Two days after returning from a vacation in Europe and Israel, Patriots owner Robert Kraft finally broke his silence on Monday about Aaron Hernandez’s arrest on a murder charge and subsequent release from the team, Ben Volin of the Boston Globe reports. “No one in our organization was aware of any of these kind of connections. If it’s true, I’m just shocked,” Kraft said in his office at Gillette Stadium. “Our whole organization has been duped.” Kraft, who has owned the Patriots since 1994, said he was “limited” in what he could discuss Monday because of “an ongoing criminal investigation, as well as other potential civil proceedings.” It is unclear if the family of Odin Lloyd, the victim in Hernandez’s murder case, will attempt to sue the Patriots. But Kraft said it “is important that our fan base hear directly from our organization.” Kraft said the team knew Hernandez was “immature,” but didn’t think his off-field activities would ever lead to a murder charge.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:57:46 +0000
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