A right-wing influential accused a gay father of raping his children. He’ll now face the music
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According to the Anti-Defamation League, an organization that monitors hateful extremists, Peters is a conspiracy theorist who “regularly promotes anti-LGBTQ+ and white supremacist beliefs.” He has over a million and a half followers across various platforms. Peters is an antisemitic conspiracy theorist who “regularly promotes anti-LGBTQ+ and white supremacist beliefs,” according to the Anti-Defamation League, a watchdog organization against hateful extremists.
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Peters, who has over a million and a half followers across various platforms, had declared on his show that Rolon should be executed for sex crimes against his kids.
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“Some pervert homo has access to at least four kids around the clock all the time. Rolon stated that he had two options on how to deal with @stewpeters. “Ignore it or expose him for what he is to show the public that real people exist.” The gay father-of-three has filed a lawsuit for defamation against Peters, who erroneously claimed that he was the father of four. The five-count lawsuit, first shared with The Advocate, accuses Peters of bias-related intimidation under New York civil rights law.
“Peters stirs up user engagement across his platforms by convincing his followers that Christian Americans are under attack by Jews, the LGBTQ+ community, and other marginalized groups, often unleashing a frenzy on specific individuals who are representative of those communities,” the lawsuit states.
Rolon’s attorneys first sent a cease-and-desist letter to Peters demanding that he remove all videos that refer to Rolon or his children. Remarkably, Peters complied.
Now he’ll face a jury that won’t look much like his rabid right-wing following.
“The sort of harassment and incitement my client and his young family suffered may be celebrated online, but a Brooklyn jury will look at it very, very differently,” said Carrie Goldberg, one of Rolon’s attorneys, in a statement.
“There’s a responsibility that comes with having as far a reach as Peters has,” she added. “There’s a responsibility that comes with having as much reach as Peters has,” she added. Goldberg stated that free speech does not include inciting others to harass and falsely report private citizens to the police. It only takes one rogue Christian to ruin a life.”
