Remember Brandon White, the 20-year old Atlanta gay man who was the “star” of a viral video where he was beaten by three men outside a neighborhood store for wearing “skinny jeans” while the men also yelled gay slurs at him?
[WATCH: Man beaten for wearing skinny jeans – VIDEO]
Well White reportedly lied about some key details of the assault!
Details…
Brandon spoke out about the incident at a press conference where he told reporters he did NOT know his attackers or why they jumped him.
I have never seen those guys before. I go to that store plenty times. I don’t bother anybody I don’t talk to anybody. No, I have never seen those guys before.
[WATCH VIDEO: Brandon White Press Conference]
It was all a dream… reportedly White knew his attackers quite well!
In fact, it is now believed that Brandon had been taunting the “gangbangers” about their sexuality.
Members of Change Atlanta, a gay rights organization, have brought up some information that sheds more light on the bizarre assault case.
In their quest for details surrounding what they originally THOUGHT was a gay hate crime, Change Atlanta interviewed several witnesses in the Pittsburgh community who know White and his alleged attackers and they discovered shocking new details about White’s prior relationship with some of his attackers.
It has now been revealed that the attack was not a random hate crime against an “innocent” victim, the motivation was actually REVENGE.
Brandon was agitating these young men about personally exposing them for being DL gay – on the down low possibly gay.
The young men responded because they don’t want their families to know.
Dorian Moragne, Christopher Cain and Dareal Williams have all been apprehended and are currently in custody regarding the assault.
One suspect, Dorian Moragne has spoken up and confirmed that they knew White.
He was very clear about being sure that Brandon White in fact knew the other attackers in question.
The attack on White allegedly centered around a video White had on his cell phone. If you recall, that viral video of the attack shows one of the men grab White’s phone during the beating.
It’s a video of somebody performing a sexual act with one or a few of these young men. That’s why the cell phone was a target.
They didn’t just beat him up because he was gay.
Devin Ward was among the first in the community to speak out against the beating, fully supporting White when he first saw the beating video on TV, now he feels White may owe the community an apology.
If indeed this is shown to be truthful in that Brandon did have prior interaction with these young men, Brandon needs to come forward and make his wrong right.
Atlanta Police is still investigating the case and while it is still an “assault” and a crime was still committed whether or not White knew his attackers, this new information is definitely interesting.
White has not commented on these new developments and the FBI is also still investigating as to whether or not a hate crime was committed.
So my question to YOU is.
If it’s true that Brandon White was tormenting “downlow” gangbangers with blackmail video, did he deserve a beatdown?
Thoughts?
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Ok so if they are or not "DL" this boy still got his butt whooped. It does not matter. Either way they are going to be prosecuted..so
Assault vs. Hate Crime is a far less charge though.
I agree though, they will and SHOULD be convicted either way.
Yes they should be convicted of ASSUALT…which carries far less time then a HATE CRIME!!! I knew something was fishy with this story…I wouldve kicked his butt too if he was lying on me and my manhood…
@Atlien24 the problem was he wasnt lying..he had video evidence of the DL activities..whats done in dark gonna always come to light..dont do ish u cant stand for no one to find out about and i think they should get max time still..ya wanna beat his azz because you let yourself be videoed doing the do…
It does not matter what the dynamics are behind this, no one deserves to be beaten simple as that….
I knew it was more to this, it’s so many open gays in Atlanta, why all of a sudden a crime like this. Not saying its impossible, but Atlanta is a far more tolerable place for homosexuals than others. But all these guys need counseling and should be prosecuted for their involvement in this crime. White, even though a victim, should also be charged for conspiracy, tampering, and lying to police.
when I grew up we were taught – "Never put our hands on Anyone". I think both sides are wrong…
*BIG SIGH* I *SIDE EYED* THIS STORY FROM THE BEGINNING BUT I, ALWAYS, PREFER TO PASS ON MAKING CERTAIN JUDGEMENTS ON CERTAINS THINGS. MERCY. MERCY. MERCY.
What’s going on with the males in Atlanta?
Babe that story gagged me and then I saw him at my church! No wonder…. Sad but true!
I knew it was more to the story…these men should be charged with ASSAULT period, thats all
Michelle, I KNEW there was more to the story when I 1st heard about this! That beating was ”just too random” IMO
It’s just not in atlanta.. It’s everywhere. You never know who is what These days
DL gang bangers, what’s next :/
I knew it!! I know that area and trust there are a lot of dl guys over there. Frm cross dressers to transexuals that live in the area why was he picked out. It seemed suspicious frm the gate. And yes Im gay but something stinks with the story! #ijs
No,he didnt deserve the beatdown.But he does deserve to catch charges for lying. He upset many and it was uncalled for. Now,authorities gonna base his actions on every other gay beating case they get. His lie is like the stupid ass continuously crying wolf….so yeah. He needs to be charged just like those dudes that beat him.
It’s an assault and that is still a crime. It also explains why White did not come forward initially.
I think if White knew his attackers and was trying to blackmail them, than it sheds some light on the attacker’s motives. But this does not condone what they did to White.
And yes White needs to admit to the truth, if, indeed, the truth is that he knew his attackers and had been trying to blackmail them. I agree with someone above: they should and will be charged and prosecuted.
But revenge is a lot less devious than a hate crime and should be prosecuted differently.
Okay are ALL the guys in ATL gay? I don’t understand how the women put up with it unless there all lesbos there must be virtually no heterosexual dating?
1# reason I refuse to talk to dudes from ATL I just cant have that kind of stress worried about them creeping with females is enough but having to question you with dudes? I REFUSE!
No, he did not deserve a beat down. These grown men should’ve behaved as such, and ignored Brandon. Anytime you are filmed performing any sexual act with someone that you aren’t committed to, you must realize that video could possibly fall into the wrong hands. That is totally their fault.
It does explain why Brandon never went to the police about this incident, and didn’t want anyone to know. I don’t like the fact that he lied to the world, and played on everyone’s sympathy for the gay community. That isn’t right.
Always thought there was more to this story. ATL has plenty of openly gay men and a lot of DL guys for them to just single him out. Man listen, you know how many times I see men in womens clothes n heels but got a fade and a gotti. Atleast in NY they totally finish the look and just be a girl.
Hey too each is own, we only have one life and it’s short, if it makes you happy go for it.
No one deserves to be beaten, but it makes you wonder if whom ever was on the video even Knew that they were being video taped. That also has to be devistating to be blackmailed with video evidence. I wish ALL the men in the closet come OUT because its SO UNFAIR to unsuspecting women. If this dude was being manipulative and taking part of secret video tapings it says a Lot about his character. If they are DL yall know damn well they wouldnt be a willing participant in a gay sex video. I still say they need to ALL come out of the closet and be happy with the ones that make them most happy instead of misleading innocent women into believing that they are straight.
?GAS, either way jail or no jail dick is still on the menu for all parties involved.
welp there goes my lunch…
What,s goin on in the ATL? Is anybody heterosexual there,damn!
Well they out now. @ 3:31 no nobody in the "A" is straight they call it Gaylanta for a reason.
It’s a shame the young men felt they needed to resort to violence to keep their sexuality a secret. It’s really no one else’s business if they’re gay, bisexual or heterosexual not even their family members. If ppl. love you they love you regardless to who you choose to sleep with as long as you’re not hurting anyone why do ppl. feel they have the right to be overly concerned with whoever anyone sleeps with? This is sad for everyone, they shouldn’t have assaulted him and he shouldn’t have threatened to expose their sexual exploits. I just wish these young men wouldn’t have been so worried about what ppl. thought, to be honest more ppl. than we all might like to admit both male and female "experiment" or truly do practice bisexuality on a normal basis.
SMH..
Homos beating up other homos. Well that happens more regularly than you might think. There is a lot of violence within the gay community that they don’t want you to know about. Lots of domestic violence among couples.
All of these men give their community a bad look.
So why would this Brandon White man threaten to expose his friends as that is what they appear to be? If he is protecting unsuspecting members of the community, say girlfriends or children of these men then perhaps he is justifiable for maintaining the cell phone video. If, however, he was using the video for some dishonorable purpose or means to extort then he basically asked to get his ass beaten.
You can’t make threats and expect a kind and rationale response.
@ curiousone
People can die from secrets and lies. No man in this day and age should pretend to be heterosexual when he is truly homosexual. No man should go back and forth between men and women and expose them to disease. We all know HIV infected women can spread the virus to their unborn children and born children through nursing. As for your "experiment" comment, experimenting is nothing to take lightly. We see what happens when people experiment with drugs. Experimenting with sex yields no better a result.
Agreed…..but Brandon White should have just left them alone.If the gang bangers are on the DL so be it.Sad that this caused him serious injury,but just because you are gay and everyone knows,you cant make such a rash and detrimental decision for someone else.In time their families and loved ones will find out.the truth should come from the individual themselves,not from someone who is bitter/angry.White knew what he was doing,when he was messing around with that DL gang.Now the whole town is angry with him(white.
did he deserve to have his ass kicked? you damn right he did! what you and someone else do is your business.
This is what happens when people are forced to rep an agenda and in this case gay coalitions set their agenda out only to lok like complete fools later because the victim in this case seems to have been blackmailing those accused of beating him.
I knew there was more to the story and I knew the victim was not being straight forward.He is no different than many Gay men that love to go around outting other gay men that pretend to be straight so they can have company in their deviancy.
It’s cowardly to pretend to be straight while sleeping with the same sex.I have no problem with people that keep their homosexuality a secret just as long as they are not pretending to be straight because honestly everyone’s sex life should be their business.
Black women just really need to be very careful of these men out here no matter where they dwell because there are MANY men that will hit a man from the back that will SWEAR he’s not gay while sleeping with women….
This is what happens when people are forced to rep an agenda and in this case gay coalitions set their agenda out only to look like complete fools later because the victim in this case seems to have been blackmailing those accused of beating him.
I knew there was more to the story and I knew the victim was not being straight forward.He is no different than many Gay men that love to go around outting other gay men that pretend to be straight so they can have company in their deviancy.
It’s cowardly to pretend to be straight while sleeping with the same sex.I have no problem with people that keep their homosexuality a secret just as long as they are not pretending to be straight because honestly everyone’s sex life should be their business.
Black women just really need to be very careful of these men out here no matter where they dwell because there are MANY men that will hit a man from the back that will SWEAR he’s not gay while sleeping with women….
I knew something sounded strange, about the victim "not wanting to report the crime " but why oh way would they post the video of the assault on-line ? that is where they messed up, oh well, like the other person said, what is done in the dark always comes to light…..
I thought this could possibly be the case, that he taunted his attackers and thats why they hurt him. I just hate when we see a video clip of something, or someone may say something and we here a clip of what someone said or look at a snap shot or a piece of video, and draw a conclusion on the story. We have noooo idea, there is ALWAYS two sides to EVERY story, don’t be soooooo quick to jump to conclusion. We tend to automatically defend what we perceive to be the weaker person. I do believe the attackers should be punished for their crime against the guy, but he also should be help accountable for provoking his attackers.
@Sunni_daze says: SHU THE FUQ "UP" ITZ GAY’s EVERY FUQN’ WHERE ATL IS ON THE MAP AS WELL AS NEW YORK AND OTHER CITIES!!!! EVERYBODY IS NOT GAY IN ATLANTA; IT’s MUTHA FUCKAS LIKE U WHO MOVE/BRING THAT SHIT DOWN HERE AND RUN THE REAL MUTHA-FUCKA’s AWAY !!! STFU"
the crzy thing is the "Boy" didnt want the other "boys" arrested…the Video went viral….ppl started jumping on the "Gay bashing" bandwagon! the seek the boy Brandon out….it was like he was forced to come out! I guess its eclection time around the city!
If theyre charged with assualt, then Brandon White should be charged with Bribery and making false police reports. hell yeah im going to jump you especially if youuu have a video, would u females be cool with a dude having a video of you regardless of sexuality. On tha real nobody trying to be the next kim kardashian gettn smashed my niggas on film.
It was an assault, the assault was due to the sexual orientation of (ALL) involved.
Hatred, embarassment whatever. This was an assault having to due with "Sexual Preference’ being exposed!
Nothing has changed hatred and/or exposure same thing, malice and hateful intent are front and center !!!!
I so dont’t believe he knew them at all….That doesnt make ANY sense…i have listened to the video and they clearly say that NO F*GGOTS in Jack City…If they were DL…I seriously doubt they would have made that statement & then put it on youtube….Think about it…If the Attackers can prove that it was an assault charge VS a hatecrime that went nation wide that means they will no serve that much time. So yes its wise of them asw ell as their attourney to advise such a thing….Looking at the comments make me laugh..SMH
Looking at your comment makes me laugh,wake up…wake up,because you sound so ignorant.You need to read the story again,it says he(white)has video footage on his cell phone of him performing sexual acts with some of the gang bangers.I seriously doubt that he would expose them just for no reason.White was bitter and angry because he gave up the goods to DL gang bangers.He played himself,thinking he was going to out that gang.
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at least they didnt kill themselves. if they had killed themselves then white would be in jail for bullying for threatening to out them.
As a gay black guy (I live in NYC and not ATL tho) I hear of this all too often: a scorned gay man who wants to out another man on the DL for whatever reason.These fools need to stop because this is what happens. some people even get killed over this. I am definately not one to support DL men (in fact i hate it) but if these men want to live a life of fear over thier sexuality: let them. Even though the reaction was extreme, he had it coming. Alot of the black community is still ignorant when it comes to this issue, and some men will do anything to make sure their sexuality is not found out: including destroying the threat: whatever or WHOever it is.
Drugs and DL men are destroying the black community. Wake up!
You cant be tourmenting no boys on the DL hunnie. You get some trade sausage just be happy. dont try and love them boys and say imma show the tape of me swallowin u up cuz u gay just like me. hunnie them boyz aint ready to be out like that. so mess with other gay boys or keep ur mouth closed. girl had ta get her ass beat to get the picture. damn shame. well i will suck a lollipop and walk past you like i never seen u even tho imma see ya that night. OK!! #ugonlearntaday
Sang it…Sang it!tell the truth(which you are).I would move out of that town if i were him.I bet he regrets it all.
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