Watch: Netflix Shares Trailer for Aaron Hernandez Docuseries
Netflix is sharing the first trailer for an upcoming docuseries focusing on NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who was convicted of murdering his would-be brother-in-law Odin Lloyd.
"Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez," is a three-part series that will hit Netflix on Jan. 15. Of the series, Netflix writes:
As a gifted young football athlete from Bristol, Connecticut, Aaron Hernandez had capitalized rapidly on his promise, playing for a top tier college program before being drafted into the National Football League at the age of 20. But in 2013, fresh off of a newly inked five-year, $40 million contract with the New England Patriots, Hernandez would become a household name for the most infamous murder case involving an American athlete since OJ Simpson. Hernandez's trials for the brutal killing of Odin Lloyd and two Boston-area men yielded a Pandora's box of secrets: a tumultuous and often abusive upbringing, a growing fascination with gang life, and other discoveries that painted a maelstrom of motivations behind his violent behavior.
Netflix adds the show will also feature "exclusive courtroom footage, Hernandez's phone calls from prison, and interviews with those who knew Hernandez and Lloyd."
The trailer also suggests it will explore Hernandez's sexuality, with a man saying, "We had to hide what we were. He was in such denial." The trailer shows a photo of the man with the athlete embracing each other before while wearing formal wear. After his death, it was reported that Hernandez allegedly acknowledged he was gay before dying. It was also reported at the time that the football star had an alleged relationship with another man when he was in high school.
Watch the trailer below.