1. Aaron Hernandez's football career infamously ended in 2013 after he was arrested for the murder of his friend Odin Lloyd, with the Patriots dropping him just hours after the arrest. He was ultimately found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
After being accused of murdering Lloyd, he was also accused of killing two men in 2012. He was later acquitted of those murders, though days later, he died by suicide in prison. 2.
Hernandez isn't the only athlete accused of murder. Olympian Oscar Pistorius, a record-smashing sprinter who was the first-ever amputee to compete as a runner at the Olympics, lost his career abruptly when he killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013. He was initially found guilty of culpable homicide, as he claimed he'd thought she was an intruder when he shot her, but later was convicted of murder.
He served nine years of a thirteen-year sentence and was released on parole earlier this year, though he has not retained a career in running and is not allowed to speak to the media. 3. We can't talk about potentially murderous athletes without mentioning NFL player OJ Simpson , who was accused of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson , and her friend, Ron Goodman.
He was ultimately (and infamously) acquitted, though a civil suit found him liable for the deaths. While he had already retired from football, he was still extremely famous and successful in Hollywood and sports commentating and had recently starred in a TV pilot. While he had already r.