The gunman who targeted an LGBT nightclub last year had a secret sex life that included using escorts and dating services such as Plenty of Fish, and asking a friend to cover for him—all to cheat on his wife.
The disclosures came from federal court documents filed Monday in the criminal case against gunman Omar Mateen’s wife, Noor Salman, who faces charges of obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting Mateen’s massacre. Forty-nine people were killed and at least 68 others injured, and Mateen was killed by authorities as they raided Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida last summer.
Salman’s lawyers offered evidence of Mateen’s sexual escapades to show that he would constantly lie to her about where he was and that she had no idea where he was going when he left their home in south Florida to travel more than 100 miles to Orlando.
Federal authorities have said she lied to investigators about her husband, knew about his attack and concocted a cover story for him. Text messages included in Monday’s filing show the couple’s conversation before the attack happened.
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