In Feb he fought a guy in handcuffs.
He never had a chance.
Aaron Hernandez’s sparring partner during a fight Tuesday was handcuffed when the former New England Patriot decided to unleash a jailhouse smackdown, TMZ Sports reported.
The one-time gridiron star lashed out at the other, unidentified inmate around noon Tuesday in a common area at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth, Mass., where Hernandez has been held without bail since June 26, 2013.
Only one inmate is supposed to be in the area at a time, and the former NFL tight end has purposely been kept segregated from other prisoners because of his celebrity status.
Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson would not confirm who started the brawl, but said neither inmate needed medical attention and that the punchout was over within one minute. Three guards were nearby, Hodgson told the Daily News.
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Aaron Hernandez, 24, had kept his nose clean during his time in jail until Tuesday, when he was involved in a fight with another inmate.
"Following our investigation, we'll be able to determine if one or both of the inmates will get any disciplinary action, from a rule violation to administrative discipline or it could rise to criminal charges if it's determined that one was involved in directly assaulting and battering another inmate," Hodgson told the News on Wednesday.
Hodgson said that the housing unit has eight cells total - six of which were occupied at the time of the fight.
“It’s a specialized unit, the procedure is one inmate allowed out at a time, so obviously that’s a concern to me and everyone here, that there was potentially a shortfall, a systematic failure in our procedures,” he said. “We’re going to look at, why were they out at the same time? Was it a judgement error on the part of a staff member, some emergency or something, what exactly was it?”
Hodgson said the claim that the unidentified inmate was handcuffed would be looked at as part of the investigation, which is expected to take a few days.
New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is led out of the North Attleborough police station after being arrested June 26, 2013. He's been incarcerated since, and was involved in a jailhouse scuffle Tuesday.
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New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is led out of the North Attleborough police station after being arrested June 26, 2013. He's been incarcerated since, and was involved in a jailhouse scuffle Tuesday.
Inmates cannot interact physically with one another at the segregated housing unit, but Hodgson said they can verbally interact.
The other inmate reportedly was harassing Hernandez all day before the beatdown, according to reports.
Hernandez was out of his cell during his rec time, when he can “make phone calls, take a shower, what have you,” when the fight erupted, Hodgson said.
The 245-pound former NFLer is allowed absolutely zero contact with other inmates, Hodgson said - not during rec time or even meals.
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Hernandez, during a 2010 football game. A fight in a Bristol County jail Tuesday could lead to criminal charges against Hernandez, who is awaiting trial on charges of murdering his friend, Odin Lloyd, 27.
The 24-year-old is awaiting trial on charges that he murdered his friend, Odin Lloyd, 27, in June.
The Patriots released the tight end shortly after his arrest.
This is the first time Hernandez has made news for any jailhouse issues during his eight months incarcerated.
“I don’t like to get into the specifics of anybody, but for the most part, he’s been pretty much a quiet, keeps to himself, inmate,” Hodgson said.
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