Rugby Player Left With Fractured Eye in Horrendous Homophobic Attack

 RUGBY player Jonathan Castellari suffered a horrendous homophobic attack in Argentina which left him hospitalized with a fractured eye.

Jonathan was buying breakfast when we were jumped by seven men and savagely beaten up.

 Jonathan Castellari endured a fracture around his eye and needs stitches

The player is a member of Ciervos Pampas Rugby Club, an organization that aims to fight discrimination against homophobia.

According to Marca, Castellari was with a friend at the time when the group of men started hurling insults in his direction.

He was then on the receiving end of beatings as pictures show him with a badly swollen eye and blood splattered on his shirt.

A statement from LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights in Argentina read: "From the Argentina LGBT Federation we are already accompanying them during this terrible moment and doing everything in our power to ensure that the justice system responds quickly and finds those responsible."

 

Jonathan Castellari was beaten up by homophobic thugs

Lifelong friend Agustina Vivero uploaded a picture of Castellari to Twitter alongside the caption: "Today at 6am, a group attacked my friend to within an inch of his life, shouting 'F****t" and "F****** f****t'.  

 "It came just days after we were celebrating Gay Pride.

"He doesn't know how many stitches he will need and they need to operate after a fracture in some part of his eye. Everything hurts."

In a separate tweet, Vivero added: "Discrimination at work, bullying at school, going out on the street in fear of being beaten, just for loving someone of the same sex."

By Richard Forrester
The Sun Uk