Colorado shooter suspect Anderson Aldrich is non-binary: attorneys
Anderson Lee Aldrich, the suspect in the deadly Colorado LGBTQ nightclub massacre, is non-binary and uses she/they pronouns, her attorneys said in new court filings Tuesday.
Public defenders Joseph Archambault and Michael Bowman filed multiple motions Tuesday night that included a footnote on their client’s identity.
“Anderson Aldrich is non-binary,” the footnote reads, the Denver Post reported. “They use she/them pronouns and are addressed as Mx for the purposes of all formal submissions. Aldrich.”
The footnote was added along with standard requests dealing with issues such as unsealing documents and gathering evidence.
Aldrich, who arrived at the El Paso County Jail Tuesday after being released from a hospital from a hospital, is scheduled to arrive for a hearing at the El Paso County Courthouse at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Consultations are held to inform defendants of possible charges and sometimes to process bail requests.
The defendant will virtually emerge from prison, a state court official told the Colorado Sun.
Aldrich likely faces five counts of murder and five counts of biased assault charges. It is unclear whether federal hate crime charges will be filed separately.
Hate crime charges would have to prove that the suspect was motivated by prejudice, such as against the victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
In another bizarre twist, Aldrich’s estranged father has been identified as a former MMA fighter-turned-porn star, it was revealed Tuesday.
Aldrich likely faces five counts of murder and five counts of biased assault charges.
The motive behind the massacre is unclear.
The names of the five people who lost their lives can be seen on a sign left at the memorial to victims of a mass shooting at LGBTQ nightclub Club Q.
Aldrich was known as Nicholas Franklin Brink until 2016.
Aaron Franklin Brink, 51, entered the mixed martial arts cage in the ’90s and has had 21 wins over his 10-year fighting career – including appearances at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC ). MMA Junkie wrote in a profile.
Brink also started acting in porn at the age of 27 under the name Dick Delaware, the Denver Gazette reported.
According to his IMDB page, he appeared in the explicit productions “White Boys Can Hump” in 2016 and in “My MILF Boss 8” and “It’s OK to Put It in My Ass” in 2014.
The troubled father also has an extensive criminal history, including assault convictions against Aldrich’s mother, Laura Voepel, both before and after the suspect’s birth, according to state and federal court records.
It was also revealed that the suspected shooter’s name was changed more than six years ago after he filed a legal petition in Texas to “protect” himself from a father with a criminal history.
Aldrich was known as Nicholas Franklin Brink until 2016 when her grandparents, who were her legal guardians at the time, filed a petition on Brink’s behalf.
“Minor wants to protect himself and his future from any connection to his biological father and his criminal history. Father has had no contact with minors for several years,” the petition said.
The request for the name change came months after Aldrich was reportedly the target of online bullying.
Aldrich was arrested last year after her mother reported that her child threatened her with a homemade bomb and other weapons.
Ring Doorbell video, made available to The Associated Press, shows Aldrich arriving at her mother’s door on the day of the bomb threat with a large black bag.
Aldrich tells Voepel that the police were nearby, adding, “Here I stand. Today I die.”
Authorities later said no explosives were found, but gun control advocates questioned why police didn’t use the state’s “red flag” laws to seize guns she allegedly had on her child.
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