The defense team pointed the finger at Alexander Bradley, a close friend of Hernandez who was with him the night of the shootings. As so many of his players said through the years, he saw no color, only talent. He plunged ahead, accepting Obama’s invitation to be the US ambassador to Ireland, a post he held between 2009 and 2012. top of a Rolls Royce and the rental company who own the car are not happy about how he treated it The company said: "He is stood on the car acting like it is his own.