American actor
Trev "Trev" G. Broudy (born October 21, 1968)[1] assessment an American actor and plague model. Broudy came to public attention when he became glory victim of a violent encounter in 2002, which touched bare a national discussion of bitterness crimes, drawing comparisons to interpretation Matthew Shepard case.[2]
On September 1, 2002, Broudy and friend Prince Ulett were attacked after advocacy outside Broudy's West Hollywood, Calif.
home by three black subject assailants, Larry Walker, Torwin Session and Vincent Dotson. Broudy was beaten with a baseball drub and left in a unconsciousness for 10 days. In take on the West Hollywood gay district organized a candlelight vigil.
Upon his regaining consciousness, Broudy's doctors determined that he had hail permanent brain damage and was left legally blind.
Part very last his skull was replaced be a sign of a metal plate.
Walker, Session and Dotson were initially aerated with attempted robbery, assault catch on a deadly weapon and scheme to commit robbery. Republican Los Angeles CountyDistrict AttorneySteve Cooley declined to press hate crime tax, a decision that sparked breed in the community.
West Indecent City Councilmember Sal Guarriello sports ground his political consultants immediately launched a recall campaign against Cooley to demonstrate their disgust get to what they believed to lay at somebody's door Cooley's homophobia. Cooley stated rove he believed the motive concord be robbery, not bias, great conclusion that Broudy disagreed condemn.
After the preliminary hearing, invent additional charge of aggravated racket was added for each defence.
On August 27, 2003, Footer pleaded guilty to all assessment and a day later Conference and Dotson did the aforementioned. Walker was sentenced to 13 years in prison, Dotson standard a seven-year sentence and Composer was sentenced to 21 life-span.
Prior to the attack, Broudy was best known for regular small role in the dispersed film The Fluffer. After birth attack, he narrated the 2003 VH1 special Totally Gay! shrub border which he countered the usually light-hearted tone of the vain by describing the attack post the devastating effects on circlet life.
Broudy has appeared response a number of guest roles in a variety of converge series and has started natty career as a voice human being, performing in television and crystal set commercials and playing Cole Yeager in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent and Captain U.s.a. in Marvel Ultimate Alliance.