Chicago Bears receiver calls Aaron Hernandez ‘my guy’
An NFL player took the stand Monday in the double murder trial of Aaron Hernandez and fondly said of the former New England Patriot, “That’s my guy.”
Deonte Thompson, a receiver for the Chicago Bears who played college football with Hernandez, made that remark after prosecutor Mark Lee asked him to describe their relationship at the University of Florida.
As Hernandez grinned, Thompson described him as “my guy” and said the two went through “war together,” referring to their time on the collegiate gridiron.
Hernandez, 27, has pleaded not guilty to charges of killing Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in a drive-by shooting in Boston’s South End in the early morning hours of July 16, 2012.
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