Enraged Lover Attacks Man Who Was About to Receive Sex Act From Transgender Partner
Enraged lover attacks man who was about to receive sex act from transgender partner
BY Rocco Parascandola, Joe Jackson and Joe Kemp
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Saturday, August 7th 2010, 4:00 AM
A sexual tryst turned violent early Friday when a man used a corrosive liquid to douse another man he caught with his transgender lover, police said.
Ruben Olivares, 37, walked into his upper East Side home only to catch his 19-year-old flame about to perform a sex act on Antonio Lara, police and the victim said.
The jilted lover - a porter who works in the building - splashed Lara, 29, with the liquid, which investigators believe to be hydrochloric acid, and high-tailed it away from the scene, cops said.
"She wanted money for oral sex," Lara told the News from his bed at New York Presbyterian Cornell Weill Hospital. "So I give her $20.
"Then, this guy comes through the door," the Mexican immigrant said. "He brought a coffee cup.
"I thought it was coffee and he threw it at me," he said. "It was acid in the coffee - it was very hot."
Neighbors said they heard a ruckus at about 6:20 a.m.
"The girlfriend came running out screaming, naked," said neighbor Dianora Niccolini, 74.
Lara said he met the unidentified teen through a phone service he saw advertised on television. She sent him a photo and they agreed to meet before he went to work as a scaffolding builder in Queens.
Olivares used his key to get inside the apartment and soon spotted Lara. An argument erupted and the porter tossed the liquid on Lara, police said.
He suffered burns to his face, neck, arms, chest and stomach. He is in serious but stable condition.
Witnesses said firefighters sprayed the father of two down with water, while cops searched for Olivares.
"The Fire Department guys were telling him to stand still," said Jason Catlin, 39, who watched the scene from his bar on E. 78th St. "It was crazy. I never saw anything like it."
Neighbors did not express sympathy for Olivares, who they said has a wife in Queens.
"I feel sorry for Ruben, but he's not a nice guy," Niccolini said.With Kerry Burke
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