The Jenny Jon Show surprised him wh his gay secret admirer. This week he leav prison. - The Washgton Post

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• A 1995 TV SHOW SURPRISED HIM WH HIS GAY SECRET ADMIRER. THIS WEEK HE LEAV PRISON.
• MAN WHO KILLED GAY SECRET ADMIRER OM ‘JENNY JON SHOW’ GETS PAROLE
• KILLER ‘JENNY JON’ GAY CSH MURR RELEASED OM PRISON
• MAN WHO KILLED GAY ADMIRER FROM 'JENNY JON SHOW' OUT OF PRISON
•  NETFLIX TRIAL BY MEDIA GAY MAN CSH THE JENNY JON SHOW MURR
• GAY HISTORY – MARCH 5, 1995: THE JENNY JON SHOW “SECRET GAY CSH” EPISO LEADS TO MURR. [VIO]
• THE HORRIFIC TE STORY OF THE ‘GAY PANIC’ TALK SHOW MURR THAT SHOCKED AMERI
• THE STORY OF STT AMRE, THE GAY MAN WHO WAS MURRED BEE OF HIS APPEARANCE ON ‘THE JENNY JON SHOW’
• THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS GAY ADMIRER AFTER APPEARG ON "JENNY JON" HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISONTHE 1995 MURR OF STT AMRE SPARKED A NATNWI DISCSN ON BOTH TRASH TELEVISN AND THE GAY-PANIC {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY TRISH BENDIXAUGT 22, 2017/2:42 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY TRISH BENDIXAUGT 22, 2017 / 2:42 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS GAY ADMIRER AFTER APPEARG ON \"JENNY JON\" HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-22T18:42:40.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-22T18:42:40.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A MAN NVICTED OF MURRG A GAY IEND WHO REVEALED HIS CSH ON HIM BEFORE A LIVE STUD DIENCE HAS BEEN RELEASED OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1995, STT AMRE AGREED TO REVEAL HIS SECRET CSH ON A MALE ACQUATANCE, JONATHAN SCHMZ, ON THE JENNY JON SHOW. BUT JT DAYS AFTER THE TAPG, SCHMZ TOOK A 12-GGE SHOTGUN AND SHOT 32-YEAR-OLD AMRE TWICE THE CHT, KILLG HIM STANTLY.YOUTUBEJOHN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CINT PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON TRASHY TALK SHOWS, WHICH WERE EVERYWHERE THE 1990S AND EQUENTLY FEATURED SUCH "SURPRISE" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE EPISO NEVER MA TO AIR, THE MURR TRIAL BEME FAMO FOR SCHMZ'S E OF THE "GAY PANIC" FENSE. (AMRE'S FAY ALSO SUED THE JENNY JON SHOW, CLAIMG PRODUCERS SHOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT SCHMZ'S HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNS.) IN 1996 SCHMZ WAS NVICTED OF SEND-GREE MURR AND SENTENCED TO 25 TO 50 YEARS PRISON.MDOC JONATHAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HE WAS JT RELEASED YTERDAY AFTER ONLY 22 YEARS BEHD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCHMZ MET AMRE WHILE WORKG A R FOR A MUTUAL IEND, DONNA RILEY. (RILEY ALSO APPEARED ON THE JENNY JON SHOW AND WAS THE ONE WHO ENURAGED AMRE TO DIVULGE HIS CSH ON TV.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG TAPG, JON ENURAGED AMRE TO REVEAL HIS SEXUAL FANTASI ABOUT SCHMZ, AND LATER PLAYED THE MOST SALAC BS FOR SCHMZ, WHO WAS CLEARLY UNFORTABLE. HE MATAED HIS HETEROSEXUALY THROUGHOUT THE SEGMENT, TELLG AMRE AND RILEY, "YOU LIED TO ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT TRIAL, A PRODUCER CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT AMRE AND SCHMZ WENT OUT DRKG AFTER THE TAPG, AND THAT THEY "SLOW DANCED AND KISSED." THREE DAYS LATER, BACK MICHIGAN, AMRE LEFT A SUGGTIVE NOTE AT SCHMZ'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER FDG THE NOTE, SCHMZ WHDREW MONEY OM THE BANK, PURCHASED A SHOTGUN, AND THEN WENT TO AMRE'S TRAILER. HE QUTNED AMRE ABOUT THE LETTER, RETRIEVED THE GUN OM HIS R, AND FATALLY SHOT AMRE. HE THEN LEFT, LLED 9-1-1, AND NFSED TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS A SET-UP BY THE TELEVISN SHOW," SCHMZ'S ATTORNEY, PETER VON HOEK, TOLD MICHIGAN RAD. “MR. SCHMZ GOT LURED TO CHIGO, NOT KNOWG THAT [SAME-SEX CSH] WERE THE TOPIC. VON HOEK NIED WAS A HATE CRIME, THOUGH, SISTG THERE WAS NO EVINCE SCHMZ HATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK HE WAS A VERY VULNERABLE PERSON AND GIVEN A LOT OF HIS MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY— HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON HIM DIVIDUALLY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTIVISTS ARE UPSET SCHMZ HAS BEEN RELEASED EARLY, POTG TO AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE U.S. TOLERAT VLENCE AGAST QUEER PEOPLE.MDOC JONATHAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE PAROLE OF JONATHAN SCHMZ IS A REMR OF THE VLENCE THAT LGBTQ AMERINS FACE ACROSS OUR UNTRY AND RIGHT HERE MICHIGAN,” SAID STEPHANIE WHE OF EQUALY MICHIGAN. “IT’S ALSO A REMR OF JT HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT WE WORK TO DISMANTLE THE LGBTQ BIAS THAT LEADS TO THGS LIKE THE ‘GAY PANIC’ FENSE OUR URTROOMS. WE HAVE A GREAT AL OF WORK STILL TO DO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE AMRE FAY IALLY WON S $29 LN CIVIL SU AGAST THE JENNY JON SHOW AND WARNER BROS. BUT THE MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS LATER OVERTURNED THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN S LG, THE APPEALS URT SAID THE SHOW "HAD NO DUTY TO ANTICIPATE AND PREVENT THE ACT OF MURR MTED BY SCHMZ THREE DAYS AFTER LEAVG THE STUD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE JENNY JON SHOW “SECRET CSH” GAY PANIC MURR SUBJECT OF NETFLIX’S “TRIAL BY MEDIA”
• JENNY JON GUT WHO KILLED GAY MAN RELEASED FROM PRISON
• MAN WHO KILLED GAY ADMIRER AFTER APPEARG ON ‘JENNY JON’ 1995 SET TO BE RELEASED OM PRISON

A 1995 TV SHOW SURPRISED HIM WH HIS GAY SECRET ADMIRER. THIS WEEK HE LEAV PRISON.

Would you tell that person that you’re gay and you hope that he is on natnal televisn? A Michigan man who murred a gay admirer three days after the victim revealed his same-sex csh on the “Jenny Jon” talk show has been set ee after 22 years prison.

MAN WHO KILLED GAY SECRET ADMIRER OM ‘JENNY JON SHOW’ GETS PAROLE

But Schmz, who said he was not gay, grew enraged, acrdg to his trial fense, when he subsequently found what was portrayed as a flirtat note om Amre. Schmz, who said he wasn't gay, fatally shot Amre three days after the tapg.

Schmz had known Amre was gay. He stated that although was evint that the 24-year-old was not fortable discsg his sexualy on televisn — nsirg how rampant homophobia was the '90s — Jon ntued brgg up.

KILLER ‘JENNY JON’ GAY CSH MURR RELEASED OM PRISON

Schmz, who said he wasn’t gay, later fatally shot Amre Lake Orn.

‘I’d like to know that he learned somethg, that he’s a changed man, is no longer homophobic and has gotten psychologil re. Trial by Media, a new Netflix documentary, sh a h light on the “gay panic” murr of Jenny Jon Show gut Stt Amre. Stt Amre was a 32-year-old gay man who, 1995, was murred senselsly a se that shocked Ameri.

MAN WHO KILLED GAY ADMIRER FROM 'JENNY JON SHOW' OUT OF PRISON

After shootg him twice the cht, Schmz lled 911 to nfs to the “gay panic” killg. ‘Gay panic’ fence was ed Jonathan Schmz trial.

The se is often ced as an example of the “gay panic” fence tactic that, more than two s on, is still prevalent. The Story Of Stt Amre, The Gay Man Who Was Murred Bee Of His Appearance On ‘The Jenny Jon Show’. As an out and proud gay man, Stt Amre was genero when me to his muny and even took his iends who were sufferg om HIV plitns at a time when no one else would do so.

” Schmz then phoned 911 and nfsed to the murr, though he would later ttify that he felt “gay panic” his fense. “I’d like to know that he learned somethg, that he’s a changed man, is no longer homophobic and has gotten psychologil re. Homosexualy was a cursy at the time — one that was rerved for daytime talk shows like The Jenny Jon Show.

 NETFLIX TRIAL BY MEDIA GAY MAN CSH THE JENNY JON SHOW MURR

In fact, Dershowz believed that Schmz’s malice played more of a role Stt Amre’s ath than his claims of a “gay panic, ” though Dershowz stopped jt short of outright accg Jon and her producers of murr.

A man nvicted of murrg a gay iend who revealed his csh on him before a live stud dience has been released om 1995, Stt Amre agreed to reveal his secret csh on a male acquatance, Jonathan Schmz, on The Jenny Jon Show. But jt days after the tapg, Schmz took a 12-gge shotgun and shot 32-year-old Amre twice the cht, killg him cint put a spotlight on trashy talk shows, which were everywhere the 1990s and equently featured such "surprise" the episo never ma to air, the murr trial beme famo for Schmz's e of the "gay panic" fense.

GAY HISTORY – MARCH 5, 1995: THE JENNY JON SHOW “SECRET GAY CSH” EPISO LEADS TO MURR. [VIO]

Von Hoek nied was a hate crime, though, sistg there was no evince Schmz hated gays. “It’s also a remr of jt how important is that we work to dismantle the LGBTQ bias that leads to thgs like the ‘gay panic’ fense our urtrooms.

Now 25 years later NETFLIX’s new doceri Trial by Media, whose executive producers clu Gee Clooney, Court TV creator Steven Brill and CNN legal analyst Jefey Toob tak a closer look at the famo “talk-show gay csh murr” and s subsequent trials. The first episoof the seri als wh a young man om Michigan, Jonathan Schmz, who shot and killed acquatance Stt Amre days after Amre, a gay man revealed his csh on Schmz on an episo of the Jenny Jon Show, a “gotcha”-style daytime program which thrived on gned-up nflict between guts wh ltle regard for off-air nsequenc and aftermath which this se led to the homophobic hate crime of murr. Interviews wh fay members of both the victim and his killer, the lawyers who reprented both sis and urt room footage of both the murr trial and the lawsu brought by Amre’s brother agast The Jenny Jon shows not only how the media sensatnalized this murr 1995 but also the homophobia prevalent of that time perd and which still exists today.

THE HORRIFIC TE STORY OF THE ‘GAY PANIC’ TALK SHOW MURR THAT SHOCKED AMERI

A Michigan jury is cidg whether the Jenny Jon show was rponsible for the murr of a gay man who appeared on the liberatns began early Thursday the $71 ln lawsu agast Jon and her show's producers, who are acced of drivg a Michigan man to murr a gay gut.

The lawsu was filed by the fay of Stt Amre, who was sla March, 1995, by Jonathan Schmz three days after Amre revealed his gay fantasi for Schmz on the show. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMay 8, 1999See the article s origal ntext om May 8, 1999, Sectn A, Page 10Buy ReprtsTimMache is an exclive benef for home livery and digal a se that has foced attentn on nontatnal talk shows, a jury here orred ''The Jenny Jon Show'' to pay $25 ln to the fay of a gay man who was shot to ath after revealg that he was sexually attracted to another man on the jury this northern suburb of Detro found that Warner Brothers, which owns, produc and distribut the show, was negligent the ath of Stt Amre, who died at the age of 32 March 1995. Jefey Montgomery, the executive director of the Triangle Foundatn, a gay advocy group Michigan, said that by blamg the talk show rather than Mr.

Schmz, the platiffs had fed homophobia and created a legal blueprt for Mr.

THE STORY OF STT AMRE, THE GAY MAN WHO WAS MURRED BEE OF HIS APPEARANCE ON ‘THE JENNY JON SHOW’

It was one of the most sensatnal media stori of the mid-'90s: a gay gut me out durg a tapg of TheJenny Jon Show, revealed to a straight iend he was cshg on him while a Chigo stud dience watched, and then, days later, the gay man was shot to ath by the man he even more shockg is that after servg ls than 18 years prison, Jonathan Schmz is out of prison for murrg Stt Amre, only 32 at the time of his ath. [RELATED: "18 Talk Show Moments That Ma LGBT History"]Schmz, 24 at the time, claimed embarrassment over the episo led him to kill Amre; basilly, a variatn of the gay panic fense.

A Michigan man who shot and killed a gay man after he nfsed he his secret csh on a TV talk show is schled to be released om prison on Augt 21.

Schmz, who was not gay, was aware that his -worker was openly gay.

THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS GAY ADMIRER AFTER APPEARG ON "JENNY JON" HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISONTHE 1995 MURR OF STT AMRE SPARKED A NATNWI DISCSN ON BOTH TRASH TELEVISN AND THE GAY-PANIC {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY TRISH BENDIXAUGT 22, 2017/2:42 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY TRISH BENDIXAUGT 22, 2017 / 2:42 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS GAY ADMIRER AFTER APPEARG ON \"JENNY JON\" HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-08-22T18:42:40.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-08-22T18:42:40.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A MAN NVICTED OF MURRG A GAY IEND WHO REVEALED HIS CSH ON HIM BEFORE A LIVE STUD DIENCE HAS BEEN RELEASED OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1995, STT AMRE AGREED TO REVEAL HIS SECRET CSH ON A MALE ACQUATANCE, JONATHAN SCHMZ, ON THE JENNY JON SHOW. BUT JT DAYS AFTER THE TAPG, SCHMZ TOOK A 12-GGE SHOTGUN AND SHOT 32-YEAR-OLD AMRE TWICE THE CHT, KILLG HIM STANTLY.YOUTUBEJOHN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CINT PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON TRASHY TALK SHOWS, WHICH WERE EVERYWHERE THE 1990S AND EQUENTLY FEATURED SUCH "SURPRISE" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE EPISO NEVER MA TO AIR, THE MURR TRIAL BEME FAMO FOR SCHMZ'S E OF THE "GAY PANIC" FENSE. (AMRE'S FAY ALSO SUED THE JENNY JON SHOW, CLAIMG PRODUCERS SHOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT SCHMZ'S HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNS.) IN 1996 SCHMZ WAS NVICTED OF SEND-GREE MURR AND SENTENCED TO 25 TO 50 YEARS PRISON.MDOC JONATHAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HE WAS JT RELEASED YTERDAY AFTER ONLY 22 YEARS BEHD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCHMZ MET AMRE WHILE WORKG A R FOR A MUTUAL IEND, DONNA RILEY. (RILEY ALSO APPEARED ON THE JENNY JON SHOW AND WAS THE ONE WHO ENURAGED AMRE TO DIVULGE HIS CSH ON TV.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG TAPG, JON ENURAGED AMRE TO REVEAL HIS SEXUAL FANTASI ABOUT SCHMZ, AND LATER PLAYED THE MOST SALAC BS FOR SCHMZ, WHO WAS CLEARLY UNFORTABLE. HE MATAED HIS HETEROSEXUALY THROUGHOUT THE SEGMENT, TELLG AMRE AND RILEY, "YOU LIED TO ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT TRIAL, A PRODUCER CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT AMRE AND SCHMZ WENT OUT DRKG AFTER THE TAPG, AND THAT THEY "SLOW DANCED AND KISSED." THREE DAYS LATER, BACK MICHIGAN, AMRE LEFT A SUGGTIVE NOTE AT SCHMZ'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER FDG THE NOTE, SCHMZ WHDREW MONEY OM THE BANK, PURCHASED A SHOTGUN, AND THEN WENT TO AMRE'S TRAILER. HE QUTNED AMRE ABOUT THE LETTER, RETRIEVED THE GUN OM HIS R, AND FATALLY SHOT AMRE. HE THEN LEFT, LLED 9-1-1, AND NFSED TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT WAS A SET-UP BY THE TELEVISN SHOW," SCHMZ'S ATTORNEY, PETER VON HOEK, TOLD MICHIGAN RAD. “MR. SCHMZ GOT LURED TO CHIGO, NOT KNOWG THAT [SAME-SEX CSH] WERE THE TOPIC. VON HOEK NIED WAS A HATE CRIME, THOUGH, SISTG THERE WAS NO EVINCE SCHMZ HATED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK HE WAS A VERY VULNERABLE PERSON AND GIVEN A LOT OF HIS MENTAL HEALTH HISTORY— HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON HIM DIVIDUALLY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTIVISTS ARE UPSET SCHMZ HAS BEEN RELEASED EARLY, POTG TO AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE U.S. TOLERAT VLENCE AGAST QUEER PEOPLE.MDOC JONATHAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE PAROLE OF JONATHAN SCHMZ IS A REMR OF THE VLENCE THAT LGBTQ AMERINS FACE ACROSS OUR UNTRY AND RIGHT HERE MICHIGAN,” SAID STEPHANIE WHE OF EQUALY MICHIGAN. “IT’S ALSO A REMR OF JT HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT WE WORK TO DISMANTLE THE LGBTQ BIAS THAT LEADS TO THGS LIKE THE ‘GAY PANIC’ FENSE OUR URTROOMS. WE HAVE A GREAT AL OF WORK STILL TO DO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE AMRE FAY IALLY WON S $29 LN CIVIL SU AGAST THE JENNY JON SHOW AND WARNER BROS. BUT THE MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS LATER OVERTURNED THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN S LG, THE APPEALS URT SAID THE SHOW "HAD NO DUTY TO ANTICIPATE AND PREVENT THE ACT OF MURR MTED BY SCHMZ THREE DAYS AFTER LEAVG THE STUD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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JENNY JON GUT WHO KILLED GAY MAN RELEASED FROM PRISON

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