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.