Posted on 01/01/2017 3:10:00 PM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Gay man who unsuccessfully sued San Diego cops for arresting him for wearing a butt-exposing gladiator costume 'commits suicide' after racking up $1m in legal bills
A man who lost a grueling, five-year lawsuit against San Diego police after being arrested for nudity during a gay pride festival has died in an apparent suicide, two weeks after the verdict.
Police found 35-year-old Will X Walters dead at his Hillcrest apartment Wednesday but it's unclear how long he'd been dead, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. The medical examiner is examining the case.
Walters was arrested in 2011 during a gay pride event at Balboa Park for wearing a leather gladiator outfit that didn't fully cover his buttocks. He sued the police for anti-gay discrimination but a federal jury had recently ruled against him.
His attorney, Chris Morris, said he hadn't heard from his client since the December 13 verdict, which had left Walters in shock. He had left the courtroom immediately, after which his friends had also tried in vain to get in touch with him.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Hmmmmm.....I wonder how many more we could rid ourselves of using this method.
Neither neither actually, just a virgin in the wrong part of town. 8>)
He does have a point that, more and more, hetero men and women are letting it all hang out in public.
By beach standards, his getup is comparatively modest.
Was this a jury trial?
If so, sounds like a jury may have been expressing general fed up-ness at the whole Gay Pride Parade / gay agenda thing.
Apparently, San Diego is not yet San Francisco.
He should have put his time and effort into getting professional help for his mental illness.
Oh, wait - NO! NO!
He thought suing on the anti-gay bigotry crap was a lock and would make him rich.
My initial feelings were much the same.
“’commits suicide’ after racking up $1m in legal bills”
Well, that’s a shame. How will the lawyers get paid now!?
The problem with lawyers is that 99% of them give the rest a bad name.
Cracking down on naked butts?
ROFL!!!
You’re cracking me up.
Emotional instability will out.....
It’s all about the AtTeNtIoN! He used up his 15 minutes, was broke and no friends.
Cheeky ...
This incident, no matter how sad it really is, represents a fine example of commendable hiring practices of the city of San Diego, specifically, in the area of law enforcement recruitment.
That there is funny!
All chaps are “assless’ or they’d just be leather pants.
:)
Now they’re saying that singer, I never heard of until he just died, was gay and committed suicide. Gay people are anything but gay (in the old meaning of the word).
Well, yeah, if you skip the bluejeans, LOL.
My female biker friends, yeah.
The guys, dammit, not so much.
:D
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.