{"id":1502091,"date":"2022-06-03T09:34:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T13:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1502091"},"modified":"2022-06-03T09:34:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T13:34:22","slug":"ex-virginia-tech-football-player-acquitted-in-beating-man-to-death-who-posed-as-woman-in-tinder-date-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-virginia-tech-football-player-acquitted-in-beating-man-to-death-who-posed-as-woman-in-tinder-date-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Virginia Tech Football Player Acquitted in Beating Man to Death Who Posed as Woman in Tinder Date"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fex-virginia-tech-football-player-acquitted-in-beating-man-to-death-who-posed-as-woman-in-tinder-date-3%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=1502091&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 class=\"subheading\">Former Virginia Tech football player Isimemen Etute was acquitted of murder in the beating death of a man who posed as a woman in a Tinder date gone wrong.<\/p>\n<p>A jury in Virginia\u2019s Montgomery County Circuit Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/virginia-tech-football-player-acquitted-murder-beating-gay-man-woman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> the 19-year-old former player not guilty of a charge of second-degree murder in the beating death of 40-year-old Jerry Smith, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Etute and the openly gay Smith hooked up through the online dating app Tinder, whereupon Smith reportedly performed oral sex on the then 18-year-old. But Etute later returned to the older man\u2019s apartment and then flew into a rage because Etute says Smith misrepresented himself as a woman during their first meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-player said on the stand that when he found out his date was a man, he felt \u201cviolated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution argued that the stronger, larger ex-football player delivered a \u201cbrutal beating\u201d to the older, 153-pound Smith. But Etute claimed he only punched him four of five times and kicked him once so he could get away from what he thought was an armed opponent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Friends and family react as Isimenen Etute\u2019s acquittal is announced (Matt Gentry\/The Roanoke Times via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Etute testified that he resorted to violence when he thought Smith was reaching for a gun as they argued. While police did not find a gun in Smith\u2019s apartment, they did find a knife under the man\u2019s mattress.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Jimmy Turk argued that Etute acted in self-defense after being manipulated by the older man. Turk further argued that Smith was a \u201cdeceitful and dishonest man\u201d who \u201cdefrauded young men for his own sexual gratification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turk finished his argument by saying that Smith perpetrated a \u201cwicked sexual ruse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Etute leaped to his feet and embraced his attorney when the verdict was read.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a>, or Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truthsocial.com\/WarnerToddHuston\">@WarnerToddHuston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Virginia Tech football player Isimemen Etute was acquitted of murder in the beating death of a man who posed as a woman in a Tinder date gone wrong. 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