Aaron Hernandez reportedly pleaded for a transfer to a different part of the prison where he took his own life.
The "Boston Globe" reports that Hernandez also wrote a letter to prison officials seeking to dispel what he called false gossip about an undisclosed subject.
Hernandez died in a state prison in Shirley, where he was serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd.
He also wrote to officials at the jail to request a move to a location where he could have cell mates who were like brothers.
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