Kansas man convicted of assaulting friend's alleged attackers
A Lawrence, Kansas jury on Tuesday found John Thomas Simmons guilty of hitting two fraternity brothers during a scuffle outside the Replay Lounge last winter. Simmons said he hit Marty McSorley and Ryan McAtee because he thought they were part of a group that had battered his gay friend Jeffrey Medis, 29, whom he'd found lying on the sidewalk, bloody and unconscious. Jury members said they were infuriated that another man, Luke Wells, who admits hitting Medis but says it was self-defense, received immunity for his testimony. The fraternity brothers say they didn't even know Medis was gay. Medis testified he was wearing heavy eye makeup that night and a white, frilly jacket that he said made him look like a "gay snowball." LJWorld.com
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