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Six stunning revelations about Aaron Hernandez in a report by Rolling Stone

Updated Sep. 29, 2022 9:30 a.m. ET

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An investigative report in the new issue of Rolling Stone dives deep into the personal and professional life of Aaron Hernandez, and the findings aren't pretty. The article, written by Paul Solotaroff, provides many new details about Hernandez, who was indicted last week on first-degree murder and weapons charges in the death of Odin Lloyd. According to a short preview article on the magazine's website, Solotaroff obtained many shocking details about the former New England Patriots star through interviews with friends, former teammates and NFL sources. Here are the six revelations provided by the magazine:

Hernandez was a heavy user of angel dust, and had become so paranoid over the last year that he carried a gun wherever he went. He surrounded himself with a cohort of gangsters, and cut himself off from his family and teammates. Hernandez had so infuriated his head coach, Bill Belichick, with missed practices and thug-life stunts, that he was one misstep from being cut. Both his parents, Dennis and Terri, had criminal records, as did much of his extended family. Terri allegedly cheated on Dennis before his death with a violent drug dealer named Jeffrey Cummings, then married Cummings after Dennis died and moved him into the house she shared with Aaron. In college his coach (then-University of Florida head coach Urban Meyer) may have helped cover up failed drug tests, along with two violent incidents — an assault and a drive-by shootout outside a local bar.