Doug Sheff, the attorney for the mother of Odin Lloyd, said the civil case is moving “full-speed ahead,” and is in the pretrial stage. He said Lloyd’s mother, Ursula Ward, still forgives Hernandez for her son’s death, and is driven by her religion.

“She’s a woman of great faith and she’s resolute and she believes everything happens for a reason,” Sheff said. “She feels badly for anyone negatively affected by this tragedy.”