The lead prosecutor in the Aaron Hernandez case provided the court with 29 alleged instances of where Shayanna Jenkins, Hernandez's fiancée, lied during her grand jury testimony.
William M. McCauley, the first assistant district attorney prosecuting the case, filed court papers on Monday in response to a judge's instruction last month to provide specifics on how Jenkins allegedly perjured herself in her testimony to grand jurors. The court papers indicate the Commonwealth believes Jenkins lied at least 29 times, according to the Providence Journal.
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The 29 alleged lies include (via The Journal):
"-Jenkins 'did not have any conversation with Aaron Hernandez' about why the police dropped by his North Attleboro mansion to question him about the June 18 murder of Odin L. Loyd.
-She saw only one gun in the home she shared with Hernandez and their baby daughter.
-She denied having a conversation with Hernandez when he called her on June 18 from his lawyer's office in Boston.
-She doesn't remember what items she removed from their home or how she removed them at (Hernandez's) direction.
-She doesn't remember where she went after she dropped off Hernandez at the North Attleboro police station."
Previously released court documents indicate investigators believe Jenkins may have hid the weapon used to murder Lloyd.
Jenkins was indicted in September on one count of perjury stemming from her testimony given on Aug. 13 and Aug. 15 to the grand jury investigating Hernandez. She pleaded not guilty at her arraignment in October; she's scheduled to return to court next month.
Hernandez is charged with first-degree murder and five gun-related offenses in the shooting death of Odin Lloyd. The ex-NFL star pleaded not guilty to all charges and is being held without bail while awaiting trial.
