{"id":789917,"date":"2026-07-09T20:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/789917\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:33:46","slug":"darron-lee-hires-a-lawyer-to-handle-first-degree-murder-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/789917\/","title":{"rendered":"Darron Lee hires a lawyer to handle first-degree murder charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL linebacker Darron Lee, a first-round pick in the 2016 draft, has hired a lawyer to represent Lee on first-degree murder charges in Hamilton County, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Via WDEF, former Hamilton County District Attorney Neil Pinkston <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wdef.com\/former-district-attorney-neil-pinkston-enters-no-plea-for-ex-nfl-player-darron-lee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">will be handling the case<\/a>. He has entered no plea on Lee\u2019s behalf, which is the same as entering a plea of not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Lee is accused of killing his girlfriend, Gabriella Perpetuo, in February 2026. The details of Perpetuo\u2019s injuries are extensive and graphic.<\/p>\n<p>The case against Lee includes evidence that he used ChatGPT for advice on <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/darron-lee-used-chatgpt-for-advice-on-dealing-with-unresponsive-person\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">how to deal with an unresponsive person<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lee could face the death penalty. The prosecution has not yet announced whether it will be seeking it.<\/p>\n<p>Lee was drafted by the Jets ten years ago. He also played for the Chiefs and Bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NFL linebacker Darron Lee, a first-round pick in the 2016 draft, has hired a lawyer to represent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-789917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}