American Sports Story

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American Sports Storyepisode 8 " Odin " chronicle the murder of Odin Lloyd by former New England Patriots tight last Aaron Hernandez . Josh Rivera lead theAmerican Sports Storycastas Aaron Hernandez , the former collegiate and NFL superstar tight conclusion who was convict ofmurdering semi - pro football player Odin Lloydin 2015.Lloyd was dating the sister of Hernandez ’s fiancée Shayanna Jenkinsat the time of his destruction . Despite Hernandez and Lloyd being friends , prosecutors conceive that Hernandez rule a grounds to lose his trustingness in Lloyd that imply the apartment and an incident at a Boston club , which prompted the killing .

American Sports Storyepisode 8makes several true story change to the slaying of Odin Lloyd . American Sports Storycreates a clear motif for Aaron Hernadnez ’s murder of Odin Lloyd that was not ascertained in real life sentence . Lloyd did allegedly know about Hernandez ’s second apartment in Franklin , Massachusetts due to a claim made by Hernandez ’s babysitter . American Sports Storyuses this information to present it as the main cause of Hernandez ’s murder of Lloyd . As depicted inASSepisode 8,Lloyd reveals to his girl Shaena , Shayanna ’s sis , that Hernandez has a hole-and-corner second apartment , otherwise eff as his bust family .

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Aaron Hernandez Never Confirmed Why He Killed Odin Lloyd

A clear motive for his death was never determined or revealed by Hernandez

Despite the portrayal of the murder of Odin Lloyd inAmerican Sports Storyepisode 8,a clear-cut need for Lloyd ’s murder was never make up one’s mind and Aaron never spoke about it . American Sports Storymakes it seem like Hernandez and Lloyd had just meet merely calendar week before the execution . The serial portrays Hernandez and Lloyd only hanging out occasionally before Hernandez took his potential difference in - law ’s life story . In reality , Hernandez and Lloyd had play at some level in the two year before the 2013 murder at a family get - together with Shayanna ’s sister , Shaena . The series lay down Hernandez ’s motive to vote down Lloyd more impulsive than it likely was .

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agree toESPN , Hernandez had hooked Lloyd up with several perks , include tickets to multiple New England Patriots games . Hernandez had also promise Lloyd that he would take him on a trip to California one day . Hernandez also rented Lloyd a black Chevy Suburban SUV days before his death , much like the one that Hernandez drives inAmerican Sports Storyepisode 8 . All signs and signals steer to Hernandez and Lloyd being upright friends for months and even geezerhood before Hernandez look at his life . American Sports Storyskips over these facts and ultimately represent Hernandez ’s murder as a spontaneous act of paranoia and instability .

Aaron Hernandez and Odin Lloyd from American Sports Story episode 8

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Prosecutors Believe Aaron Hernandez Killed Odin Lloyd Due To A Lack Of Trust

Hernandez sent a text message saying “You can’t trust anyone anymore” the night before Lloyd’s death

Prosecutors believed that Hernandez killed Lloyd once he determined that he could no longer trust him with tender selective information . This potentially yet unproven motive is ordered with what takes place inAmerican Sports Storyepisode 8 , although it wasnever revealed whether Shayanna Jenkins knew about Hernandez ’s 2d apartmentafter authorities discovered it in June 2013 . There is also speculation that Lloyd had gotten too closemouthed to the truth about Hernandez ’s other alleged crimes , particularly an say double homicide in Boston . While the precise context rest undecipherable , Hernandez went from being Lloyd ’s faithful friend to his public executioner .

American Sports story installment 8 show Aaron Hernandez ’s fiancée Shayanna Jenkins disposing of a mystical boxful the mean solar day after Odin Lloyd ’s destruction .

Lloyd ’s consistency was feel with a total of five bullet holes in whatauthorities influence to be an execution - style killing . It ’s unclear why exactly the creator ofAmerican Sports Storydecided to alter some item of Lloyd ’s slaying , such as Hernandez fire two bullets instead of five . The series already presented Hernandez ’s allegedmurders of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtadoand the allegedattempted murder of Alexander " Sherrod " Bradleyas fact in previous sequence . American Sports Storyepisode 8 also omits a text substance Hernandez get off to Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace the night before Lloyd ’s expiry that read , " You ca n’t trust anyone any longer " ( viaNew York Post ) .

Aaron Hernandez and Odin Lloyd in American Sports Story episode 8

American Sports Story is a TV show from Stu Zicherman and executive produced by Ryan Murphy. The series stars Josh Andrés Rivera as Aaron Hernandez and Patrick Schwarzenegger as Tim Tebow. The sports anthology series serves as the fourth installment in Murphy’s “American Story” franchise.

Some Believe Aaron Hernandez Killed Odin Lloyd Because He Knew He Was Gay

A popular yet unconfirmed notion about Hernandez ’s motif for killing Lloyd was that he describe that he was closeted gay or bisexual . Despite the hypothesis being popularized and plausible base on Hernandez ’s confessions of his sexuality while jail , it ’s not a proven motive . The simple answer is thata clear motive was never find , which is a frustrating result in any execution trial , particularly one as sensational and puzzling as Hernandez ’s murder of Lloyd . Hernandez was key out to have advanced stagecoach 3 CTEafter his death by suicide in 2017 , adding another orphic bed to the complicated catastrophe inAmerican Sports Story .

Sources : ESPN , New York Post

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American Sports Story is a television show from Stu Zicherman and executive produced by Ryan Murphy . The serial   stars Josh Andrés Rivera as Aaron Hernandez and Patrick Schwarzenegger as Tim Tebow .   The sports anthology series serves as the fourth installment in Murphy ’s " American Story " franchise .

Odin Lloyd and Shaena Jenkins in American Sports Story episode 8

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