Gayborhood Agenda

WILTON MANORS — What Boyd Corbin says what started as a joke has turned into anything but.

Corbin has been charged by the Broward State Attorney’s Office for an alleged Halloween assault on at Georgie’s Alibi on Michael Walters, who emcees at the popular nightclub under the professional name Florida’s Dame Edna.

Corbin, who was decked in KKK a outfit complete with a tiki torch, wooden cross and a sign that read “Stop the race war against whites: Vote for Romney,” has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery. If convicted on both charges, Corbin could be sentenced to a minimum of five years.

Corbin was arrested on Nov. 12 and has been out on bail ever since.

“I’m taking this deadly serious,” he told the Agenda.

But on Halloween night, he says he was just having a little fun and being ironic.

“Hey, it’s a joke. I’m a hundred percent Democrat and I support Obama.”

Walters, according to a Wilton Manors Police Department report, accuses Corbin of trying to light him on fire with the tiki torch. Walters also accuses Corbin of grabbing his wig and pulling Walters off the three-foot stage upon which he was hosting Alibi’s costume contest.

Walters declined to be interviewed but said in a statement that he sustained a leg injury “that hinders my daily life and my ability to do my job. I know little or nothing about Mr. Corbin and I have only seen him on the evening in question as he was assaulting me. I believe it’s only fair that the police investigate this matter and that the responsible party face[s] some sort of consequence for his wrongdoing. I’m thankful to the Wilton Manors Police Department for their swift and careful assistance.”

According to Corbin, Walters told him to put his torch out and then blew it out himself. After that, he says, Walters grabbed the torch and started “crushing” it. “I let him grab it. I didn’t move it at all,” said Corbin, who claims that he is the one who was assaulted.

“I stepped back and pulled harder. Instead of releasing my tiki torch, he stepped down off the stage and knocked my hat off. I pulled his wig off with two fingers and threw it on the floor.”

After that, Corbin says that Walters punched him, scratching his nose with one of his sharp rings. “I couldn’t back up any more so I pushed him with my left hand and he fell down for the first time. He was wearing high heels. He stood up and kicked me in the groin with his right leg. I blocked most of that kick and caught his knee with my left hand, and he fell down a second time.”

To represent him, Corbin has hired Fort Lauderdale attorney Thomas Morse and is urging anyone who saw the incident between him and Walters to contact him at (321) 278-1718, or his attorney at (954) 522-3205.