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Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez has Thursday hearing on finances
Wrongful death suit filed by estate of semipro football player Odin Lloyd
Hernandez is charged with shooting Lloyd to death in June
A hearing on the finances of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez will be held Thursday in connection with a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of the man he is accused of killing, according to court documents.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in a Massachusetts state court, claims Hernandez “maliciously, willfully, wantonly, recklessly or by gross negligence” caused the death of Odin Lloyd.
Hernandez, 24, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder in the June shooting of Lloyd, 27, a Boston area semipro football player who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s girlfriend.
Prosecutors told CNN that Hernandez allegedly planned and carried out the slaying: Lloyd was shot five times with a semi-automatic .45-caliber handgun. A grand jury investigating allegations of gun trafficking against Hernandez is the same one that handed up the murder charge, a source told CNN in October.
The victim’s estate is seeking unspecified “compensation for the conscious pain and suffering endured by Odin Lloyd.”
Hernandez had a NFL contract worth nearly $40 million, but it was terminated when he was charged with the slaying and firearm offenses.
Lloyd’s family also seeks a court order prohibiting the Patriots from paying Hernandez more than $3 million he is apparently owed from his contract.
An attorney for Hernandez did not immediately return a message left Wednesday by CNN.
The attorney representing Lloyd’s family did not respond to calls for comment. Lloyd’s sister declined comment.
Hernandez is named in another civil suit.
A witness that sources have described as Hernandez’s “muscle man” said he was with the ex-Patriot the night of a 2012 Boston double homicide. Police have said that the homicide may be linked to Hernandez, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation.
That witness, Alexander Bradley, has filed a civil lawsuit accusing Hernandez of shooting him in the face during an argument after they left a Florida strip club in February.
Bradley lost sight in one eye because of the shooting, according to the lawsuit.