“The government contends that Mr. Perloni beat himself due to self-loathing and shame because of his bisexuality. Hence, his ‘heterosexual’ side inflicted a heinous assault on his ‘gay’ side, necessitating the government to charge Mr. Perloni with a hate crime.”
A married father of two has been charged under the federal hate crimes statute after breaking his jaw and nose during a fight…with himself, the Chicago Tribune is reporting Tuesday.
According to police, 39-year-old Robert Perloni got into an altercation with his wife on the evening of June 1st, after she found “erotic” text messages sent from Perloni’s cell phone to another man. After initial denial and brief shouting-match, Perloni admitted to his wife, Beth, 36, that he was bisexual and had been having an affair with a man for four months. After his confession, according to police, Robert Perloni broke down in tears and, consumed with guilt, battered himself about the face, chest and genitals in a violent nervous breakdown. Fearing for her husband’s safety, Mrs. Perloni called 9-1-1. Police arrived minutes later at the couple’s home in Chicago’s upper Roscoe Village.
Perloni was arrested and hospitalized with a broken jaw, nose, lacerations to his face, neck, chest and hands, as well as concussion —all self-inflicted. Police say both Beth and a semi-conscious Robert Perloni claim Robert assaulted himself with his fists, kitchen plates, a cell phone, decanter, and a lamp, culminating in Mr. Perloni ramming his already spewing head through the family’s living room wall, all while shouting “I hate myself! I hate myself!”
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