and became a father at age 17. After earning his General Equivalency Diploma (GED), he joined the U.S. Navy in 1986. According to his resume, he spent three years assigned in connection with NATO at Norfolk, Virginia, trained as an intelligence analyst, and held a Top Secret security clearance.
Baez came to significant national attention when he took on the case of Casey Anthony. Time Magazine dubbed it "the Social Media Trial of the Century". Anthony was acquitted of the murder of her daughter, Caylee, after a trial that lasted six weeks. In a press conference on the day of the verdict, Baez said, "While we're happy for Casey, there are no winners in this case. Caylee has passed on far, far too soon, and what my driving force has been for the last three years has been always to make sure that there has been justice for Caylee and Casey because Casey did not murder Caylee. It's that simple." He added, "And today our system of justice has not dishonored her memory by a false conviction." Baez was featured on every major news network and show across the country. Baez authored a book with Peter Golenbock about the Anthony Case, Presumed Guilty, which was published on July 3, 2012 and became a New York Times Best Seller. Fox News Channel commentator Geraldo Rivera referred to Baez as "Juanie Cochran."
In the summer of 2019, Jose Baez represented Mark Nordlicht, the CIO of the billion-dollar hedge fund, Platinum Partners. Nordlicht was charged with securities fraud, investment adviser fraud, and multiple counts of conspiracy. The government alleged that Nordlicht, along with others, engaged in one of the largest "ponzi-esque" schemes in history. Baez tried the case over a two-month period in an Eastern District of New York courtroom, winning acquittals for Mark Nordlicht.
In 2018, Jose Baez successfully defended Ex-Cantor Fitzgerald Bond Trader, David Demos, in a federal court in Hartford, Connecticut. Demos was accused of lying about the prices of mortgage-backed securities to customers, and was charged with securities fraud. Jose Baez argued that the lies alleged by the government, were not important enough to influence the decisions of the customers. After a jury trial, Mr. Baez won Demos acquittals on all counts.