Lawyers for one of the two men charged along with Aaron Hernandez in connection with the killing of Odin Lloyd argue their client was pressured into talking to police investigating the case.

According to the Boston Herald, during final arguments on Monday on the issue concerning whether or not his previous statements should be allowed into evidence, attorneys for Carlos Ortiz claimed he was "coerced and manipulated" into giving his statements.

Former NFL star Hernandez has already been tried and convicted in the case, resulting in him being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Defense attorney John Connors told the court investigators relentlessly pressured and harassed Ortiz into talking, even when he said he was tired and wanted to go home. Connors also claims police "minimized" his client's Miranda rights.

Prosecutors, meanwhile, argue that Ortiz was "alert, sober and lucid" during questioning and never asserted his right to an attorney. The judge didn't immediately rule on the case.

Now being held at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional center in Massachusetts, the 25-year-old Hernandez is rumored to be adjusting as well as could be expected. RadarOnline reports the one-time New England Patriots star tight end now has a pen pal he refers to in his letters as a "very special lady" and signs his letters to her as "Aaron the hunk."

In one letter, Hernandez reportedly claims he "hasn't been unhappy about his situation" and is convinced he has become a source of inspiration to other prison inmates.

Hernandez also faces double murder charges stemming from a 2012 drive-by shooting in downtown Boston outside a nightclub. Safiro Furtado and Daniel de Abreu died in a hail of gunfire after prosecutors allege Hernandez opened fire on them as revenge for one of them spilling a drink on him in the club and failing to apologize.