Mr. Russell tried to defend himself with a fireplace poker, but the man wrested it from his hand and beat him until he stopped moving. As the younger man was dressing, Mr. Russell rose to his feet, picked up a small statue and charged. He confessed that he had snapped during the sexual encounter, and that the fight had escalated once Mr. Russell fought back. “I was reacting — I had stuff built up inside of me,” Mr. Reilly told me. In prison, Mr. Reilly became something of an ascetic.

Source: New York Times February 02, 2019 10:01 UTC