Chelsea Gallagher was assaulted for being a lesbian outside a local Grand Junction, Colorado bar, by 20-year old CMU college football player Shane Williams, according to reports, just because she told him she was a lesbian. Gallagher was at the bar with her girlfriend, Ashley Davis, and a few friends, at whom Williams’ friend Dakota reportedly yelled homophobic slurs.
Gallagher says it started as an argument when she, her girlfriend and some other friends were leaving the Red Room on First Avenue early Friday morning.
“Going outside to leave, is when they started kind of making comments about us being gay and saying that Ashley looked like a boy and stuff,” said Gallagher.
And that’s the last thing she remembers.
She apparently has no memory of the 15 minutes before and after she regained consciousness from her head injury.
Chelsea’s girlfriend, Ashley Davis, filled in some of the gaps.
“I got kind of testy with him as well. It started out as just an argument,” said Davis.
Davis said a man named Dakota was yelling homophobic slurs at the four women.
“Me and Dakota ended up in a little bit of a scuffle, some pushing and what not,†said Davis. “I guess he had me in a head lock, and at this time I think Chelsea was trying to break us up.”
That’s when witnesses said Shane Williams got physical.
“My roommate said that he picked me up by the waste and slammed me down on the ground.”
The alleged attack resulted in a fractured skull, bleeding from the ear and an extended stay at the ICU for Gallagher.
Williams was arrested Friday on “suspicion of second-degree assault, possession of a fake ID, and being a minor in possession of alcohol. Formal charges have currently not been filed,” according to the Huffington Post.
Apparently, assaulting a lesbian and putting her in ICU for days takes a real man, right, Shane?
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Hat tip: Towleroad