Just before 4 o’clock, just before the end of another day of jury deliberation without a verdict, in walked Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, carrying in her arms the daughter she shares with Aaron Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, fiancee of the late Aaron Hernandez, appeared on Monday's episode of "Dr. Phil" the first of a two-part interview where she discussed the former New England Patriot who was found dead in his cell last month. Hernandez was serving a life sentence for the murder of Odin Lloyd. Days before his death, he had been acquitted of two other murders. Prosecutors have long alleged that Shayanna Jenkins, acting on Hernandez’s orders, secreted the murder weapon, a Glock, out of the home they shared, drove to an undisclosed location, and ditched it. Aaron Hernandez Uncovered. This two-part special goes beyond the headlines and takes a deep dive into Hernandez's dual life through never-before-seen interviews, vivid eyewitness accounts, testimony never presented in trial, startling new medical revelations and a secret that tormented him - a secret that some may have gone to extremes to keep. . Since the trial of Aaron Hernandez for the murder of Odin Lloyd began in January, it has been repeatedly suggested to jurors that Hernandez’s love of smoking marijuana helps to explain his innocence. Hernandez smoked marijuana, which is legal in Massachusetts for medicinal purposes but illegal for recreational uses, on a daily basis. According to Hernandez’s attorneys, Lloyd was instrumental in satisfying Hernandez’s craving for marijuana. Lloyd was Hernandez’s so-called “blunt master” in supplying marijuana and skillfully rolled joints. Two nights before Lloyd’s death, the two men—who were connected through their romantic relationships with sisters Shayanna Jenkins and Shaneah Jenkins—smoked marijuana together at Hernandez’s “flop house” in Franklin (Mass.). The defense’s basic theory is that Hernandez not only had no reason to kill Lloyd but that Hernandez had every incentive to protect his blunt master. Shayanna Jenkins testifies in dramatic day at Aaron Hernandez trial On Monday, Hernandez’s legal team once again nudged jurors to conclude that marijuana helps to explain Hernandez’s innocence. In answering questions from Hernandez attorney Charles Rankin, Shayanna Jenkins testified that a mysterious cardboard box that she hastily—and covertly—removed from Hernandez’s home a day after Lloyd’s death “smelled skunky...it smelled like marijuana.” Jenkins, who began her testimony last Friday, also testified that Bristol County (Mass.) prosecutors had not previously asked her about the smell of the box at the time she picked it up in a storage room in Hernandez’s it have been merely marijuana in the box?Viewed from a light most favorable to Hernandez, it would have been logical for Hernandez to want marijuana removed from his home and for the removal to happen quickly and COVERAGE: Opening statements | Day 31 | Day 32 | Day 33Consider the circumstances at this time. Police had already searched the exterior of Hernandez’s home and it was only a matter of time before they would obtain a warrant to search the home’s interior. If officers discovered marijuana in the home, they could have arrested Hernandez and charged him with possession of more than one ounce of marijuana. That charge, if proven, would have carried a penalty of up to six months in jail. If officers found substantial amounts of marijuana plus financial records suggesting drug deals might have been conducted in Hernandez’s home, Hernandez could have also been charged with the illegal sale of marijuana. This more significant charge would have carried a penalty of up to two years in prison. Worse yet for Hernandez, if officers found more than 50 pounds of marijuana in his home, Hernandez (in theory) could have been charged with trafficking, which if proven would have carried a sentence of up to 15 years in wasn't only the courts that Hernandez had to fear when it came to marijuana. He also needed to worry about Bill Belichick and Roger Goodell. Had Hernandez been arrested for illegal drugs, he would have faced adverse consequences at the hands of his employer, the New England Patriots, and the National Football League. From this lens, Jenkins’s testimony about smelling marijuana from the box would make sense, as would the need to remove the marijuana from the home before the cops it is thus plausible that the box might have only contained marijuana, Bristol county prosecutor William McCauley, who helped to arrange for Jenkins to testify with immunity, did not seem to believe Jenkins during this portion of her testimony. Jurors might feel similarly, as explained below. Prosecutors contend that the box instead contained the .45-caliber Glock pistol used to murder Lloyd in an industrial park located approximately a mile from Hernandez’s home. Jenkins’s testimony did not preclude the possibility that the box contained the gun—it’s possible the box contained marijuana and a firearm—but it certainly did not advance the prosecution’s theory about the box’s down Jenkins’s recollection of removing and discarding the boxJenkins on Monday admitted that Hernandez had instructed her by phone that it was “important” she get the box out of the house and that she do so without others noticing. She then testified about how she followed Hernandez’s instructions. Jenkins’s explanation likely left many questions for jurors about her believability and Jenkins told it, she retrieved a trash bag from the kitchen and used the bag to carry the box out of the home in a concealed manner. Jenkins also testified that she placed baby clothes over the box. The baby clothes, Jenkins explained, were to ensure “nothing was exposed,” although she curiously added ““I wasn’t necessarily hiding [the box] from certain individuals.” Jurors watched surveillance video taken from Hernandez’s home security system of Jenkins during this sequence. At one point, the video displays Jenkins walking by her sister, Shaneah, who dated Lloyd and was in Hernandez’s home for support as she grieved Lloyd’s likely questioned the truthfulness of Jenkins’s account when she asserted that Hernandez never told her what was inside the box. They probably also found dubious Jenkins’s explanation that she neither asked Hernandez about the box’s contents nor did she attempt to look inside. While it’s plausible that Jenkins would not look inside the box—Jenkins, after all, had no legal duty to look inside—it constituted an unlikely reaction. This is especially so given what had already occurred by this point in time: Jenkins had asked Hernandez if he had killed Lloyd (Hernandez responded he had not). It would seem peculiar that Jenkins, whose questioning of Hernandez suggested she had imagined a possible link between Lloyd’s death and Hernandez, would not peek inside the mysterious box that Hernandez urgently wanted out of the moreover, delivered inconsistent testimony about the weight of the box. She told McCauley on Monday the box weighed between 35 and 40 pounds, but in 2013 Jenkins told grand jurors it weighed about 25 pounds. Either weight would have constituted a substantial amount of marijuana, particularly for a user of marijuana rather than a dealer. Of course, it’s possible the box might have also contained such marijuana paraphernalia as a bong or pipe. Nevertheless, between Jenkins appearing completely incurious about what was inside the box and the box’s suspicious weight, jurors might struggle to believe might also be scratching their heads in regards to Jenkins’s testimony about how she discarded of the box. She testified that she borrowed her sister’s car and then “drove around” nearby towns for a while before finding a dumpster to discard the box. She didn’t recall the location of the dumpster, attributing the aimlessness of her journey to “nerves” and the need to “play a neutral role” between “trying to comfort” her sister and—though Jenkins did not directly say it—looking out for her fiancé’s best interests. One of the towns she drove through was Foxboro (Mass), where the Patriots play their games in Gillette Stadium. Jenkins then returned home from the mysterious dumpster, parked the car in Hernandez’s driveway and brought the baby clothes back to ContinueSI RecommendsPerhaps Jenkins’s least believable statement occurred when she testified that she didn’t recall ever speaking to Hernandez again about the box—even to confirm that it had been discarded. For jurors who were told that Hernandez stressed to Jenkins the importance of the box’s removal, they are likely wondering why Jenkins didn’t verify to Hernandez that the box was gone for Memory?While Jenkins seemed foggy about what took place with the box, she exhibited precision in recalling most other pieces of information. For instance, Jenkins told jurors about her history with Hernandez, whom she had met as a classmate while in elementary school. Jenkins elaborated on how their relationship evolved from a friendship in elementary and middle school into an intimate relationship while in high school. Jenkins later testified in detail about various home improvements, including the addition of a personalized Patriots pool table and an enhanced exercise room. She even recalled the individual who had installed the home theater in Hernandez’s home and at what time the installation occurred. Further, Jenkins demonstrated a clear memory in remembering positive experiences in the weekend preceding Lloyd’s death on Monday, June 17, 2013. These experiences included having breakfast with Hernandez’s mother, going out to dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse with Hernandez and their daughter and planning a picnic for her contrast in detail and recollection between Jenkins’s testimony about the box and her testimony about most other topics was striking. The fact that Jenkins spoke eloquently and fluidly about those other topics while struggling to talk about the box only accentuated this contrast. Unfortunately for Jenkins—and Hernandez—the contrast could lead some jurors to find her lack of memories about what took place hours after Lloyd’s murder to be more suggestive of an unwillingness to implicate Hernandez than a willingness to truthfully portrays Hernandez as unfaithful in their relationshipOne of the more moving sequences in Monday’s testimony occurred when Jenkins spoke about difficulties in her relationship with Hernandez. Jenkins acknowledged that Hernandez was unfaithful. She also described how her relationship with him “was worth fighting for” even if it required “compromising” and accepting infidelity. She added that she and Hernandez had planned to wed on April 12, 2014 in California. Shayanna Jenkins's testimony will be vital in Hernandez murder trial Jenkins’s testimony about Hernandez cheating on her could hurt and help Hernandez’s case in the eyes of the 15 jurors, 10 of whom are women. From a negative standpoint, Hernandez cheating on his fiancée and the mother of his infant daughter reflects poorly on his moral compass. Jurors have already heard that Hernandez tried to kiss the babysitter, Jennifer Fortier, at his flop house and dance with a woman, Kasey Arma, at the Rumor Nightclub in Boston. Now they have heard from Hernandez’s fiancée that Hernandez may have often been a womanizer. To be clear, character evidence is inadmissible in a trial unless the defendant makes his character an issue. But prosecutors often try to “indirectly” get in character evidence. Hernandez being unfaithful doesn’t make him any more likely to have murdered Lloyd, but Hernandez’s attorneys do not want jurors to dislike or resent him—especially if they ultimately find his guilt or innocence to be a close the other hand, Jenkins portraying Hernandez as a womanizer suggests she had reasons to leave him and fewer reasons to lie on his behalf in this trial. This makes her testimony supporting Hernandez arguably more believable. Jenkins describes Lloyd and Hernandez as close and friendlyIn addition to her crucial testimony about a marijuana odor emanating from the bag, Jenkins advanced Hernandez’s defense by describing a close bond between Hernandez and Lloyd. She detailed the first time Hernandez met Lloyd, which occurred at Hernandez’s home after a preseason Patriots game in August, 2012. Thereafter, Lloyd and Shaneah Jenkins would occasionally stay over Hernandez’s home. Hernandez and Lloyd, Shayanna Jenkins explained, would smoke marijuana in Hernandez’s “man cave.” She did not speak about any hostility between the men, instead describing them as friends and marijuana in mind, the prosecution is expected to rest its case by next week. Although motive is not a required element for a murder conviction, jurors typically want an explanation as to why the defendant would have intentionally tried to kill the victim (or, though joint venture, shared the intent to see the killing occur). Prosecutors have yet to establish a clear reason why Hernandez would have wanted Lloyd murdered. Jenkins’s testimony on Monday did not help the prosecution in this describes Carlos Ortiz as an outsider: possible preview of the defenseIn a potential preview of Aaron Hernandez’s forthcoming case-in-chief, Jenkins framed co-defendant Carlos Ortiz as something of an outsider in the group. She mentioned that while she knew co-defendant Ernest Wallace, she knew very little about Ortiz, who was at her house the night of Lloyd’s claimed she had only met Ortiz once before, and it was at an inn in Newport ( Rankin tried to pounce on this testimony, asking Jenkins “Would it be fair to say that [Ortiz] tagged along [spouse of Hernandez cousin] Singleton” when they met at the inn. McCauley objected to the question and Judge Susan Garsh sustained, but to me it was a telling exchange. Ortiz—who along with Wallace will face separate trials—has reportedly tried to cooperate with prosecutors but has been deemed non-credible. Wallace, in contrast, supposedly remains close to Hernandez, who some reports suggest is paying Wallace’s legal fees. If Hernandez were to try to blame Lloyd’s death on someone else, there’s an excellent chance that person is Ortiz. Stay McCann is a Massachusetts attorney and the founding director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute at the University of New Hampshire School of Law. He is also the distinguished visiting Hall of Fame Professor of Law at Mississippi College School of Law. The fiancee of the late Aaron Hernandez is speaking out for the first time since the release of a new Netflix docuseries on the life of the football-star turned-convicted killer, including rumors about his a sit-down interview with ABC News' Amy Robach that will air Wednesday on "Good Morning America," Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez said that while Hernandez did not express to her in any way he may have been gay or bisexual, if he did, she "would not have loved him any differently."Hernandez, a former New England Patriots tight end, was found guilty of murder in April 2015 for the killing of Odin Lloyd, the 27-year-old fiance of Jenkins-Hernandez' sister, who was found shot to death in a suburb of Boston about two years earlier. After Hernandez's trial, and prior to his suicide in his prison cell in 2017, his alleged relationships with men became a topic of discussion."You can't describe someone's sexuality without them being here," Jenkins-Hernandez told ABC News. "Although I have a child with Aaron, I still can't tell you how he was feeling inside. No one can."The Netflix docuseries "Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez," which was released in January, spoke to a high school teammate and friend of Hernandez, Dennis Sansoucie, who said the two engaged in a sexual relationship while in high said that she knew of Sansoucie, but doesn't know him well and he wasn't very involved in Hernandez's adult Jenkins-Hernandez, the fiancee of the late Aaron Hernandez speaks with ABC NewsHowever, she said through tears, "You start to feel for people that may be hiding inside how they really feel. And I -- I feel awful for that."Jenkins-Hernandez, who was engaged to Hernandez at the time of his suicide and shares a daughter with him, said he was "certainly a man to me. There was no behavior that made me think differently."File photo of Aaron Hernandez during closing arguments in his trial for the murder of Odin Llyod at Fall River Superior Court, April 7, Globe via Getty ImagesShe wishes that if Hernandez had been hiding his sexuality, he would have come to her."If he did feel that way or if he felt the urge, I wish that I -- I was told," said Jenkins-Hernandez. "And I wish that he -- you know, he would've told me 'cause I wouldn't -- I would not have loved him any differently. I would have understood. It's not shameful and I don't think anybody should be ashamed of who they are inside, regardless of who they love. I think it's a beautiful thing, I just wish I was able to tell him that." Story highlightsHernandez's fiancee tells Dr. Phil she never saw any indications he was gayShe also addresses question of whether Hernandez killed himself so she would get his money (CNN)The fiancee of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez said in a televised interview aired Tuesday that the ex-NFL star denied to her rumors that he was the second part of a prerecorded television interview, Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez told Phil McGraw of the talk show "Dr. Phil" that defense lawyers told her about the rumors. "I asked him if it were true," she said. Hernandez, in prison for the fatal shooting of a man who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee, told her "that it wasn't."Hernandez, 27, was found dead in his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center on April 19, authorities said. His death came five days after he'd been acquitted in a separate double murder trial. After Hernandez died, there were published reports that he feared being outed as gay or bisexual. "I had no indication or any feeling that he was (gay)," Jenkins-Hernandez said. "He was very much a man to me. I don't know where this came from."She indicated Hernandez had concerns about rumors while in prison serving a life sentence of Odin Lloyd, but said she didn't know whether Hernandez thought the claim might surface publicly. In Monday's segment, Jenkins-Hernandez said she didn't believe her fiance killed himself. In Tuesday's interview McGraw asked her whether she thought Hernandez might have killed himself so she could inherit millions of dollars."That I don't know," she began. "I think anything is a possibility, but I don't know what this, this doing, was for. If he was sitting right here there's tons of stuff I would ask. I can't speculate on what he was thinking, or why he may or may not have done it. ..."I don't believe that would be the cause."Following a Massachusetts formality, a judge vacated Hernandez's conviction in the Lloyd case after the onetime superstar's death, but a prosecutor promised to appeal the decision. McGraw said his interview with Jenkins-Hernandez was recorded the day of the judge's ruling, May mother told reporters that day she was not angry."I'm not because God said the battle is not yours, it's mine, he said. So I know God is fighting this battle for me," she said. "In our book he is guilty and he will always be guilty."He was innocent, fiancee saysStill wearing her engagement ring, Jenkins-Hernandez said in the interview that aired Monday that her fiance's guilty verdict in the Lloyd case was "a shock to all of us. We were definitely leaning more toward an innocent verdict."On Tuesday's show, she addressed the issue of three notes found after Hernandez died, saying one was to her, one was to their daughter, and one was to his were peculiarities in his suicide note to her, she said in the first segment. It was oddly short, and rather than calling her "babe" or "bae," he addressed her by name, she said. It was also strange that he didn't sign it "soulmate.""It screamed love, but it wasn't personal. It wasn't intimate. ... There were some odd parts where It didn't make sense," she said. "The handwriting was similar but I feel like, again, you have nothing but time in there, so, I feel like it's easily duplicated or could be."She did, however, say the phrase "You're rich" referenced their if she believed her fiance was guilty of Lloyd's killing, Jenkins-Hernandez said, "I truly don't. I've said it over and over. He may have been at the wrong place, wrong time, but I don't think what is said to be out there is actually accurate."On Tuesday's segment she added: "I want him to be known as innocent, because he was. ... (The media) want to make him out to be this monster and he's not."Their last chatJenkins-Hernandez told McGraw in the first part of the interview there was no indication Hernandez was suicidal. Their chats prior to his death struck an encouraging tone. He spoke of coming home and keeping up the fight, she said. She called the acquittal in the second murder trial a high point in her fiance's legal drama, and the night before he died, he told their 4-year-old daughter, Avielle, he was coming home and couldn't wait to sleep in the bed with her and her mother. She believes she was the last person to speak with him, and their conversation was "completely normal." At no point did he indicate he would never see her or Avielle again. "I remember him saying, 'Babe I've got to go. They're shutting the doors.' I honestly don't think we said, 'I love you' to each other. And that was it," she said. "I don't know what to believe, to be honest with you. It's just not the Aaron that I know. I think that if he would have done something like this, it would have been at his worst, and I felt like it was looking so bright. We were going up a ladder, in a sense, to a positive direction," she said. "I don't think this was a suicide, knowing him. I don't know. I don't know."Had she any inkling Hernandez was pondering taking his life, she said, she would have taken action. "I wanted him home more than anyone. I would've stopped it. I would've told someone," she said. 'He was absolutely in love'Jenkins-Hernandez also spoke about her fiance's "big heart," especially when it came to Avielle. He never let the fame or multimillion-dollar contract change him, she said. Pressed by McGraw on whether Hernandez was a gang member, she said, "Not from knowledge," before conceding she probably wouldn't have known otherwise. Asked if any of Hernandez's friends made her nervous, or if she'd ever confronted Hernandez about his friends, she said no. "Everyone has their own choice in friends. He didn't have the best choice in some friends, but that didn't make him a bad person," she said. "I wouldn't say I felt uncomfortable in my home. I separated myself. ... I pick and choose my battles, and there's some things that I pressed on and some things I didn't."Family remains important to her, Jenkins-Hernandez said, explaining that she changed her name even though she and Hernandez were just engaged, "for the simple fact that we were a family, and I'm very strict on that."Avielle "was very much a daddy's girl," she said, explaining that she took the 4-year-old to see her father once or twice a week before his death. They never spoke about the drama, only happy times, and Avielle would sit in Hernandez's lap, play cards and color during their visits. "He was absolutely in love. When we were all together, he was focused on her. It's kind of like I was just the chaperone, in a sense," she said. "When she was there, she took over and she demanded attention. That's for sure."Asked if Avielle understood her father was a convicted murderer, or even that she was visiting him in prison, Jenkins-Hernandez said they always kept the visits positive. "She has no idea, and I won't tell her until she decides to ask or if she asks. She thought daddy was at work. That's how we kept it. She knows nothing about, jail, prison or any of that stuff," she said. An earlier version of this story misstated the timing of Hernandez's suicide. It happened days after his acquittal in a double murder case. Shayanna Jenkins, the former fiancée of disgraced football star Aaron Hernandez, gave birth earlier this month to a baby girl, just a few weeks after announcing she was pregnant. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Here’s what we know about Jenkins, her baby girl and her relationship with Hernandez, whom she was dating at the time of his suicide in prison last year. 1. Hernandez Isn’t the Father — Whom Jenkins Has Not Publicly ID’d Sources close to the family confirmed to PEOPLE that Hernandez, 27, did not freeze his sperm before he killed himself in April 2017 and is not the baby’s father (whom Jenkins has not publicly identified). Jenkins has another daughter, 5-year-old Avielle, with Hernandez. “I thank everyone for the continued support and appreciate the respect for our privacy that has been shown,” Jenkins posted on Instagram on May 22 when she revealed she was expecting. Aaron Hernandez Court Appearance Aaron Hernandez (right) in August 2013 2. Hernandez ‘Would Be Happy’ for Jenkins Jenkins’ surprise pregnant announcement left many who knew the former football player wondering what Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence in prison for murdering Odin Lloyd, would have thought of the latest developments. “Aaron had demons; we all know that. But he really was devoted to his daughter. Boy, did he love her,” said a former teammate of Hernandez’s from the University of Florida. “I think he’d be very glad to know that she was going to have a little sister.” Would Hernandez be okay with the fact that Jenkins has moved on with her life? “She was so loyal to him,” said the former teammate. “He would be happy for her.” 3. They Dated for 10 Years Before Hernandez’s Suicide Hernandez and Jenkins had a complicated relationship. They started dating in 2007 and welcomed daughter Avielle in 2012. In November of that year, the two also became engaged and Jenkins publicly began using Hernandez’s last name, although they never married. Lloyd, the man Hernandez was convicted of murdering, had dated Jenkins’ sister. Still, she supported him while he was on trial for Lloyd’s murder and attended the trial along with Avielle. “In many ways, Shayanna was the best thing to ever happen to him,” the former college teammate told PEOPLE in May. “He was crazy about her. She knew a lot of things about him, and she accepted him anyway.” shayanna-jenkins-2-2000 Shayanna Jenkins (center) reacts after Aaron Hernandez is acquitted in April 2017 of double murder | Credit: AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, Pool 4. Jenkins Said She Didn’t Think Hernandez Killed Himself — Authorities Disagree “I don’t think this was a suicide,” Jenkins said in an interview with Dr. Phil McGraw that aired in May 2017 on the Dr. Phil show. Hernandez was serving a life sentence for Lloyd’s 2013 murder and his appeal was still in its early stages. At the time of his death, he had recently been acquitted of double-murder charges in the 2012 shooting deaths of two men outside a Boston nightclub. Citing his recent acquittal and pending appeal, Jenkins-Hernandez told McGraw, “That would make me doubt that he took his own life. He was very positive, so excited to come home.” She added that Hernandez had recently spoken with Avielle after his acquittal and told her, “Daddy’s gonna be home.” Jenkins spoke with her fiancé the night before his death, she told McGraw. “The feedback I was getting from our last talk had nothing to do with suicidal thoughts,” she said. Hernandez was found unresponsive in his cell at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, about 3 on April 19. According to Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Henry N. Nields, his manner of death was suicide and the cause was asphyxia by hanging. Worcester County, Massachusetts, District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. told reporters that there was no sign of a struggle in Hernandez’s cell. Shayanna-Jenkins-Hernandez- Shayanna Jenkins (right) on Dr. Phil in May 2017 | Credit: Courtesy Dr Phil Shayanna-Jenkins-aaron-hernandez From left: Shayanna Jenkins and Aaron Hernandez 5. Jenkins Knew Hernandez Was Bisexual and Was Supportive: Teammate One of the things that Jenkins’ accepted about Hernandez was his bisexuality. “She knew that about him,” a source told PEOPLE in May, “And she supported him.” Hernandez’s attorney, Jose Baez, previously told PEOPLE that one of three letters Hernandez left behind after his suicide was not for another male inmate, as the inmate publicly claimed, and that the speculation Hernandez had a jailhouse lover was untrue. TMZ reported that the recipient of the third letter was Baez, but he declined to confirm the report to PEOPLE. 5. Jenkins and Daughter ‘Are Beyond Excited About the New Addition’ When she announced her pregnancy in May, Jenkins also gushed about her “new addition.” “We are beyond excited about the new addition and chapter we will soon begin,” she wrote. “I couldn’t be a luckier woman to have such a perfect little girl that’s prepared to become the best big sister.” She continued that she was “even more blessed to welcome another baby girl to our home.”

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