Disgraced former NFL star Aaron Hernandez beat up a fellow inmate who had been harassing him, according to a report.
The former Patriots tight end pummeled the man in a hallway Tuesday after being briefly let out of solitary confinement, according to TMZ.
The one-time Pro Bowler is secluded from the general population at the Bristol County Jail for his own safety.
The dustup left Hernandez’s rival badly beaten, the Web site said.
Hernandez has been charged with murder for allegedly gunning down his semipro football-player buddy, Odin Lloyd, last June.
The alleged jail beatdown came days after it was revealed that Hernandez was caught on surveillance video dancing and apparently high on drugs the night that Lloyd was killed.
Hernandez is seen on the tape at a North Attleborough gas station just minutes before he picked up Lloyd in a rented SUV, according to the Daily Mail.
The increasingly paranoid Hernandez was a heavy user of marijuana and angel dust, the paper said.
Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the case.