The attorney for one of the men charged as an accomplice to Aaron Hernandez in the killing of Odin Lloyd insists he is "looking toward a not guilty" and not working with authorities to testify against the former New England Patriots tight end.
Defense attorney John J. Carlos also told Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly Carlos Ortiz currently has no plans to "cooperate" with prosecutors who have charged the 23-year-old Hernandez with first-degree murder stemming from the incident.
Lloyd, 27, a one-time associate of Hernandez's and a semi-pro football player, was found shot to death in late June in an industrial park less than a mile from Hernandez North Attleborough mansion. Days later, police formally charged Hernandez and stated Lloyd's apparent knowledge about his potential involvement in other violent crimes may have served as the motive.
While remaining jailed without bond and relegated to solitary confinement, Hernandez has also been the subject of a second grand jury investigation looking into a 2012 double slaying in Boston that remains unsolved. More recently, police also implicated him in an interstate gun trafficking ring where they have also subpoenaed former Florida teammate and current Miami Dolphins veteran Mike Pouncey to testify.
Charged as an accomplice along with Ortiz is 44-year-old Ernest Wallace, 44, who prosecutors say was also with Hernandez on the night Lloyd was killed. Wallace was taking into custody after fleeing the state.
"I don't believe he's going to be a witness, to tell you the truth," Connor told reporters earlier this month after a court hearing for Ortiz was postponed. "If people are going on the assumption that because the court dates were moved around we're cooperating, or we're doing stuff because he's cooperating, that's not the case."
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