[FROM THE ARCHIVES: August 25, 2015] Pemberton admits he choked Laude | amacatunoINQ
He was referring to a line of defense in some American courts called the “gay panic defense,” which LGBT organizations now want to be outlawed in the United States and other countries. Those who make this assertion usually claim they suffered a psychotic break triggered by a revulsion for homosexual advances.Defense lawyer Rowena Flores said Pemberton told the court that he fought with and subdued Laude in self-defense, but denied murdering her.
“After some time, to subdue Jeffrey, Joseph Scott Pemberton held [Laude’s] head under his armpit. Jeffrey stopped moving. Joseph Scott Pemberton tried to revive [her],” Flores added.But Flores said Pemberton told the court he left his adversary “alive in the bathroom.” Roque, however, cited a study of the American Psychiatric Society that stated that this syndrome was not a scientifically established mental condition.
Roque said that when Pemberton discovered that Laude was a man when they were about to have sex, “he pushed her and Jennifer fell off the bed.”Pemberton, Roque said, then held Laude’s neck in an arm lock until she fell unconscious.
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