Blinded victim of alleged beating says ex's family attacked him for "turning" their son gay

[RandySF]

Fort Lauderdale — The victim of an alleged brutal beating that left him permanently blind told deputies he was ambushed by the family of his supposed boyfriend of nine months, CBS Miami reports. He said it all happened because they believed he'd "turned" their son gay.

His account of the night of August 6, 2021 is laid out in a newly-released arrest warrant.

The 31-year-old victim's name is being withheld due to Marsy's Law.

The victim, who lived in Pompano Beach, told Broward County sheriff's deputies he'd been in a relationship with 21-year-old suspect Oleh Makarenko.

The victim said that at the end of July 2021, Oleh had told him his parents had found out he was homosexual and that "his father was now treating him poorly and not accepting him, and his mother was forcing him to marry a woman."



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hate-crime-blinded-victim-alleged-beating-exs-family-attacked-him-turning-son-gay/

[vercetti2021]

1. Makes me sick

I wish our community would arm themselves like I have. That way we can have a chance to fight back

[SunSeeker]

2. Fucking evil. Hope they're jailed for a long, long time.

They should be in jail for as long as this man is blind.

[Emile]

3. Something is wrong down in Florida.

[Maraya1969]

4. I wonder how gay bashers are treated in jail.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. I think crimes of violence deserve harsher penalties

up and down the scale of violent crimes. If you don't punish crime, you get more of it.