A man has pleaded guilty to aggravated assault after attacking a gay man and then bragging about it on social media.
24-year-old Brandon Michael Wiley is from Lewisburg, Tennessee, reports the Daily News Journal.
Last summer, Wiley entered MJ’s Sports Bar and Grill on Broad Street in Murfreesboro.
He initially claimed a 39-year-old gay man ‘grabbed his junk and molested him,’ according to a report filed with Murfreesboro police.
But that story didn’t line up with video evidence, say police.
A security guard told police he saw Wiley punching the victim. The 39-year-old man then claimed Wiley attacked him because he ‘propositioned him’.
Police arrived on the scene and found the 39-year-old man lying on the floor with severe facial injuries, including fractured eye sockets and a broken nose. He required extensive hospital treatment.
Police then said Wiley ‘sent out several photos of himself covered in blood and was bragging about beating up a gay man for “grabbing” his [crotch].’
Arrest and sentencing
They arrested Wiley on 9 July last year.
At the Rutherford County Circuit Court on Friday (5 April), Wiley pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. It’s a felony offense that carries a three-year minimum sentence.
Wiley is due for a sentencing hearing 28 June.
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