Lorenzo survivor recalls waking up with zip ties around his neck
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- A man who said he was likely drugged by Steven Lorenzo and then assaulted said he remembers the wine tasting "salty" and then heard zip ties tightening before he passed out. When he woke up, he removed a "very large butt plug" from his rectum.
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Lorenzo asked each victim about why they went back to the house. Doesn't matter why at all, they did not go there to be sexually assaulted- that's for sure. If he was asking a female victim that, way more people would be sickened. If a victim went there for sex, at some point it stopped being consensual and it became a full on attack and control of another human being, Get this evil thing off our planet NOW.
Unfortunately th taxpayers will be paying for his incarceration for the rest of his life
It does matter. People need to stop making stupid decisions
Exactly
What happenes when a man bat's for the own team... It's a sin and kama
@@GrandMasterKai*yawn
Very brave of the victims to testify
Some of the worst courtroom audio I've ever heard.
Definitely
It's infuriating!
agreed.
These men that made it out of his home after a night of SA are lucky to be alive.
1+1=2. no offense
@@yodigak8810good job kiddo
@@lovemylittles4758 thank you Captain obvious
@@yodigak8810 You’re welcome kiddo
@@lovemylittles4758😅😅❤👊
What a sick man. His questioning at the end infuriates me.
he is a sick man, but those folks were there for sex and drugs, so he lied too; i am not against people doing with their own what they like; but the murderer is truly an evil man
I’m really shocked by some of these damn comments on this horrifying clip.
For real. The comments section is a bunch of self reporting date rapists.
Samantha, you're not alone. I think most of us are concerned and feel like you. It's just upsetting to see it. I feel really bad if any of the victims in this case see such hate, or any survivors of horrific attacks. Just awful
people are absolutely shameful.
Same . This poor victim seems to be judged here instead of being seen as the victim he really is a survivor
You're shocked because other people have the sense to actually look at this story objectively from both sides and not immediately make a judgement out of emotions? Clearly you'd make a terrible judge.
The fact that the rapist is allowed to represent himself and question his victims is pretty disgusting tbh.
It's a constitutional right to face your accusers. If you were facing criminal charges you would also have this right.
@@CitrusIsUs facing your accusers can take many forms. He should never have been questioning victims of rape, sexual torture and attempted murder that he committed against them. Lorenzo wanted to grab his last sexual thrills by doing this, he's a P.O.S. and this isn't a display of Lorenzo exercising his constitutional right. He's exercising his right to further abuse his victims.
Nothing else to do. All accused of a felony get that.
@@CitrusIsUswhich totally skips the topic of what he's talking about dude he's saying it's wrong it's disgusting because it's wrong not that there's a right for everyone to talk to their accuser
The gay guy that testified for himself is trying to humiliate them and put them through more stress he wasn't trying to defend himself😂
@@rollinupeverest5042 It was a death penalty trial, you can’t make any mistakes that could cause a mistrial or wrongfully convict someone.
Twenty years ago this man was an adult. I'm sorry, but if you go to a complete strangers home you met for the first time in a bar, expectations of a sexual encounter is 100% implied. He ran into a monster but he was cruising. I don't know why he needs to lie about that. Rape and torture is never invited, no matter what.
Yes, makes the most sense, the whole story
True, but most ofthe same sex don’t expect that.
However, he was in a bar that catered to that, so that is different.
Straight white male here... I generally assume sex is off the table when I make new mates at a bar. This is true for a majority of straight white males... So not 100 percent implied... quite the opposite really. plenty of reasons to go to someones house... Bar cut you off, Bar closed, Music is crap/too loud, atmosphere was crap, was a decent conversation, shared interests etc. Ie come to my house I'll show you my Harley... these are all non sexual reasons to visit a mans home.
@nocount1 When you say sex is implied then you are ignoring consent to sex that is a separate issue and needs to be consented to. The victim never consented to sex. It is dangerous what you are saying.
@@hoodatdondar2664 so the men here saying that sex is implied when you take a woman home, dont ask the woman for consent, you just rape her?
Never go home to strangers 😂
This poor guy. What he's been through is horrific.
He deserved it, dumb people serve no purpose.
100%
that's what happens where you are a gay boy hanging around gay boys at gay nightclubs!
@@anlace3447 I have to agree. That's what is a possibility when you hang out drunk in gay bars and go home with other drunk gay people to have privat conversations...
@@tassobear my Motto: stay away from all pubs and clubs. they are trash and a poor way to spend time! You can be in a nightclub for 10 hours and not have one sensible conversation with anyone.
How many times was this man reported before police actually arrested him? My god...
He's not a man
@@JohnS-er7jh nightmare of a thought 😢 just horrible
65 times probably. 😢
None
A grown man - randomly goes home with a random guy he just met at a bar because they were having a "good conversation". He later realises that he has been drugged and sexually assaulted and consciously decides not to reach out to the police.
oh yeah - "good conversation" very believable.
Victim blaming. The men here that say these things expose themselves as potential rapists.
Disgusting. He shouldnt be allowed to directly question his own victims. It should be done by his lawyer in his behalf.
He refused counsel so he’s “defending himself”.
sounds like a scene out of pulp fiction.
"Did you go there with the intention of having sex?" That's totally irrelevant and even if he was going to get paid is also irrelevant. The defendant wasn't allowed to do what he did. That's what's relevant. It's a bit hard to give your consent when you're unconscious whit a zip tie around your neck.
“Did the defendant.. did I.. I’m going to say I to make it easier for you” no you sicko it’s for the thrill you get from reliving it and from attention. saying “l” is much more satisfying. 🤢
The audio sucks.
Don't go home with people you don't know. You can not do that any more .
Any more?!
This was in 2003, not recently.
It blows my mind that Lorenzo killed someone and sawed him apart at the house..
I lived 3 streets over from him. His house was pretty close to the neighbors..
Sure pal 👌
Sad I would hate to live by a sexual vile demon possessed person, scary thought.
@@URLKASSH they do anything for attention
No you didn’t you lying dingus
This murder happened in 2003. 20 years ago. Our justice system is completely broken.
He was sentenced in January, 2006 to two hundred years in prison. What the hell are you talking about?
@@sinatra222 yes, and that was for the federal crime of kidnapping.
This is the state charge of murder.
I don’t know why it took so long.
Maybe, they figured they could take their time to build an airtight case, and get the death penalty. After all, he’s not going anywhere.
But I’d like to know, too.
Good evidence. He spoke clearly ad concisely. So lucky and brave trying to fight back amd giving this evidence. The court taker in the background is in the zone!
Was this recorded with a potato wtf
As difficult as it must be for him to recount his Assault, because he could be anybody's Favorite Uncle, that Perv will Pay for what he did, could have done to Our Favorite Uncle!
Wtf are you talking about dude
@@TinyDraws7 Are you the Male Rapist or his Supporter?
@@TinyDraws7 I was thinking the same. 🤔
@@TinyDraws7 He is trying desperately to believe this homosexual is a redeemable human being and not the disgusting degenerate pervert we all intuitively see.
@@TinyDraws7 He’s just saying this man reliving his attack could be someone’s uncle, and that the attacker will pay for what he did. Kind of like when people say “this could have been my grandma” when talking about some crime against the elderly.
I find it hard to believe this guy went to stevens house just to have a drink he obviously had sexual thoughts and is to embarrassed to admit it.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Men don't typically go home with another man after the bar closes.... just to continue a conversation. Lol.
If you're leaving a bar with someone you just met (at 2:30am), it's for a "hook-up".
It doesn't make what happened to him any less horiffic. I think its what you said... He didn't want to admit to that on the stand, in front of all those people and the cameras.
You both must be from Florida. Your comments are so shallow it makes me puke.
Hahaha yes it's strange...
Not to mention they were drinking WINE.
He has the style for it but still should not be used for buttplugs games of peace ✌️
So I also assume that the witness wasn't being entirely truthful when being questioned by the defendant but I've multiple times gone home and brought home people(both men and women) from the bar and not only not had sex but had no intentions of doing so. There are definitely situations where it's not odd at all to just continue the conversation elsewhere after closing time. Some people have different expectations but the real truth can be divulged from the conversation they had. If they at no point really talked about anything sexual then I think it's fair if he didn't have any expectations of sex..but if they were talking about that and also using drugs then I find the testimony untruthful. Regardless he shouldn't be ashamed. Rape is rape regardless of if you're gay or not or had intentions on consensual sex or not. Being tied up and physically assaulted without permission is a crime period.
He was drinking Bud light, that's why all of this happened !
why is this case not on wikipedia?!?!?!
The plan was to go to his place "and continue talking". Yeah riiiight.
Exactly lol
This court case was disgusting. And he ended up getting the sentence he wanted. Shocking.
I was shocked too.
Vile
Who’s he kidding trying to say he only went back for a chat. He went back to get up to whatever these type do and got more than he bargained for!
Exactly... let's be honest.
what the hell is going on with audio in courts these days?!
The judge is a cute bear!
Pray for him guys I hope it didn't permanently make him want to be that way❤
You can see his inability to keep his hands still. And you can hear him trying to fight off the shakiness in his voice while trying to lie (Lorenzo) by talking loud and excitedly in a way to make the others perceive it as confidence.
Drugs, private parties, and sex with strangers have made many victims of sexual abuse, and most people remained silent to avoid public exposure.
Be wise people and avoid those 3 things, the evil is out there. Very sad...
THIS IS THE WORST COMMENT SECTION save a few was wrong wth yallllll???
This is Fox News, what do you expect. I agree, it’s vile. Reporting the super bad ones for hate speech.
We don’t agree with you about certain social issues.
I wonder how many more men were killed at the hands of this man. Absolute monster of a human being. Reminds me of Ted Bundy. Seemingly polite and maybe even charming, but with eyes that are completely empty. Terrifying.
A reminder of the complexity of human beings and where things can lead when you walk down the path of darkness.
If I was the Judge I would've delved a lot deeper into why Steven buried the large butt plug in his victim. Definitely what I consider planting evidence.
Commenters at the time said, er, that it was to help delve deeper.
The defendant is a liar but so is the victim. No one goes back to someone else's home they just met after drinking and talking and closing the bar without sex in mind. That's a no Brainer. He didn't expect the guy to be sadistic though.
Lots of people do. But not in a bar like this. That’s why it is not credible.
had a friend back then when i lived in florida; i remember him saying i am going to party with benzo lorenzo; i never inquired further. we lived in another county. but i knew his was going to the tampa area.
Sick..sick..sick
"A bond with no legitimate ties ceases to be rendered a bond sans the mighty contrarian"
~~~Steven Lorenzo
He can't remember who he's given money or meths to, he's done this so often
Is been years, how can people will going to remember.
@@mejhon6592 I'm talking about the amount of times he's drugged & raped people... Because he has given them money and illegal drugs in exchange for sex, that's why even though these things have happened to them, they didn't come forward.. ( not to mention who else has died), and this is why these guys did
I literally almost commented the exact same thing omg
@@mejhon6592well I can't even describe your sentence
People haven't learned since Jeffrey Dahmer. Don't hang out with strangers!
Don’t people watch true crime?! Jeffrey Dahmer lured his victims the same way! Don’t go back to the apartment of a stranger!
Unless she’s really hot.
The sound has so bad quality 😕
I'm not aware of the entirety of this case, but I did watch one other video of this case (that contained Lorenzo's sentencing) just before this, and given the fairly detailed descriptions as well as this guy's testimony, I would say this guy is lying about this particular situation/encounter!
A college age guy who drives out of town a cpl hours away, to go to a BAR, ALONE, at MIDNIGHT, to "celebrate that he was going to go back to college" by HIMSELF, wouldn't just spend over 2 1/2 HOURS talking to another guy who was a stranger, who also "happened to be alone", that he "just met" there that night, and then decide at closing time to follow this MAN that he JUST MET back to HIS house, to "drink WINE", if he didn't have homosexual tendency.
ESPECIALLY if he says the wine was "salty", and STILL drank THREE GLASSES in what he says was around 20 min ,(mind you, he ALSO said he "only drank like 2-3 beers" in the 2 1/2 HOURS he was at the bar! Yet drank THREE glasses of "salty" WINE in 20 MINUTES!?! 🤔 )
ANYWAYS... THEN, goes and gets sick and ends up "laying down" in his "new guy friends" BED? Who then was "serving him" "salty Gatorade by the CAPFUL", when he kept "asking for water".
If he was capable and able to go to the bathroom to get sick again after that, why didn't he get up and go get a drink from the sink if he needed water that bad? Why would he even allow Mr Lorenzo to "hand feed" him sips of ANYTHING if what said was true!?!
And then, he "heard a zip tie" and then "felt pressure around his neck" and when he couldn't get his fingers within the tie he chose to grab Mr Lorenzo's penis and scrotum and SQUEEZE "as hard as he could"!?!
And when he "woke up" he had "pressure in his scrotum/anal area" and had a "big butt plug" in his anus and Mr. Lorenzo "said something about having rough sex", AND never tried to stop this guy from getting dressed and driving away at will!?!
COME ON!!!!
If that man was straight, for REAL, he wouldn't even know what a "butt plug" WAS!!! And He damn sure wouldn't have waited around to go to the RESTROOM to GET DRESSED!?!
And THEN, only decide to "come forward" when he heard from a friend that Mr Lorenzo had been arrested, and STILL took the time to get online to investigate the situation before coming forward as a "victim"!?!
REALLY!?! Sooooo can anyone tell me how his "friend" even knew who Mr Lorenzo was, or why he would have been calling this dude to tell him that Mr Lorenzo had been arrested? How would he even know they knew eachother? And why would he all of the sudden feel the need to share his STORY about being "sexually abused" by Lorenzo, YEARS before this, if Lorenzo initially got arrested for murder charges!?! How or why would that be of ANY significance to that case if this man had nothing to do with it or if that didn't happen the same night as the murders?
Sounds to me like this guy went there to have a good time, that's why he drove so far out of town to go to a bar at midnight. I think he DID have wine and that, ESPECIALLY after a few beers, upset his stomach. I think he DID get sick from the mixing of drinks. I think he DID go lay down in Mr Lorenzo's bed to collect himself and continue with the mutual sexual plans for the night, and I believe he AGREED to have Mr Lorenzo do sexually explicit dominatrix type things to/ with him... HOWEVER, I also think, just as Mr Lorenzo said, "things got a little crazy" and went too far (or maybe just further than this guy was planning!)
I DON'T think he's a "survivor". And I think everything he says regarding ANYTHING about this case will SOLELY be in a DESPERATE attempt to conceal his own sexual identity/truth by trying to "call rape" before anyone can point the finger and say he's a homosexual!
He's SO worried about his image being tainted, that he doesn't care as much about this MURDER case as he does his own reputation!
Pretty selfish, prideful and IGNORANT if you ask me!!! If your gay, your gay! If your ashamed, why continue participating in such activities!?!
Your conscious is God talking to you... when you listen and "obey", life can go much easier! AND then you don't gotta worry about "anyone finding out your secrets" because you won't have any!
Some ignorance on your part in there.
@@ngc-fo5te What exactly do you mean?
@@cornyconnie. I guarantee you every 14 year old in the schoolyard knows what a butt plug is. You are saying only a gay man would.
Are you this naive?
3 glasses of shitty tasting wine...
AND in 20 minutes (he said)!!! Mmm hmm
Worst audio ever!
lets be real he definitely went back there to have sex. they all did, it just didn't go the way they fantasied
Meanwhile casey anthony is free
You are so brave for coming back!
Nothing about this case feels like a court case for two murders. It's like a production orchestrated with Steven Lorenzo in charge.
There is for sure more homicide victims.
13:56 I don't know if i believe this guy probably 1 minute of fame!!!!he laughed a little, when the defendant asked him questions he was not that nervous
salty taste in wine is GHB
events that happened back in 2003? at 1:36 ? check for yourself?
perverts killing perverts
Why is this televised?
How can person thats being accuses is asking the questions. That makes no sense.
He is acting as his own attorney.
i was NOT involved
So what the hell happened did he get convicted or what????
Death penalty
Sentenced to death today
He just got sentenced to death
No need for conviction. He pleaded guilty to all and full responsibility and actually demanded death penalty.
@@mysteriousjz vile creator. One less demented individual
The audio sounds like bugs farting
We should all thank God that even some of us don't know him he has guarded us from evil because his mercy is forever, Jesus loves you all repenbt because the Bible says the day of the sinner will come when he doesn't expected 😢😢😢
Get him on the fast track to the needle treatment. Or fire up old sparky.
Yes, which? He got the DP, but how?
I met this girl 43 years ago, married her, went home with her and nothing bad has happened in 43 years now
No one asked
So TH-cam dose not want people watching with out being over run with ads
This video won't play the audio it just lets out a few unintelligible spurts of sound every so often idk what is wrong with it when I go to watch another video the audio works just fine and then I come back to this video and the same thing happens unintelligible spurts of sound every so often this is a bummer cause I really wanted to hear this man's testimony after already watching Lorenzo being found guilty and the one when he was sentenced to death 🙄👎
Then afterwards he uses the zip ties to fasten his man bun...
Why would they go to a stranger's house 🏠
Please put the mic closer to his mouse omg 🙄
Why don't they fix the audio on these mics????
This is what happens when someone gives their clueless nephew a job as a sound engineer even though there is a surplus of trained professionals kicking around. Im not bitter about it I swear.
Salty taste. I'm sure it was sodium oxybate.
Real appropriate attire for court bro. Also nice septum ring...for a 65 year old man. Makes you sound really credible.
He is wearing court attire people all over the world have tattoos and piercings not like they have naked body images on the piercings
I get this Lorenzo guy is nuttier than squirrel turds, but in all honesty, he seems like a likable guy. It’s pretty wild how he could murder. Didn’t he say he did it because he and the victim had a mutual friend and when the victim panicked during this scene, he felt he had no choice but to kill him because he knew the victim would be able to identify him?
Because he’s a sociopath!
@@bozekblack prob this nutty OP is too.
I like that lady next to the judge. I like her dark hair mm
play gay games win gay prizes
It could happen to anyone. He can play gay games that doesn't give the evil guy any right to hurt him
I know men could do disgusting stuff w each other’s bodies, but murder? that’s a different level especially dismembering bodies.
lol 2 gay queens meeting up for some gay fun at a gay nightclub...play with gay fire...and get gay burned lol
@@pierrettelaf9728 nah, this would never happen to me a straight man because id never get naked and allow two other men to bondage me. As I said, play gay games, win gay prizes. I have zero sympathy for any involved in this case, just a bunch of filthy degenerates getting together
Don't say that. He didn't deserve what they did to him. Like I said, you could love women and they gang on you and do the same thing to you. Some people have their own fantasma. And also, it could have been done to one of your love ones . Just consider that angle.
WHAT DID THAT EVIL MAN PUT IN THE WINE
Salty tasting. Sounds like GHB!
Scary maybe date rape drug 🤷🏻♀️
GHB rape drugs
@@SMOOVKILL1yesh sounds like roofies
Literally sounds like a Rob zombie movie
This story is one more brick to the wall of nonsense that we see nowadays.
How can people briefly chat on dating apps, concur an appointment, have sex without knowing each others.
Even when you are with a person for years, you can’t be sure of knowing the person very well, let alone after a “match” on a dating app.
This took place 20 years ago before dating apps or smartphones even existed my dude.
@@dimmkah i was talking about what happens nowadays, cause lots of abductions happen after meeting on dating apps, before dating apps, meeting some random stranger in a bar and going to their house right away was common, the major common denominator was and still is the superficiality, which is my main point, and by the way Lorenzo and his complice met on internet.
@@MrLockwisethen your comment has no relevance
@@lavenderpetals64214 y so triggered r u a town dumpster
How can America let known murderers defend tem selves is beyond me 😂😂china wouldn't allow this its ridiculous
China is no model for anything.
I like that he defended himself. More chance of him losing.
They say someone like that has a fool for a client.
Salty? I wonder if it was tetrahydrozoline 😖
Awful audio
Hearing real life testimony is POWERFUL for a conviction
Drugs and money will get people to agree to life or death decisions.
Addiction and greed
HAR TO UNDERSTAND TO INVITE STRANGER TO YOUR HOUSE OU TO GO TO STRANGERS HOUSE....AS THEY ARE OLDER GUYS LIKE WTF..JUST STAY HOME OR GET A GIRL
Why can’t they get a guy?
In this clip I believe the psychopath. The dude didn't agree to be drugged, but my spidey senses tell me it wasn't his first "rodeo". Makes him seem less credible, unfortunately.
Only to you sicko
What?
If you don’t consent to being drugged and unconscious, anything afterwards is inexcusable.
I doubt that you would be fine if a woman did it to you just because it wasn’t your first “rodeo.”
wtf?
I'm surprised there is no comments about the girl behind him paying no attention. lol!
@11:12
I don’t this is credible witness.
Wow
Wtf
Does this killer have his own flag yet?
Gross
look i had no idea after meeting you at a gay bar, drinking with you, leaving you, following you home, drinking more even tho it tasted salty that you had a very large but plug. You said they were all small to medium butt plugs
That girl behind him while he's testifying is possessed!
😂😂
He is definitely getting a call from fumez the engineer if ya know then you know
I feel so good
i feel fine
@@AnaJeriLettichhow you feel now
@@EddiXP
i feel wonderful
@@AnaJeriLettichWHAT ABOUT NOW?!!?!?!?!?!!!!??
I am 100% certain the witness willingly went to his house, fully knowing he would participate in BDSM. I am 100% certain he collected 100 bucks too.
Doesn’t matter tho.
11:24
Dem voters