Man who killed gay secret admirer om ‘Jenny Jon Show’ gets parole

The 1995 murr of Stt Amre sparked a natnwi discsn on both trash televisn and the gay-panic fense. * gay man killed after talk show *

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. Schmz, who said he wasn’t gay, fatally shot Amre Lake Orn three days after the tapg. 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.

KILLER ‘JENNY JON’ GAY CSH MURR RELEASED OM PRISON

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. Jonathan Schmz, pictured center and far right, will walk out of prison next week after servg 21 years for killg his -worker Stt * gay man killed after talk show *

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. killg a gay admirer after the man revealed his csh on him.

MAN WHO MURRED GAY ADMIRER OUT OF 'EMBARRASSMENT' AFTER TV LOVE NFSN RELEASED OM PRISON

Jury Pontiac, Mich, orrs The Jenny Jon Show to pay $25 ln to fay of Stt Amre, gay man who was shot to ath by Jonathan T Schmz after he revealed his sexual attractn to Schmz on Jon show; se has foced attentn on such nontatnal talk shows on televisn; jury fds Warner Brothers, which owns, produc and distribut show, was negligent ath of Amre; Schmz's murr nvictn was overturned over matter of dismissed juror; his send crimal trial is set for Augt; photo (M) * gay man killed after talk show *

Amre, an openly gay man, and Schmz, who said he is. 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

A US jury has nvicted a gut on a televisn talk show of send gree murr for killg a gay man who revealed a csh … * gay man killed after talk show *

“I’d like to know that he learned somethg, that he’s a changed man, is no longer homophobic and has gotten psychologil re. 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. 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. Schmz, who said he wasn't gay, fatally shot Amre three days after the tapg.

MAN WHO KILLED GAY ADMIRER AFTER APPEARG ON ‘JENNY JON’ 1995 SET TO BE RELEASED OM PRISON

The Story Of Stt Amre, The Gay Man Who Was Murred Bee Of His Appearance On ‘The Jenny Jon Show’.

JENNY JON GUT WHO KILLED GAY MAN RELEASED FROM PRISON

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.

Homosexualy was a cursy at the time — one that was rerved for daytime talk shows like The Jenny Jon Show. 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. 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.

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

” His father had ma multiple homophobic statements the past and Schmz seemgly feared beg perceived as gay, as the doceri pots out.

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

A US jury has nvicted a gut on a televisn talk show of send gree murr for killg a gay man who revealed a csh on him durg the fendant, Jonathan Schmz (26), blked as the guilty verdict was read on Tuday, but showed ltle emotn as he was led away handcuffs, sayg "It's OK, " to his mother. But he was seen lghg, then buryg his face his hands and tellg the dience he was not homosexual. "None of this would have happened but for the Jenny Jon show explog homosexualy, a sensive issue, " Mr Frank Amre a statement, Telepictur cled to ment on the verdict but add "don't lsen the sadns and sorrow we feel about the sensels murr of Stt Amre and the pa and sorrow his fay and iends have been sufferg".

Both victims — olr, whe-llar profsnal men, wh the heterosexual vtments of marriag and children — had last been seen at an upsle Midtown Manhattan gay piano bar lled the begs Elon Green’s terrific, harrowg, te-crime acunt of an elive serial killer who preyed upon gay men the 1990s, perfidly turng the safe havens of gay bars to huntg grounds, and semi-anonymo late-night hookups to an opportuny to kill wh impuny. The most prolific serial killers explo the vulnerabili of the social orr; the “Last Call Killer” took advantage of gay men’s need for discretn and the enmic homophobia of law enforcement. Here was a generatn of men, more or ls, for whom was difficult to be visibly gay.

MAN NVICTED OF KILLG HIS TALK SHOW GAY ADMIRER

Closeted gay people do, of urse, lead rich, satisfyg existenc, even if they leave fewer trac. Gay men prsured to hi their sexualy at the height of the AIDS epimic are particularly sceptible to all-nsumg tragic seems to anticipate this journalistic nundm. Wh great passn, he wins his spe to explore the social value of gay bars to the queer muny and the val work of grass-roots groups like the New York Cy Anti-Vlence Project, which fought for fair treatment for gay crime victims durg a perd when they were often treated like reer crimals.

THE GAY MEN FREQUENTED MANHATTAN PIANO BARS. SO DID THEIR KILLER.

Would you tell that person that you’re gay and you hope that he is on natnal televisn?

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

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