Hoax? Gay Man’s Viral Claim He Was Set on Fire in ‘Hate-Filled’ Attack Seemingly Just Went Up in Smoke
In what appears to be a re-telling of the Jussie Smollett tale, a man in San Diego who claimed he was set on fire because he is gay is being portrayed by police as the instigator of the situation, which began with an alleged assault of a pregnant woman.
On Monday, Scott Rowin, 39, told KGTV-TV he was assaulted days earlier while going for a walk.
In an interview, Rowin said a man in his 20s or 30s was one of two men yelling gay slurs, and that a liquid then was thrown on him.
“Immediately after that, I went up like coals on a barbecue. It started off really big,” Rowin said, adding that he used the “stop,
