Aaron Hernandez hires Jose Baez who got Casey Anthony acquitted to represent him at trial

Home Top

'A loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud': Elizabeth Warren launches stinging attack on Trump after she follows Obama's endorsement to finally get behind Hillary... while Bernie begins to let go
Florida girl, 15, kills herself after classmates secretly filmed her in the shower and posted it on Snapchat
'Their future is as bright as Alaska's midnight sun': Sarah Palin congratulates Bristol on her marriage to Dakota Meyer and admits 'it's been an interesting ride'
No, thanks, I'd rather text: High school kids are having LESS sex than they used to - and are smoking, drinking and doing drugs less too
Double tragedy in the skies: SIX killed in two separate small plane crashes in North Dakota and Houston including young pilot, 10-year-old, and husband-and-wife racing enthusiasts
Texas sheriff's deputies are pictured choking man for 'smiling in his mugshot'
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates says poor people should raise chickens if they want to improve their lives
Australian sports star 'glassed' in New York bar defending female friend who 'didn't want to dance' with another drinker at the bar
Tennessee mother who 'left her infant in a sweltering car while auditioning at a strip club' is arrested AGAIN for 'neglect'
Death of the waist: Once hourglass figures were coveted. Today's obsession with fitness is leaving stars like Gwyneth Paltrow with androgynous physiques
How robots will soon take teens' virginity: Professor warns sex with android dolls could stop people forming relationships with humans
The stem cell therapy that 'can stop MS in its tracks': Doctors use chemotherapy to kill faulty immune cells and replace their stem cells to 'reset' the system
Charleston 'shooter' Dylann Roof's lawyers appeal to have his fate decided by a judge not a jury
Why we'd rather be at war than be alone: How humans desire a tribal sense of belonging that is missing from modern life
'Orange is not the new black': Obama pokes fun at Trump and slow jams the news on Fallon - adding sleep and Hawaii holidays will be his only 'retirement' priorities
Democratic unity! Sanders pledges to join forces with Clinton to defeat Trump after meeting with Obama but he still intends to stay in the race through the last primary
'I have seen her judgment. I've seen her toughness': President Obama endorses Hillary Clinton after meeting with Bernie
Paul Ryan hammers Trump 'beyond the pale' jabs at a Hispanic judge but insists GOP nominee 'won fair and square'
At last Trump has a Hollywood endorsement! Roseanne Barr backs him saying his win would be 'lucky - because then it wouldn't be Hillary'
White House calls FBI probe into Clinton's classified emails a 'criminal investigation' - to glee of Republicans - on the same day Obama endorses her
Are Donald's supporters getting tired of him? Trump drops below Clinton in new poll - but majority still think Hillary lied about her emails
It's WAR... on Twitter at least: Hillary trolls Trump with 'delete your account' dig - and even Anthony Weiner chimes in: 'too late for some of us'
Trump prepares for speech all about the Clintons on Monday... and Hillary readies economic attack on Trump
Donald Trump refers to Jeff Zucker as his 'personal booker' and CNN president PERSONALLY calls him all the time to ask him to appear on segments

Ex-New England Patriots star has retained Orlando attorney Jose Baez
Aaron Hernandez faces double murder charges over a 2012 drive-by attack
Hernandez was convicted of killing his friend Odin Lloyd in 2013
Baez successfully defended Casey Anthony on murder charges
The lawyer met with Hernandez inside prison in Massachusetts

By Nick Enoch and Darren Boyle for MailOnline

Published: 06:45 EST, 9 June 2016 | Updated: 07:13 EST, 9 June 2016

View
comments

Aaron Hernandez has hired the lawyer who famously won an acquittal for Florida mom Casey Anthony to represent him in his upcoming double-murder trial.

The former New England Patriots star has retained Orlando attorney Jose Baez, according to ESPN and Fox Sports.

Baez represented Anthony in 2012 when she was acquitted of murdering her daughter Caylee, whose body was found in woodland near her mother's home. She initially claimed that a babysitter killed her daughter.

Hernandez was convicted and sentenced to life in prison last year for the 2013 killing of his former friend Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee.

The ex-footballer is also facing a double murder charge after he was accused of killing Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado outside a Boston night club in 2012.

Scroll down for video

Aaron Hernandez (second right) has hired Jose Baez, the lawyer who famously won an acquittal for Florida mom Casey Anthony, to represent him in his upcoming double-murder trial

Jose Baez (left), who represented Casey Anthony (center), held a meeting with the former football star earlier this week

While in jail, Hernandez got a new tattoo oh his neck which is believed to show membership of the bloods

Hernandez, who has pleaded not guilty, is accused of blasting both men with a handgun in a drive-by shooting following a row in the club over a spilled drink.

According to TMZ, lawyer Jose Baez met with Hernandez in the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Massachusetts earlier this week.

Hernandez's legal team will also include Harvard law professor Ronald Sullivan and New York lawyer Alex Spiro, who also represents Atlanta Hawks player Thabo Sefolosha in a lawsuit against New York City police.

In December, Hernandez appeared in court in connection with the double murder charge. He was seen at the time sporting a newly acquired gang tattoo.

The inking has been liked to the Bloods street gang.

The former New England Patriots tight end, who appeared in the 2012 Super Bowl, had signed a $40million deal for five seasons shortly before he was arrested for the murder of Lloyd.

He was convicted in April for that murder and the next month received his tattoo.

Getting a tattoo is illegal in prison but it is not clear how, or if, he was punished for the infraction.

CASEY ANTHONY BLASTS P.I. WHO ACCUSED HER OF PAYING BAEZ WITH SEXUAL FAVORS

Casey Anthony has blasted a private investigator who accused her of paying her criminal defense lawyer, Jose Baez, with sexual favors instead of cash, saying the allegations were made up.

Anthony claims Dominic Casey, a private investigator who worked on her daughter's famous murder case, made up the accusations to sell his book about the the criminal trial over Anthony’s murdered daughter Caylee.

Anthony, 30, filed documents on Monday in her legal battle with Roy Kronk - the man who discovered Caylee’s body - demanding that Casey’s pleadings be stricken in the lawsuit.

Kronk is suing Anthony claiming that she and her lawyer blamed the young girl’s death on him. The suit is still pending federal court.

Private investigator Dominic Casey previously accused Casey Anthony (pictured in court in 2011) of paying her defense lawyer, Jose Baez (left), with sexual favors instead of cash

Dominic Casey stated in an affidavit connected to Kronk’s suit filed with US Bankruptcy Court in the Middle District of Florida Tampa Division: '[On] Saturday, July 26, 2008, Baez had told me that Casey (Anthony) had murdered Caylee and dumped the body somewhere and, he needed all the help he could get to find the body before anyone else did.'

Casey also claimed in the affidavit that Anthony traded sexual favors with Baez to cover her legal fees.

Casey Anthony claims Dominic Casey (pictured in 2011), a private investigator who worked on her famous murder case, made up the accusations to sell more copies of his book

He claimed that Anthony would trade sexual favors with her attorney rather than paying him for his work.

Baez called the allegations false and claimed Dominic Casey was a ‘moron’.

Anthony had not responded to the allegations until this week in court documents associated with Kronk’s suit.

She said none of the pleadings that Dominic Casey filed in the case have anything to do with Kronk’s claims against her.

Additionally, she said the allegations made by the investigator are irrelevant, frivolous and are nothing more than scandalous statements meant to be inflammatory and prejudicial.

Casey’s statements, Anthony adds, were only made in hopes of selling more copies of his book.

Anthony has asked the court to strike down Casey’s recent court filings, claiming they don’t have any bearing on her case with Kronk.

Baez appeared on Fox & Friends last week and said there was absolutely no truth to claims that he and Anthony had a sexual relationship.