Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez will be arraigned Friday afternoon, a day after the start of the 2013 NFL season.

Hernandez will be arraigned at Fall River Superior Court, and Boston's FOX 29 will have coverage. Hernandez has been held without bail since June, when he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after his friend, Odin Lloyd, was found dead not far from Hernandez's Attleboro, Mass. home. Hernandez was indicted two weeks ago and it is not yet known whether he has officially pleaded not guilty.

The evidence against Hernandez in the case appears to be substantial thanks to text messages, surveillance camera footage, and more. He faces up to life in prison, if convicted. Text messages from Odin Lloyd to his sister in the minutes leading up to the murder indicate that Lloyd did not feel safe riding with Hernandez. "NFL. Just so you know," was a text Lloyd sent to his sister to let her know who she was with.

The former tight end is also being investigated in a double-homicide stemming from July 2012; a grand jury is looking at the case.

A recent report by Rolling Stone claimed to expose Hernandez's off-the-field issues that were brewing in the time leading up to Lloyd's murder, but Patriots president Robert Kraft disputed this article and claimed that it wasn't all true. The article claimed that the team told Hernandez that they would cut him if he continued to cause distractions. It also said that Hernandez flew to meet coach Bill Belichick at the NFL Combine to tell him that he feared for his life. Kraft said on Boston's 98.5 The Hub radio show that he doesn't think this is true.

"I actually saw Bill -- I think I would've known if that had ever happened -- but I saw Bill today and I said, 'Bill, did Aaron ever tell you his life was in danger?' And he's like, 'Absolutely not.'

Hernandez was released by the New England Patriots just moments after his arrest, marking a sharp turnaround from just a year ago when he signed a lucrative 5-year contract that was worth around $40 million. The NFL Players Association recently filed a grievance against the Patriots in an attempt to recoup $82,000 owed to Hernandez for off-season work prior to the arrest.