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Shayanna Jenkins: 5 Things On Aaron Hernandez’s Fiancee Who Tears Up In 1st Interview After Netflix Doc

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Shayanna Jenkins arriving at the Fall River Superior Court on November 6, 2013. She is accused of throwing evidence away and lying to the Grand Jury in the trial of Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriot. She pleaded not guilty last month.Pictured: Shayanna JenkinsRef: SPL644985 061113 Picture by: Ryan Miner / Splash NewsSplash News and PicturesLos Angeles:310-821-2666New York:212-619-2666London:870-934-2666photodesk@splashnews.com
Shayanna Jenkins Shayanna Jenkins, fiancee of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, departs Suffolk Superior Court following Hernandez's arraignment on murder charges, in Boston. Prosecutors allege that Hernandez ambushed and gunned down two men, Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, in 2012 after a chance encounter inside a Boston nightclub Aaron Hernandez, Boston, USA
Shayanna Jenkins, Janice Bassil Shayanna Jenkins, middle, fiancee of former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez, is escorted by attorney Janice Bassil, left, and an unidentified attorney after a bail hearing in Fall River Superior Court in Fall River, Mass. Hernandez, charged with murdering Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old semi-pro football player, was denied bail Hernandez Police Football, Fall River, USA
Shayanna Jenkins, Janice Bassil, James Sultan Shayanna Jenkins, right, fiancee of former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez, is escorted by attorneys Janice Bassil and James Sultan, left, after a bail hearing in Fall River Superior Court, in Fall River, Mass. Hernandez, charged with murdering Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old semi-pro football player, was denied bail Hernandez Police Football, Fall River, USA View Gallery View Gallery 6 Photos.

The late Aaron Hernandez’s fiancée Shayanna Jenkins is speaking out for the first time since a controversial Netflix docuseries about his life aired.

Shayanna Jenkins was engaged to late convicted murderer and former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez at the time of his 2017 suicide in prison. On Jan. 15, Netflix debuted Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez, a three-part docuseries exploring his life, from his difficult childhood, his time in the NFL, Aaron’s murder trial and time in prison. It also delves into his sexual orientation and suicide by hanging at age 27 while serving his sentence. Now Shayanna is giving her first interview since the docuseries dropped, shedding tears and telling her side of what she knew about her fiance.

Shayanna, 30, sat down with Good Morning America‘s Amy Rohbach to reveal how she’d like people to remember the man she loved, and the father of her seven-year-old daughter Avielle Janelle Jenkins-Hernandez. The interview airs on Monday, Jan. 27 on GMA, and we’ve got five things to know about Shayanna.

1. The couple met in college. Before we get into the heavy details, let’s take a light-hearted walk down memory lane. Shayanna Jenkins met Aaron Hernandez in 2007 at the University Of Florida where he played for the Florida Gators. They were COLLEGE SWEETHEARTS, which is basically unheard of these days.

2. Shayanna and Aaron had a baby! The late footballer’s fiancé gave birth to daughter Avielle Janelle Jenkins-Hernandez in November of 2012 before officially tying the knot. Aaron popped the question that same month. Even though the couple never married, Shayanna legally took his last name in 2015.

3. She was a ride-or-die kind of girl. When news broke out of a 2013 Miami shooting, Shayanna stuck by her man’s side even though Aaron was suspected of killing two men and severely injuring a third during a car ride to a strip club. The man who survived, Alexander Bradley, claims Aaron shot his eye out. Aaron was found not guilty of the double homicide.

4. Her unwavering loyalty created a family rift.

That same year, Aaron was charged of murdering Shayanna’s sister’s boyfriend, Odin Lloyd. Shaneah Jenkins reportedly reached out to Shayanna for comfort, but was turned away by her strange and “secretive” behavior. When the case went to court in 2015, the sisters were on opposite sides of the trail.

5. She testified during the trial. Shayanna was granted immunity in exchange for her testimony. She told prosecutors that Aaron asked her to “go downstairs in our storage and remove a box from our home” the day after Odin was killed and threw it away in a “random dumpster.” In 2017, she confessed to finding a gun in their shared home but didn’t confront him about it.