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[Kingshakabobo]

Gay Man Attacked, Raped in Cicero
2008-01-02

http://www.wctimes.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=17135


A man has been charged with sexual assault and a hate crime in Cicero after attacking a gay man, according to 365Gay.com.
Felipe Rivera, 43, allegedly confessed on video to beating the victim and then raping him with a metal broom handle. ( They had reportedly gotten into an argument at a party earlier in the evening. ) Allegedly, Rivera said that he raped said victim “because he hates faggots, and this is what they get.”

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Cicero Police spokesman Dan Proft said, “Mr. Rivera got upset apparently because he believed the victim, No. 1, didn't respond to a female and then, No. 2, somehow winked at him—made what he perceived as a sexual advance.”

Rivera's bond was set at $400,000, including $50,000 for violating parole.

If found guilty, he could receive up to 30 years in jail, and an additional 5 years on the hate-crime charge.