Accused of three murders and numerous civil suits, Aaron Hernandez’s legal troubles are mounting while his funds are depleting.
via Fox Sports:
Boston lawyers Charles Rankin and James Sultan, who along with a third attorney have been leading Hernandez’s defense since he was jailed last June, appeared at the former football star’s arraignment this week — but filed documents with the court indicating they may not continue to represent him.
In their notice, Rankin and Sultan said their representation of Hernandez in the latest criminal case filed against him was “limited to arraignment only and related proceedings.”
“The defendant is in the process of seeking to make financial arrangements to retain counsel” in the Boston case, Rankin and Sultan wrote in their notice to the court.
The lawyers asked that Hernandez be given 60 days “to make such arrangements” and notify the court of the status of his attorneys.
The reason: A portion of the $12.5 million bonus that was supposed to be guaranteed to Hernandez when he signed a contract extension in 2012 is in dispute, and his $1.3 million home is the subject of a restraining order that prevents him from selling it or using it for anything other than paying a future judgment in a civil lawsuit filed by the family of one of the men he is accused of killing.
