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Behind the Aegis

(54,852 posts)
Thu Dec 17, 2020, 03:53 PM Dec 2020

Father sentenced to prison for hiring a hitman to ambush his gay son

A 75-year-old Italian man has been sentenced to two years in prison after he hired a hitman to attack his son and his son’s partner. The ongoing terror campaign started when the son appeared in a newspaper with another man.

The dad reportedly paid a man 2,500 euro (approximately $3,000) to attack his son, a surgeon, and break his fingers so that he couldn’t work. It wasn’t the first time the father had hired goons to ambush the gay couple.

The problems started in 2017 when the father saw pictures of his son with a male actor in a tabloid. The son had already told his father that he was gay the year before. At the time, the father just said, “Too bad. I wanted grandchildren.”

The father then lashed out against his son and the son’s male partner. The man’s partner was severely beaten earlier this year by thugs hired by the father. The man was hospitalized after the attack. The couple’s car has also been vandalized.

The father also harassed his wife of 42 years when she decided to leave him. And the father’s harassment of the don escalated when the son intervened to stop his father from beating his mother one day.

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Father sentenced to prison for hiring a hitman to ambush his gay son (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Dec 2020 OP
Just 2 years? That's way too short a sentence. tblue37 Dec 2020 #1
Omg! SheltieLover Dec 2020 #2
How miserable this man must be, to invest so much negative energy secondwind Dec 2020 #3
Makes my family seem normal. iemitsu Dec 2020 #4
2 years must have been a trump judge who sympathized with the gay hating father. Mystery sage Dec 2020 #5
It happened in Italy. MoonchildCA Dec 2020 #7
Thanks must have glossed over that fact my bad. Mystery sage Dec 2020 #8
That is one evil father. Deserves more than 2 years. CatMor Dec 2020 #6
Also from the article (scroll down a bit). J Magarac Dec 2020 #9

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
3. How miserable this man must be, to invest so much negative energy
Thu Dec 17, 2020, 03:59 PM
Dec 2020

in his last years on earth.

It’s mind-boggling...

 

J Magarac

(73 posts)
9. Also from the article (scroll down a bit).
Sun Dec 20, 2020, 10:35 AM
Dec 2020
The Italian parliament is currently considering a hate crimes law.








Also I see it's Torino. So much for regional stereotypes.

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