{"id":1495940,"date":"2022-05-28T17:45:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T21:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1495940"},"modified":"2022-05-28T17:45:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T21:45:16","slug":"wicked-sexual-ruse-ex-football-player-cleared-for-killing-tinder-date-after-learning-match-was-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wicked-sexual-ruse-ex-football-player-cleared-for-killing-tinder-date-after-learning-match-was-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wicked Sexual Ruse\u2019: Ex-Football Player Cleared For Killing Tinder Date After Learning Match Was A\u00a0Man\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwicked-sexual-ruse-ex-football-player-cleared-for-killing-tinder-date-after-learning-match-was-a-man%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1495940&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A jury found former Virginia Tech football player Isimemen Etute, 19, not guilty in the killing of Jerry Smith, a 40-year-old gay man who presented himself as a 21-year-old\u00a0physician named Angie Renee on Tinder.<\/p>\n<p>Etute and Smith linked up last year on hook-up app Tinder. Smith reportedly performed oral sex on Etute, then 18 years old, during their first meetup. Suspicious he was misled by Smith, Etute met back up a second time to try to find out Smith\u2019s sex. After identifying Smith was indeed male, Etute repeatedly struck him in what would be a fatal beating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is the real victim here?\u201d defense attorney Jimmy Turk said through tears during closing arguments on Friday, Roanoke.com\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/roanoke.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/former-virginia-tech-football-player-isimemen-etute-found-not-guilty-in-beating-death-of-blacksburg\/article_6c4b1fc6-ddf0-11ec-8abc-4f1834bc5978.html\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cThis was a wicked sexual ruse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turk told the jury Smith was a\u00a0\u201cdeceitful and dishonest man\u201d who \u201cdefrauded young men for his own sexual gratification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Etute said he was acting in self-defense when he beat Smith, claiming he thought Smith was reaching for a gun after the man\u2019s true gender was revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said there was a knife found under a mattress, but Smith did not have a gun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the proudest moments I\u2019ve ever had as a lawyer,\u201d Turk said following the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>The defense attorney was reportedly pacing the halls as the jury deliberated for some three hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not in shock because it\u2019s the right verdict, but always wondering and worrying about whether you convinced 12 people,\u201d Turk said. \u201cThat\u2019s always nerve-wracking. I\u2019m just thankful for this jury. It is the right decision and right now I\u2019m still just overwhelmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the verdict was read in court, Etute\u2019s parents were visibly relieved; David Etute reportedly \u201ccollapsed in his seat while his wife Nichelle sobbed.\u201d Etute was in tears too, bear-hugging his lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident last year, a spokesperson for Smith\u2019s family who requested to remain anonymous <a href=\"https:\/\/roanoke.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/family-of-blacksburg-homicide-victim-trying-to-come-to-terms-with-his-death\/article_7162ff38-c56e-11eb-afe7-37f18a5935c4.html\">said<\/a>\u00a0they were \u201cat a loss at everything that\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are horrible stories out there,\u201d the person said. \u201cAt the end of the day, no matter what he did or didn\u2019t do, nobody deserves what he got. Whatever happened gives nobody the right to react that way. I\u2019m sorry, it just doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was so proud. Everybody knew he was a gay man. He did not like women. He was very proud of who he was,\u201d the spokesperson recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of what he did, he did not deserve this,\u201d the person said of Smith. \u201cHe was maybe 112 pounds soaking wet. He wasn\u2019t a threat to nobody. He wasn\u2019t a threat to a fly. He wasn\u2019t a dangerous person. Nobody has a right to take someone\u2019s life. Whatever happened should not have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/virginia-tech-football-player-charged-with-killing-tinder-date-after-learning-match-was-a-man\">Virginia Tech Football Player Charged With Killing Tinder Date After Learning Match Was A\u00a0Man<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A jury found former Virginia Tech football player Isimemen Etute, 19, not guilty in the killing of Jerry Smith, a 40-year-old gay man who presented himself as a 21-year-old\u00a0physician named Angie Renee on Tinder. Etute and Smith linked up last year on hook-up app Tinder. 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