Cleveland radio personality Dominic Dieter apologized on Monday (30 April) for suggesting to a father that he have his daughter raped as a way to make her straight after the man saw the teenager kiss another girl.

Dieter is part of Rover's Morning Glory, a show that airs on WMMS 100.7 FM radio. Dieter told the father on air last Friday: 'You should get one of your friends to screw your daughter straight.'

Dieter said he now understands why people are angry about what he said.

'I just wanted to say, I understand why people are angry,' he said. 'I want to genuinely apologize to anyone who may have been offended by what I said.  I regret what I did say.  My comments were inappropriate.  They were inexcusable, and just downright stupid.'

Dieter added: 'I want to make it clear; there was absolutely no intention to promote physical or sexual violence.  And I’m truly, truly sorry by my poor choice of words that led people to believe otherwise.  ... I just want to apologize for any pain I might have caused.  I ask people to find it in their hearts to forgive me.  I am sorry for the words that I did say. '

The Gay and Lesbian Against Defamation had called on station management to suspend Dieter. GLAAD said it has been told that disciplinary action has been taken but management did not provide specific details.

The station has pledged to run public service announcements about the dangers of parental rejection, and the importance of giving LGBT young people a safe learning environment. It has also invited LGBT advocacy group Equality Ohio to join its community advisory board, to help ensure that LGBT issues are covered accurately and inclusively