Ryan
Murphy’s
FX
series
American
Sports
Story
just
cast
the
lead
role
to
play
Aaron
Hernandez’s
fiancee.
As
exclusively
reported
by
Deadline,
Jaylen
Barron,
the
25-year-old
actress
best
known
for
Showtime’s
Shameless
and
Free
Rein
on
Netflix,
is
tapped
to
play
the
troubled
late
NFL
star’s
better
half,
Shayanna
Jenkins-Hernandez.
Murphy’s
anthology
limited
series
at
the
network
is
the
newest
project
from
the
American
Horror
Story
creator.
Check
this:
the
story
was
adapted
from
the
podcast
Gladiator:
Aaron
Hernandez
and
Football
Inc.,
marking
the
first
run
of
American
Sports
Story,
which
will
focus
on
the
meteoric
rise
and
tragic
fall
of
NFL
superstar
tight
end
Aaron
Hernandez.
Written
by
Stu
Zicherman,
the
series
will
dive
into
the
who
behind
Hernandez,
his
abrupt
death
by
suicide,
and
the
ensuing
infamy
that
followed.
If
you
forgot,
his
fiancé
Jenkins
stood
by
his
side
during
his
trial
and
subsequent
conviction
for
the
murder
of
his
friend
Odin
Lloyd.
Then
things
got
crazier
when
Hernandez
was
indicted
for
a
double
murder
while
still
on
trial
for
Lloyd’s
murder.
The
indictment
stemmed
from
the
wild
2012
double
murder
of
Daniel
de
Abreu
and
Safiro
Furtado.
However,
ICYMI
Hernandez
was
acquitted
on
all
charges
in
2017.
Then,
only
days
after
being
found
not
guilty,
Hernandez
committed
suicide
after
he
was
found
dead
in
his
jail
cell.
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Barron
is
also
known
for
playing
Trish
in
the
Starz
adaptation
of
Blindspotting.
Barron
joins
a
cast
alongside
Catfish Jean,
Tony
Yazbeck,
Lindsay
Mendez,
and
Patrick
Schwarzenegger.
Josh
Andres
Rivera
will
star
as
the
titular
Aaron
Hernandez.
