A new book authored by defense attorney Jose Baez alleges former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez sold his jersey number to Chad Ochocinco in 2011 to finance a drug deal.
According to Yahoo Sports' Dan Wetzel, Baez wrote in Unnecessary Roughness: Inside the Trial and Final Days of Aaron Hernandez that his former client sold the No. 85 jersey to Ochocinco for $50,000 so he could complete a wholesale drug purchase that ultimately netted him a $70,000 profit.
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