Court date set in New York City anti-gay beatings

Criminal Law

The 10 suspects accused in anti-gay attacks on four men in the Bronx are due in court.

They have been charged with crimes including assault, sexual abuse and harassment, all as hate crimes. The men are scheduled to appear in Bronx state Supreme Court on Thursday.

Their families and attorneys say they are innocent. They have not entered pleas.

Authorities say the Oct. 3 attacks were touched off by the gang members' belief that one of their recruits was gay. Police say the 17-year-old recruit was beaten and sodomized. They say another 17-year-old also thought to be gay was attacked, and a 30-year-old and his brother were beaten.

City officials say it's the worst case of anti-gay violence in recent memory.

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