Alleged gay basher and Jack Daniels aficionado Kathryn Knott‘s trail started off with a bang, to say the least.
“You dirty fucking faggot. Is that your fucking boyfriend? Fucking faggot, fucking faggot, fucking faggot,” Assistant D.A. Allison Ruth said during her opening statements against Knott yesterday at a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court court.
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Ruth was, of course, quoting Knott, who is accused of participating in a violent attack against a gay couple in September 2014. The 25-year-old is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and conspiracy.
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Though Knott wasn’t responsible for the worst of the punches, Ruth said, she did “run toward the fight” and “she threw punches.”
Those punches ultimately resulted in one of the victims, Andrew Haught, having his eye socket broken and his jaw shattered.
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“His jaw was wired shut,” Ruth said, “like a medieval torture chamber for eight weeks,” during which “he couldn’t eat anything,” and had to survive on a liquid diet.
Then Ruth played the video showing the attack, followed by sharing a series of tweets grabbed from Knott’s now defunct Twitter page. Some of the tweets read:
- @krisssstenxoxo the ppl we were just dancing with just turned and mafe out with eatch other #gay #ew
- jazz flute is for little fairy boys
- My cab driver starting shouting some jihad shit so I starting singing America the beautiful #merrica.
- @g0_nads he’s gonna rip me today for my hair..just wait. #dyke
- this camo song is gay like all the other brad paisley songs
All the while, the jury listened intently.
But Knott’s attorney, Louis Busico, denied all of Ruth’s claims. He told the jury: “At no point in time will one of the [prosecution’s] independent witnesses say she touched a soul.”
(This statement proved to be false when an eye witness later testified that, actually, yes, Knott did punch one of the victims and, afterwards, her friends all cheered.)
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“The vile language,” Busico added, “the faggot language, the fuck you language, none of it comes from her.”
All of that, Busico claimed, came from Knott’s two cohorts in the attack, Philip Williams and Kevin Harrigan, who both accepted plea deals earlier this year.
“Being present while some other people commit a crime is not a crime,” Busico argued. “Don’t hold her responsible for the acts of other grown men.”
Kathryn Knott is, the attorney added unconvincingly, “a wonderful human being.”
The trial continues.
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Nate Gallagher
She’s a loser.
Dakotahgeo
“Kathryn Knott is, the attorney added unconvincingly, “a wonderful human being.” Yes, indeed! Something akin to Lizzie Borden and her celebrated “axe!” Or maybe Vlad, the Impaler! Such classy company these misfits make!
Jere
So the “wonderful human being” is supposed to have stood by and done nothing while her two companions beat and verbally abused an innocent bystander? I don’t think I have the same understanding of the meaning of “wonderful” as this attorney does.
aliengod
Her behavior was disgusting to say the least. I can’t imagine that she’ll walk away from this without jail time.
Christopher-Aaron Paul Francis Felker
â??You dirty fucking faggot. Is that your fucking boyfriend? Fucking faggot, fucking faggot, fucking faggot,â? This triggers my ptsd
Justin Weeks
Hope they crucify her stupid bitch ass
Chris Duffy
Do you suck your meth dealer like that, hun?
Gigi Gee
She’ll look swell in her bright orange jumpsuit.
Peter Gaffney
Dirty bitch.
redcarpet30
Of all the bashers involved, you’d think this dumb ass would have been the first to plea out with a slap on the wrist. But going to trial? I hope they throw the book at her.
Gerard Sikora
bich needs to be taught a lesson….. karma is a rel bitch sometimes…
Emma Louise Reeves
Gay basher? I’d floor her with my handbag in a heartbeat…….
Matthew Rivs
Steven Ford
David Briskie
Throw her white trash ass in jail .
Danny Clement
Just think, if she gets a prison sentence she will get too meet lots of really friendly lesbians.
o.codone
Daddy is Police Chief in some local community, right? He’s calling-in some favors, she’ll walk. And, will the gay community riot, burn the town down, shoot at the cops? Probably not. Any guesses why not?
AJAnders
Her attorney said in the opening statement that she didn’t touch a soul yet a witness later testified that she did ON THE SAME DAY.
Not a strong start for the defense, which is good. But I still fear that daddy’s connections will get her off with a wrist slap.
Jack Walter
White trash.
moldisdelicious
Where are all the people who keep saying how america is safe for gay people and that we are far ahead of the world in terms of homophobia where most people embrace it? Funny because this is one of the reported incidents that happened to be publicized and make it to trial. A lot of homophobic attacks don’t, let alone are even reported.
Glücklich
The girl is trash. Like pastors’ kids, cops’ kids are probably generally a nasty lot.
White. Trash. As evidenced by allowing herself to be photographed drinking straight from the bottle. I do that shit behind the closed door of my office…when my schedule’s blocked for “region conference call.”
@o.codone:
We gays know better?
Jeff Eiselman
Brian Nesbitt
That cunt should rot in jail.
Cam
Her father is a police chief, members of the Jury are probably already being harassed or paid off by his buddies in the court system.
John Yeager
she’s not worth my words.
moldisdelicious
@o.codone:
You just contradicted yourself, stupid. Funny how most bigots are too stupid and dumb to realize that they are bigots. Always ready to blame the people that are the subject of their ignorance for why they themselves are ignorant and hateful. Stupid.
Timothy Paul Woodbury
Evil bitch
Alex Kyle-Thundershield Simmons
It’s sad, when you wanna see another human being brutally raped and beaten…ie, Her.
J Stephen Lowe
I hope she gets a fireball up her twat everyday in prison. Not fit to be walking among us!
Alfredo Villanueva
fROM WHORE TO BITCH TO WITCH TO PSYCHO THE REPUBLICAN WAY.
Juanjo
Not looking good for her right now. Can’t wait to see what evidence her attorney has regarding what a wonderful person she is.
alterego1980
@moldisdelicious: “Funny because this is one of the reported incidents that happened to be publicized and make it to trial. A lot of homophobic attacks don’t, let alone are even reported.”
You’re absolutely right. But this trial still helps prove that the US is safer than most parts of the world. Maybe Canada & five countries in Europe have it better. While it can always get better overall in the US, it is a safe place to be yourself. And it continues to get better.
trell
@Danny Clement:
I’d hope so too, but even they probably wouldn’t touch that skanky bitch with a wet wipe.
footwork61
@David Briskie: Correction — white trash with money. All three perps are/were pretty well off.
David Moraliss Detori Davies
Luckily she is a minority, well at least in the UK. My apologies to our American friends for having to suffer such a disgraceful human being. I think the trial is pretty clear cut and that should all stick with a jail sentence.
1EqualityUSA
She could be a speech writer for Ted Cruz.
Eric Carr
Dirty bitch should have gotten the Chair.
captainburrito
Her pictures and tweets are really quite damning too.
unreligious
Dakotahgeo actually despite the little jingle Lizzie Borden was found innocent, lets hope this in not the case with Kathryn.
Dakotahgeo
@unreligious: Yiyiyi… you are so right! Mea culpa. I hope she meets her Bubbalicious in prison the minute she’s escorted into the cell!
Jeff Phillips
“Being present while some other people commit a crime is not a crime,â? Busico argued” so if I see someone kill someone else and I am standing there, I am not an accessory to a crime, good to know,
Poloboy50
If the victims were Black this would be all over the major networks. Where are the protesters, there needs to be a group like Act Up was in the 80s and 90s. Crash those court houses, scream as loud as you can that we’re not going to take this violence against Gay people anymore. But no; I have to read about it the day after on a Gay blog. Brilliant !!
Brian
Kathryn Knott should never work in an area of care again – ever. If she’s in the nursing business, she should be drummed out as fast as possible. That is after she has served her jail sentence.
She reminds me of these very homophobic women who exist in the world, the ones who are jealous of male homosexuality because it represents a rejection of women. These women take the rejection personally, and see male homosexuality as a source of male power which no woman can control.
To these women, male homosexuality = male power.
GG
Here is her punishment: Share a prison cell with Davis, and have to listen to Davis’ proselytizing 16 hours a day.
Brian
@Poloboy50: Well, you need to remember that gay men are more interested in posting comments on the internet than in actual physical activism. After they post their comments, gay men then tend to look at porn or Grindr. At night, they might visit the bar to pick someone up, then return home and post another comment on the internet.
Mack
Hopefully the DA’s office is competent enough to have included in the plea bargain for the other two dimwits that they have to testify against her.
Realitycheck
What a filthy Kunt!
https://storify.com/Clarknt67/meet-defendant-kathryn-knott
omacdonald
In addition of this gay bashing accusation, I also have to remind everyone this “wonderful human being” also tweeted medical information/pictures of patients making fun of them while she was a medical worker. Real decent human being she is.
Glücklich
@omacdonald:
Good to know. I hope that info makes its way into the trial to reinforce the “wonderful” picture presented to the jury.
SonOfKings
Hopefully, they’ll put that nasty whore under the jail.
youarekiddingme
@moldisdelicious: Good Point…ask Alistair! He’s always up in arms about “other countries” and how they treat gay people, but doesn’t seem the least bit concerned about the problems we have here at home. I guess he thinks things are fine here. I guess until you get up from your “easy chair” and stop looking at the idiot box that is…
youarekiddingme
@Brian: Brian you are so FULL OF SHIT!! Where were you in the 80’s during the pandemic? Oh, probably not born yet or in fucking diapers…Don’t begin to speak about other gays not being interested in activism by reflection. Just because you sit at home all day and masturbate with your mom’s panties doesn’t mean a thing about the majority of gay men in this country…How do you think the pressure was put on States and finally the Federal Government to legalize Gay Marriage? How about DADT being reformed? How about domestic partner benefits?
Forget it. While others of us have been out there making a difference, you have been at home making a mess. Stop with the generalizations. Without activism, homosexuality would still be classified as a mental disorder you idiot.
Aromaeus
@Poloboy50: Hoe don’t do it. Why is it that your ilk feel the need to piggyback off of black pain to make a f*cking point? On the contrary when the victim is black a lot of the time the media pays NO ATTENTION to it. There are incidents that don’t get any press until months and even years after the fact and only because of things like the BLM movement. Please stop peddling this lie that somehow black people are respected in this country. Queer white people are still a bit higher up on the totem pole.
scotshot
@Brian:
Do you believe your Trolling and sniveling commentary mean anything to others on this board?
Always interesting hetero Trolls as you seem to believe they know the goings on of every gay person in the US.
(yawn)
joeyty
@David Moraliss Detori Davies: Minority in the UK, yes. She’s a homophobe but not a Muslim.
Nahald
She’ll just claim she was drunk and didn’t know what she was doing . Lock her ass up in jail and maybe she’ll learn a little something about being gay when she’s someone’s b*tch !
GayEGO
Hmmmm, I wonder what gender this looney-tunes is, a Phallica?
gayt0r
Honestly, I want to see her beaten to a bloody pulp as much as the next person but I think we all need to quit subscribing to the notion that jail is the ultimate form of punishment because it’s not! I think it’s going to be so much more rewarding to watch her apply to a hundred thousand jobs only to be turned down as soon as they google her name, finally resigning to a crap job where she manufactures items at a factory, or burdens a family business for the rest of her life. She is simply never going to recover from this, and she has truly dug her grave just like her other two pimps.
Even if she does not go to jail, she is getting what she deserves.
NoCagada
@Danny Clement: BIG JOHNNY will be waiting
NoCagada
@Brian: WOW! You must be the one who wrote
THE GAY AGENDA
Could you send more copies? I never got mine. You and all your closeted republican fux sure seem to be the experts.
calderfe
Correct please if I’m wrong (and it certainly was not widely reported by the local news here in Philly), but didn’t the 2 other perps, the main attackers, only get banished from city for 3 years? And maybe a small fine. Not even sure why the DA let them plea down the charges. Ridiculous
Sluggo2007
By the C, by the C, by the C-U-N-T!