Peel one layer and there was another to consider. Those layers are examined in "American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez."

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The latest chapter of the Ryan Murphy-produced show dramatizes Hernandez’s arrival in Foxborough, where he quickly learns that coach Bill Belichick has no interest in keeping tabs on his team’s new offensive weapon, and no ability to keep Hernandez on the straight and narrow once it’s clear he’s coming undone.

For all its sensationalism, Aaron Hernandez’s story is a sad one—first and foremost for his victims, who were callously murdered and injured for no reason, and also for Hernandez himself, who squandered enormous talent and opportunity because he couldn’t conquer his demons.

Forensic psychologist Helen Smith spoke with Fox News Digital about the criminal mind of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez and his childhood trauma.

"He’s been my double. He’s shorter though, than me. He’s not as jacked as me either that’s for sure," Gronkowski joked of actor Laith Wallschleger