A gay couple claims they were attacked in broad daylight on Sunday afternoon outside Madison Square Garden. Today, the NYPD released a photo of one possible suspect from the assault.
A gay couple were allegedly assaulted by four men on Sunday afternoon, just outside Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Porto, 27, told DNAinfo that he and Atkins, 22, were walking together on Eighth Avenue after eating brunch when a group of men wearing New York Knicks jerseys started shouting anti-gay slurs at them.
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According to police, as the Indiana Pacers played the Knicks on Sunday the couple was assaulted by four men on Eighth Avenue, between West 34th and West 35th streets about 5 p.m..
"They called us f----ts," said Porto, a clothing designer. "They made fun of my jeans — I made the jeans myself, for that day." When Porto turned around and asked why they were shouting at him, the group of men knocked the pair to the ground and began to violently kick and punch them, he said. "Fists started flying. I was on the ground, and the only thing I could do, I reached out and grabbed someone's hair," Porto said.
The men fled before police could arrive, and a detective told the pair that there were so many people in the area wearing Knicks jerseys, it would be hard to identify their attackers, Porto said.
According to MyFoxNY.com, both men were taken to Bellevue Hospital for minor injuries.
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Today Nick Porto posted this image to his Facebook page:
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