{"id":1571250,"date":"2022-07-26T09:06:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T13:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571250"},"modified":"2022-07-26T09:07:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T13:07:05","slug":"former-virginia-tech-lb-who-was-cleared-for-killing-tinder-date-after-learning-match-was-a-man-back-playing-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-virginia-tech-lb-who-was-cleared-for-killing-tinder-date-after-learning-match-was-a-man-back-playing-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Virginia Tech LB Who Was Cleared For Killing Tinder Date After Learning Match Was\u00a0A\u00a0Man Back Playing Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fformer-virginia-tech-lb-who-was-cleared-for-killing-tinder-date-after-learning-match-was-a-man-back-playing-football%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=1571250&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>After being cleared of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/murder\">murder<\/a>, former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/virginia-tech\">Virginia Tech<\/a> linebacker Isimemen Etute is set to play football at Iowa Western Community College this coming season.<\/p>\n<p>A jury in May found Etute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wicked-sexual-ruse-ex-football-player-cleared-for-killing-tinder-date-after-learning-match-was-a-man\">not guilty<\/a> of murdering his Tinder date, Jerry Smith, a 40-year-old gay man who presented himself as a 21-year-old\u00a0physician named Angie Renee. The athlete\u2019s legal team said\u00a0Etute was acting in self-defense when he beat Smith, claiming Etute thought Smith was reaching for a gun after the man\u2019s true gender was revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Etute\u2019s lawyer Jimmy Turk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/34294436\/former-virginia-tech-lb-isi-etute-play-iowa-community-college-being-found-not-guilty-murder\">confirmed<\/a> to ESPN on Monday that his client is set to play for Iowa Western\u2019s 2022 season. Turk noted that it was difficult to find a school with Division I football willing to give his client a scholarship due to the highly publicized trial.<\/p>\n<p>Since the trial, Turk has suggested that Etute is the real victim in the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is the real victim here?\u201d Turk said through tears during closing arguments of the trial, 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>. \u201cThis was a wicked sexual ruse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turk also 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 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>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>\u201cI\u2019m not in shock because it\u2019s the right verdict, but always wondering and worrying about whether you convinced 12 people,\u201d the defense attorney continued. \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>Following the incident, 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><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wicked-sexual-ruse-ex-football-player-cleared-for-killing-tinder-date-after-learning-match-was-a-man\">\u2018Wicked Sexual Ruse\u2019: Ex-Football Player Cleared For Killing Tinder Date After Learning Match Was\u00a0A\u00a0Man<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being cleared of murder, former Virginia Tech linebacker Isimemen Etute is set to play football at Iowa Western Community College this coming season. A jury in May found Etute not guilty of murdering his Tinder date, Jerry Smith, a 40-year-old gay man who presented himself as a 21-year-old\u00a0physician named Angie Renee. 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