New Zealand: Grindr Pred Hunters sentenced to home detention for homophobia
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2025 11:12 pm
New Zealand does things differently.
In the US, not only would these men have been celebrated, but gays on X and Bluesky would be crawling out from under their rocks to denounce in the strongest possible terms ANY official who dared play the homophobia card against a pred hunter.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plent ... MOMY56Q44/
In the US, not only would these men have been celebrated, but gays on X and Bluesky would be crawling out from under their rocks to denounce in the strongest possible terms ANY official who dared play the homophobia card against a pred hunter.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plent ... MOMY56Q44/
While the specific incidents varied in terms of locations and the extent of the assaults, they all followed a similar pattern.
Fake profiles were made, messages exchanged and gay men were lured to private homes, parks and streets, often late at night.
Not all of the victims were identified, but the summary of facts details 13 separate assaults between August and September 2024.
The assaults included punches, kicks, stomps and slaps. During one assault a man was made to strip naked.
When the victims tried to run they would be chased by the group, and during some of the assaults the attackers wore balaclavas.
Videos of the assaults were then posted online, which caused the victims “considerable emotional distress”.