YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE FOR LOCAL
NEWS, KETV NEWSWATCH 7 AT 10:00.
ROB: FIRST TONIGHT, A
TRANSGENDER WOMAN SPEAKS OUT, AS
THE MAN CHARGED WITH HURTING HER
IN A HATE CRIME SITS IN JAIL.
GOOD EVENNG, I'M ROB MCCARTNEY.
BRANDI: I'M BRANDI PETERSEN.
PROSECUTORS CHARGED 45-YEAR-OLD
STEPHEN THOMPSON WITH FELONY
ASSAULT AND HATE CRIME.
THIS, AFTER A REPORTED ATTACK
INSIDE THE BATHROOM OF A BAR.
ROB: TONIGHT, HIS ACCUSER IS
SPEAKING WITH KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S
NICOLE GOODRICH.
SHE'S LIVE WITH OUR BIG STORY.
NICOLE: STEPHEN THOMPSON IS
STILL IN JAIL HERE.
TONIGHT, KARA BARONE SAYS SHE
DIDN'T KNOW THE MAN ACCUSED OF
ATTACKING HER, AND SHE DOESN'T
WANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT TONIGHT, SHE'S SHARING A
STORY, SO THAT HER STORY DOESN'T
CREATE FEAR IN THE LGBT
COMMUNITY.
WITH A BLOODY NOSE AND A BUSTED
LIP, THESE PHOTOS OF KARA BARONE
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
NOW A FEW DAYS LATER, SHE SAYS
THE PHYSICAL WOUNDS ARE HEALING.
KARA: I'M DOING A LOT BETTER.
MY NOSE FEELS BETTER NOW.
IT HURT PRETTY BAD, AND MY LIP
WAS SORE FOR A COUPLE DAYS.
NICOLE: BUT THE EMOTIONAL PAIN
WILL TAKE TIME.
KARA: IT'S STILL A LOT TO TAKE
IN AND COMPREHEND.
NICOLE: POLICE SAY BARONE WAS IN
THE BATHROOM AT DOWN UNDER
LOUNGE.
AND WHEN SHE CAME OUT, THIS MAN,
STEPHEN THOMPSON, PUNCHED HER IN
THE FACE -- SHOUTING HOMOSEXUAL
SLURS.
DAHLIA STRANGE SAYS SHE WAS IN
THE BATHROOM WITH KARA AND
SHE SAYS SHE WATCHED EVERYTHING
HAPPEN.
AND THE MAN ACCUSED OF THE
DAHLIA: I HOPE HE GOES TO JAIL
FOR A LONG TIME.
AGAIN.
NICOLE: ANOTHER FRIEND SAYS HE
WAS STANDING RIGHT THERE AS
EVERYTHING HAPPENED.
JUAN: I HAD BLOOD ALL OVER MY
ARMS WHEN HE HIT HER, BECAUSE I
WAS THAT CLOSE TO THE SITUATION.
NICOLE: BOTH SAY THEY BELIEVE
WHAT THEY SAW IS A HATE CRIME.
KARA SAYS SHE'S NOT AS WORRIED
ABOUT HER WOUNDS AND MORE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEY MEAN
TO THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY.
KARA: WHEN THEY SEE STUFF LIKE
THAT, THEY COULD BE AFRAID OF
COMING OUT.
I WAS AFRAID TO COME OUT, TOO.
YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO
ME?
YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, JUST
FOR ME BEING ME.
NICOLE: WITH HER ACCUSED
ATTACKER IN JAIL, SHE SHARES A
MESSAGE NOT FOR HIM, BUT FOR
ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE
THEMSELVES.
KARA: STUFF LIKE THAT HAPPENS TO
EVERYBODY, THE WHOLE POPULATION.
WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE IN THE
CROSSWALK OF HATERS AND HATE OUT
THERE.
JUST LIKE ANYBODY -- JUST LIKE
IF ANYBODY IS TALL OR FAT OR
SKINNY OR SHORT OR A DIFFERENT
COLOR.
NICOLE: THOMPSON'S BOND SET AT
$5000 FOR THIRD DEGREE ASSAULT
AND A HATE CRIME.
HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IS
SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 19.
BACK TO YOU.
BRANDI: WE'RE ALSO HEARING FROM
THE OWNER OF THE DOWN UNDER
LOUNGE.
JOHN NOSAL TELLS US HE'S
SEVERING TIES WITH THOMPSON, WHO
DJ-ED THERE IN THE PAST.
JOHN: WE DON'T CONDONE ASSAULT.
WE DON'T CONDONE BIGOTRY.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN TAKE THE
SITUATION, LEARN FROM IT, AND
MOVE FORWARD.
BRANDI: THE BAR ALSO POSTED THIS
