Washington Blade reports.Zephir was walking by a woman, identified in court papers as Aurlora Y. Ellis, who was talking with his roommate, Steven Johnson, the afternoon of October 13, when she yelled “Jewish faggot” at him. “I responded with not-so-kind words.
She ran towards me and assaulted me with hard punches toward my face,” Zephir told the Blade via email.“I punched back in an attempt to defend myself,” he continued. “Mr.
Johnson tried to break us up when her daughter Latera Cox and [Cox’s] father assaulted me. Ms. Ellis yelled, ‘Call the police, you bitch faggot.
They’re not going to do anything. This isn’t over yet.’” The three then fled on foot, and Zephir did call the police, who are in the process of obtaining arrest warrants for.