Puerto Rican man claims he was Orlando shooter's gay lover and says the Pulse nightclub attack was 'revenge' after Omar Mateen discovered one of the men he'd had a threesome with was HIV positive
- Man identified only as 'Miguel' says he had a relationship with Omar Mateen for two months between October and December last year
- He said they met on Grindr, had a date, then were 'friends with benefits'
- Mateen 'loved to be cuddled', 'spoke to him about his Muslim faith'
- But he 'refused to take any selfies', told him 'his wife knew he was gay'
- Miguel said Mateen recently discovered a Puerto Rican gay man he'd had a threesome with was HIV-positive, told Miguel he would 'make them pay'
- Miguel said Mateen was attracted to Latinos but felt rejected by them
- Claimed Mateen was a regular at Pulse before shooting dead 49 people
By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com
Published: 23:09 EST, 21 June 2016
A man claiming to be the
Orlando shooter's lover says Omar Mateen was livid after discovering he'd had sex with an HIV-positive man.
The Hispanic gay man, identified only as Miguel, told
Univision he met Omar Mateen on Grindr before they became 'friends with benefits', meeting up 20 times at a hotel in Orlando, Florida.
Miguel described Mateen as a confused gay man and a heavy drinker who was attracted to - but felt rejected by - Latinos.
He believes Mateen's massacre on Pulse nightclub's Latin Night was an attempt at 'revenge' after discovering that one of the two Puerto Rican gay men he'd had a threesome with was HIV-positive.
Speaking in fluent Spanish and broken English, Miguel said that despite tests coming up negative, Mateen feared not enough time had passed for an accurate result, and he wanted to 'make them pay'.
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'Tryst': The Hispanic gay man, identified only as Miguel, told Univision he met Omar Mateen on Grindr before they became 'friends with benefits', meeting up 20 times at a hotel. His identity has been disguised with a mask
'The thing that makes me want to tell the truth is that he didn’t do it for terrorism,' Miguel told Univision's Maria Elena Salinas. 'In my opinion he did it for revenge.'
Before the massacre, Miguel insists, Mateen seemed 'adorable' and 'sweet', adding that they often had oral sex and that Mateen 'loved to be cuddled... he loved to be embraced'.
Their first date, he said, was at a bar in Orlando called Parliament. 'It was like any other date,' he recounts.
Every other meeting was at the city's Ambassador hotel, where they met 15 to 20 times between October and December 2015.
Univision said a representative for the hotel confirmed that Omar Mateen was a familiar face, and that he stayed at the hotel at least 63 times last year.
The FBI has obtained CCTV footage from the hotel, Univision reports.
Miguel said Mateen lashed out when he once tried to take selfies in bed, forcing him to put his phone down.
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