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But when prosecutors discussed two alleged altercations on April 21, the courtroom came to life.
A rival rapper was set to introduce the other boxer, prosecutors said.
So the gang rivals were singing for different boxers?
Judge Paul Engelmayer asked, prompting chortles throughout the courtroom.
Engelmayer then asked Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Longyear whether the performances went as planned.
Who sang the intro songs?
I dont have that information, Longyear replied.
Another incident that occurred earlier that day involved Hernandez and now-axed manager, Kifano Shottie Jordan.
They were leaving a Brooklyn restaurant when two men hurled insults at the pint-sized rapper.
Hernandez and Jordan drove away in their SUV and the men who had harangued them followed.
Jordan allegedly left his SUV, ran toward the mens car and fired two rounds, prosecutors have alleged.
The strange repartee contrasted drastically with Hernandezs demeanor.
A shackled Hernandez entered the courtroom sporting jailhouse blues.
(Prosecutors claimed last week that Hernandez might have been the target of a planned hit.)
Prosecutors have alleged that Hernandez participated in a number of violent crimes that fit the gangs M.O.
The government has no knowledge of actual murder at this point, Longyear said.
Longyear revealed that evidence against Hernandez is culled extensively from social media, including his Instagram.
Its quite voluminous, Longyear said.
I love all my family, Jordan said.
Engelmayer set a date for the trial to begin on September 4, 2019.
