{"id":2846,"date":"2018-10-14T15:48:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T19:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lovepeacenslander.com\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2018-10-14T15:48:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T19:48:09","slug":"aaron-hernandez-sexually-abused-as-young-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovepeacenslander.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/14\/aaron-hernandez-sexually-abused-as-young-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Hernandez Sexually Abused as Young Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

An investigative series by\u00a0The Boston Globe<\/a>\u00a0revealed that former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who killed himself in prison last year, was sexually molested as a young boy.<\/p>\n

The previously undisclosed information came from the Globe’s “Spotlight Team” from interviews, thousands of court and government records, and text messages, emails and images Hernandez sent and received while in a Massachusetts prison, where he was serving a life sentence without parole for the 2013 slaying of onetime friend Odin Lloyd.<\/p>\n

The newspaper’s six-part series, the first installment of which was published Saturday, included details about Hernandez’s childhood, sexuality and drug use. Among them:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hernandez and his brother, Jonathan, were often beaten by their father, Dennis, while growing up in Bristol, Connecticut. The beatings were sometimes related to Dennis Hernandez’s drinking.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aaron Hernandez started smoking marijuana in high school with a teammate before school, before football practice and after games.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The teammate, Dennis SanSoucie, told the Globe that he had a sexual relationship with Hernandez in junior high and high school and that the two tried to hide it.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jonathan Hernandez told the Globe that Aaron Hernandez disclosed later in his adult life that he had been molested as a young boy. One of Aaron’s lawyers in his criminal case also said Aaron spoke to him of sexual abuse as a child. Neither was willing to identify the perpetrator to the Globe.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aaron Hernandez was close to a cousin, Tanya Singleton, and he was crushed when he learned that his mother, Terri, was in a serious romantic relationship with Singleton’s husband, Jeff Cummings.<\/p>\n