Jonathan Castellari, 25, and his best friend Sebastián went to a McDonald’s in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at 6:30 A.M. this past Friday after spending the night at a club.
After placing their order, a group of men ages 20 to 25 entered, drunk. “They looked at us, they made jokes, they laughed at us,” Sebastián said.
They decided to go outside to avoid the group and so that Jonathan could smoke. One of the men went outside and grabbed him. “That’s when the others started to hit him,” Sebastián said.
He said that the men shouted homophobic insults like “puto.” “I tried to stop them but couldn’t. I got hurt too, but nothing compared to Jonathan.”
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Jonathan posted on Facebook that the men shouted insults while beating him, like “take this, faggot” and “shitty faggot,” and also said that they were going to kill him for being gay. He wrote that five of them punched him while two others kicked him.
When they let them go, a nurse from a nearby hospital who happened to be having coffee at the fast food restaurant treated him until he could go to the hospital. The men followed them to the hospital, shouting more insults, and had to be kicked out by security.
En la primera foto estabamos esperando la comida felices luego de una noche muy divertida. En la segunda foto mi mejor amigo después de haber sido atacado por un grupo de 7 heteros envalentonados y con ganas de palear putos. pic.twitter.com/naIMSGhRxo
— TUCÁN HAS ARRIVED (@tucanforever) December 1, 2017
At the hospital, he underwent surgery for a fractured cheekbone and for a damaged eye.
Ciervos Pampas RC, an LGBT rugby team that Jonathan participated in, organized a demonstration against homophobia in front of the McDonald’s last night.
Donde ayer cagaron a trompadas a un pibe por ser gay, ahora somos muchos reafirmando que ya no vamos a aceptar la homofobia pic.twitter.com/cCn20T3woe
— Tomás Balmaceda (@capitanintriga) December 2, 2017
Sebastián es el amigo que estaba con Jonathan ayer. Está contando cómo ocho personas entraron a McDonald's y comenzaron a hostigarlo. pic.twitter.com/F1q7yxLLqB
— Tomás Balmaceda (@capitanintriga) December 2, 2017
El amigo del pibe agredido cuenta cómo lo empezaron a cagar a golpes entre ocho en el estacionamiento del McDonald’s por puto. pic.twitter.com/7SHJYFRshB
— Diego Rojas (@zonarojas) December 2, 2017
Concentración en Córdoba y Medrano en protesta por la agresión a un pibe hay y contra la homofobia. pic.twitter.com/GnDlIAbNH3
— Diego Rojas (@zonarojas) December 2, 2017
El equipo de rugby @CiervosPampas convocó a una concentración en repudio a la agresión homófoba vivida x uno de sus integrantes. Jonathan fue atacado el viernes y aún se encuentra internado. pic.twitter.com/8GQJZHkXMg
— Agencia Presentes (@PresentesLGBT) December 2, 2017
His lawyer said that he will file a formal complaint on Monday morning and that he will be asking for security camera footage from the restaurant.
