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Two plead guilty in assault, robbery of WeHo man
Published Thursday, 04-Sep-2003 in issue 819
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two more men pleaded guilty Aug. 28 to charges related to an attack with a baseball bat on a gay actor in West Hollywood.
Torwin Sessions, 20, and Vincent Dotson, 19, pleaded guilty to mayhem and conspiracy to commit robbery while jury selection was under way in their trial. Dotson also pleaded guilty to car theft.
A third defendant, Larry Walker, 30, pleaded guilty Aug. 27 to mayhem and conspiracy to commit robbery.
Treve Broudy, 34, a gay model and actor, was beaten last September with a bat after he embraced a male friend outside his home. Broudy was in a coma and remained hospitalized for 10 weeks.
Broudy believes he was targeted due to his sexual orientation. Prosecutors declined to file hate crime charges after concluding the motive was robbery.
Authorities have said Sessions and Dotson participated in the beating while Walker searched Broudy for valuables.
Prosecutors said Sessions faces a 21-year prison sentence, Dotson a seven-year sentence and Walker 13 years. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 26.
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