Did "gay panic" spark blaze at Winnipeg bathhouse?
MANITOBA / Alleged arsonist was "tricked" into having sex with another man, says friend
Kaj Hasselriis / National / Friday, November 13, 2009
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Did_gay_panic_spark_blaze_at_Winnipeg_bathhouse-7827.aspxA friend of one of the two men who died in a Winnipeg bathhouse fire says he doesn't believe the alleged arsonist's excuse — that the accused man started the fire because he was "tricked" into having sex with another man.
"Let's call a spade a spade," says Bert Royer, whose friend Gene Clark died in the blaze at Aquarius Spa on Oct 11. "(The alleged arsonist) knew what he was doing."
Justin Rosdobutko, a 25-year-old factory worker, is facing two counts of manslaughter in connection with the fire, which happened during one of Aquarius' co-ed nights. A friend of Rosdobutko who went with him to the bathhouse told the Winnipeg Free Press that Rosdobutko was "upset" that he had sex with a drag queen, thinking that it was really a woman.
