Who is Aaron Beltran? Rapper chops off roommate's penis in gory video in deal to make money from YouTube likes
A Spanish rapper has gone on trial for allegedly cutting off a British teacher’s penis with a 12-inch kitchen knife for $240 (£173) in a deal so the victim could get hits from the gory video on YouTube.
Aaron Beltran allegedly made a bet with an Oxford University English graduate, Andrew Breach, who agreed to pay the accused a price depending on how many times the amputation video was shared on social media. The amount to be awarded ranged from $240 (£173) to a maximum of $3,008 (£2,164).
Beltran faces up to four years and six months if he is found guilty of wounding. He denies any wrongdoing. The extraordinary deal which led to the amputation in March 2019 was outlined by prosecutor Asunción Losada at a court in Zaragoza, eastern Spain.
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A police officer told the court he found 35-year-old Breach, who worked at a language academy in Zaragoza, bleeding heavily in the city center. The police went to the house that the duo shared, where Beltran told him that the teacher’s penis had been severed and dumped in a rubbish bag. Another officer said: “When interviewing the victim in hospital he told us the accused cut off his penis. Andrew said he did not feel 100 percent a man and wanted to get rid of his penis.”
“He agreed a deal with the accused to pay him €200 which would depend on how many views the video of the amputation received on YouTube. It was done on the basis of hits,” the cop said. Police reported that the British teacher subscribed to a website and was looking to hire someone to film him mutilating himself. Prosecutors admitted the amputation was consensual but argued that it does not exempt Beltran from standing trial for criminal responsibility.
Surgeons reattached the penis and it is reportedly fully functioning. Breach spent three weeks in hospital after the incident before returning to Britain and told the court that he had cut off his own penis, denying an earlier sworn statement in which he said Beltran carried out the act.
“I cut off my own penis. I was unwell. It was myself,” he said. Breach who is suffering from gender dysphoria said he made a statement to police that Beltran had sliced off his penis because he felt under pressure from officers, a claim police denied in the court.