Aaron Hernandez Found to Have Severe C.T.E.
Jose Baez, Hernandez’s lawyer, said Hernandez’s brain showed a level of damage that was seen in players with a median age of 67 years.
T.E., “but you don’t know.”
Hernandez’s brain was examined by Dr. Ann McKee, chief of neuropathology at the VA
Boston Healthcare System and director of the CTE Center at Boston University.
Researchers who examined the brain determined it was “the most severe case they had ever seen in someone
of Aaron’s age,” said a lawyer for Hernandez in announcing the result at a news conference on Thursday.
said, “We have not seen a copy of the suit and cannot comment at this time.”
Baez said that in hindsight, his family had witnessed Hernandez act in ways that were consistent with a person found to have C.
T.E., the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head trauma that has been found in more than 100 former N. F.L.
The suit alleges that the Patriots and the league were “fully aware of the damage
that could be inflicted from repetitive impact injuries and failed to disclose, treat or protect him from the dangers of such damage.”
Baez said he did not rule out adding the N. C.A.
