Former District Attorney Neil Pinkston enters no plea for Ex-NFL player Darron Lee

Darron Lee enters ‘no plea’ in murder case, represented by former Hamilton County DA

Five months after his arrest, Darron Lee appeared in a Hamilton County courtroom and entered no plea to charges of murdering his girlfriend Gabriella Perpetuo, who was found dead with multiple injuries in their Ooltewah home. Tennessee law treats no plea as not guilty.

Former District Attorney Neil Pinkston enters no plea for Ex-NFL player Darron Lee

Darron Lee made a brief appearance virtually on July 8 in Hamilton County Criminal Court. He is charged with first degree murder in the death of Gabriella Perpetuo at their home in Ooltewah in February of 2026. At his preliminary hearing, investigators say Perpetuo had 12 different blunt force trauma injuries, and that Lee had consulted Chat GPT about how to clean up a crime scene. On July 8, 2026, Former Hamilton County District Attorney Neil P…