On the terms and conditions. i know we signed him to a long-term contract. thank you, sir. you know why the organization signed him to a long-term contract mr. kraft? he s a very good player. now, do you remember aaron signing this contract in august 2012? i don t. you remember that shortly after he signed the contract aaron personally gave you a check for $50,000 to the kraft giving back fund? objection sustained. now directing your attention to june 19th sir, as mr. mccoulley
That right? yes. now you personally had never had any problems with aaron, had you? no. and so you went into the office of i think you said mr. cabrera, is that right, sir? yes. and the two of you sat down and had a conversation. yes. that was a private conversation correct? yes. there was no one else there. no. you didn t take any notes of that conversation, correct? no. was it fair to say, sir that that conversation and the situation was something you had never dealt with before? yes. and so you spoke to aaron, and you don t remember the exact words of that conversation, do you, sir? vaguely.
at florida. and at the university of florida, sir? wherever you are urban mayer. i i get them mixed up. yeah. and do you recall that the university of florida won the national championship in 2009? yes. under coach mayer? yes. with aaron hernandez on the team ? yes. do you feelrecall that in 2009 aaron hernandez was a first team all american at florida? yes. do you recall in 2009 he won the john mackie award as best college tight end in football? objection oh. you may answer. i don t follow all those details. i knew he was very good. and when aaron signed with
and didn t aaron tell you he had been at a club with odin lloyd? no. you said you couldn t remember. i honestly don t remember that. he might have. i don t remember. and i think you testified on direct examination, sir, that you believe he said a club but you weren t sure where the location of that club was. that s correct. if i said the name club rumor does that help at all in your memory? no. now, sir, as you spoke with mr. hernandez, aaron, you asked him if he knew odin lloyd, didn t you? yes. i m not sure. i m not sure that i did. i honestly don t recall.
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Does that refresh your memory, sir, of whether you asked mr. hernandez of whether he knew odin lloyd? yes. okay. and aaron explained that odin was the boyfriend of aaron s fiancee s sister. is that right? yes, yes. and aaron told you that he and odin had socialized together. didn t he? i really my main focus was understanding whether he was involved or not. i understand sir. what i could do to help him. i m going to strike that answer. if you could listen carefully. just answer the question that s being asked. all right. my question mr. kraft. is simply i was asking whether you recall that aaron told you
The patriots do you recall that he had a productive rookie season a successful rookie season, sir? yes. and that was followed by another season where your team the patriots went to the super bowl. isn t that right? yes. and aaron was part of that team. yes. now when you and aaron would see each other, you had a bit of a special greeting, didn t you? yes. what was that, sir? he would always hug and kiss me. after that super bowl season your organization made an investment in aaron, didn t it? yesment . specifically in august of 2012 the new england patriots signed aaron to a long-term contract, didn t they? yes.
i have no further questions. thank you, sir. good morning are, mr. kraft. good morning. aaron hernandez signed with the patriots as a professional football player. i think you said your memory is around 2010 or 2011. is that right, sir? i m not sure. that s fine, sir. do you recall where aaron had played college football? yes. where was that sir?
Everyone who was on board that plane, that some of the victims may forever remain a part of the landscape you see behind me. that s why the families have been saying it s so important for them to eventually use that road to get to the site to be as close to their loved ones as possible. carol? all right. aaron mclaughlin reporting live this morning. the clock is ticking and the tensions are climbing in the u.s.-led nuclear talks with iran. there is less than eight hours for secretary of state john kerry to hammer out a tentative deal with iran. even kerry admits there are tricky issues that could stand in the way. there are big differences on several key points including limits on iran add a vancing nuclear technology in the final years of the deal. also how quickly the u.n. sanctions will be lifted and whether the sanctions will snap back into place if iran violates the deal. the state department is keeping expectations in check. spokeswoman marie harp puts the
and you asked aaron to look you in the eye, didn t you? yes. and he did. didn t he? yes. and you asked him if he was involved. and he said no. that s correct. and you wanted him to be straight with you, didn t you? yes. and you wanted to be straight with him correct? yes. and you told him you would support him, didn t you? yes. and aaron told you he had nothing to do with this. isn t that right? he said he was innocent. didn t he say he was completely innocent? i don t recall exactly the words. but, um subject of aaron being at a club came up didn t it sir? only in the context of what i said.