The Craziest Way For An Athlete To Get Outed
Former NFL lineman Kwame Harris was not publicly out of the closet until a strange arrest.
Kwame Harris (pictured here as a member of the San Francisco 49ers in 2007) was arrested last August after what was an apparently vicious fight with an ex-boyfriend in the parking lot of a Menlo Park, California restaurant.
The details of the incident weren’t noted by the media until Monday, when the San Mateo Daily Journal reported that Harris was due in court for a pretrial hearing related to felony counts of domestic violence and assault. Until this report, Harris was not widely known to be gay.
The story goes that Harris met up with an ex-boyfriend of his, Dimitri Geier, at a restaurant called Su Hong in Menlo Park, California. The two were just friends at this point and the purpose of the meeting was to get a bite before Harris drove Geier to the airport. But then things took a weird turn.
Geier allegedly made the mistake of pouring soy sauce on Harris’ rice. This infuriated Harris, and the lawsuit alleges the two had a verbal altercation lasting “approximately seven minutes,” the upside of which was that Harris changed his mind and said he would not take Geier to the airport.
After the men headed to Harris’ car to get Geier’s bag (so that he could take a cab), Harris allegedly attempted to pull Geier’s pants down, accusing him of having stolen Harris’ underwear.
Geier has also filed a civil lawsuit which states that Harris punched him in the arm several times, which led Geier to hit back, a fight that escalated into Harris punching Geier in the face repeatedly, breaking his orbital bone. Harris’ lawyer claims it was Geier who punched Harris in the face before Harris returned blows. Regardless, Geier required surgery.
It’s worth noting that Harris is 6’7” 240 lbs. And Geier is 6’1, 220. These were two big men fighting in the parking lot of Su Hong.
12. It’s unclear how the legal situation will resolve itself, but it’s clear that “disturbingly brutal parking-lot soy sauce fight” is the most unusual way an athlete will get outed this week.
H/T Michelle Durand at the San Mateo Daily Journal
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tyty516 3 months agowhy is his sexuality even an issue? And to the person in the Fb thread saying that they need to be exposed, no. Just fucking no. What’s with this thing that we queers need to come to be queer enough? When and how was this made the litmus test for being out? Who’s idea was it? Its no one’s business… give me my equal dues (marriage et all) and kindly shut up. So if someone doesnt want to dish their personal business, they’re not proud of who they are? Does that mean that straights are ashamed to be straight cause I have yet to see public declaration of straightness. Also while I’m on this soapbox rant, gay-dar is stupid, really fucking stupid. [drops mic]
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Fiona G. 3 months agoDid we really need this article? I can support one about the cultural homophobia that pervades professional sports and allude to recent examples, but do you really need to detail this incident when he clearly didn’t want anyone to know? The whole point of gay rights is to get to the point where LGBT identity is a non issue. I am not deluded enough to think it will ever be something individuals will not be judged by but when you talk about someone like this, I can’t help but think it causes people to shy away from coming out.
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