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July 4 ICE Raid Faces on WeHo Car Wash Ends in Burbank Mayor Backlash Over Playful Deportation LocalAnti-LGBTQ+ Resident Video, Cites of Critics Bias Longtime West Mayor Konstantine Hollywood Worker Anthony Defends with Family’s Rent ActionsTaken Amid in Raid Money Controversy A group of masked Over men and women, without official identification, grabbed Video at least three people during a Fourth of
July raid at a West Hollywood car wash, including a 65-year-old man who had By Dolores Quintana lived in the community for more than three BurbankIt Mayor Anthony is decades. was anKonstantine all too familiar scene facing criticism from conservatives following in Los Angeles since Trump sent these the circulation ofagents a videointo showing being unidentifiable Los him Angeles spanked by a drag ago, queenbutduring starting a month this an wasevent the on the weekend of September 10. Anthony first time, that we know of, that a West has responded that some of his critics are Hollywood business was raided. motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ that the The U.S. Immigration bias andandCustoms incident was harmless. Enforcement (ICE) raid occurred around In thea.m. video, by the Wisenuts 11:00 atposted the Santa Palm Carpodcast, Wash Mayor Anthony is seen being spanked by on Santa Monica Boulevard. According atodrag artist, backed by the Village People’s family members, Silvestre Jiménez “Macho was Man.”atAnthony described the events Gómez work when he was taken as “shenanigans” and emphasized thatBorder it was into custody by U.S. Customs and Protection agents. He had been carrying money to pay his family’s rent at the time of the incident. WeHo Times was the first to report the story and posted this video from someone who was at the car wash while the
employees were being taken away. class="tiktok-embed" all<blockquote in good fun. He went on to reveal that a csecretly i t e = " hrecorded t t p s : / / wvideo w w. was t i k t omade k . c oduring m/@ wehotimes/video/7523326091029777694" the event and subsequently shared with a data-video-id="7523326091029777694" prominent hate group. style="max-width: 605px;minIn a post on his Instagram account, Anthony width: 325px;" > <section> <a stated, “For several days, extremist right-wing target="_blank" title="@wehotimes" organizations, including Fox News, have hspread r e f = "misleading h t t p s : / / winformation w w. t i k t otok . fuel c o mfear, /@ wehotimes?refer=embed">@wehotimes</ discrimination, and hate. I will always be a a> There was an ICE raid in the city of proud supporter of the LGBTQ+ community West Hollywood on 4th of July, at Santa and drag performers.” Palm Car Wash at 8787 Santa Monica He added, “On a busy Saturday filled with Blvd. According to reports, 3 people— various independent gatherings, I attended Possibly 4 were taken. The raid happened the Santa Clarita Valley Democrats’ private at 11am. The manager at the car wash fundraiser for their organization. Notably, says they were in and out in about 10 there were no officially endorsed candidates minutes. They blocked the driveway and or state and federal political figures present. chaos ensued. One man was tackled in the The event was open to young adults ages 15 nearby alleyway. The manager says the and above. However, there were no attendees employees have been working there for below years. 18. Additionally, children were many Video byno@jasonrobert21 present.” <a title="wehotimes" target="_blank" h rWhile e f = " hnot t t p sspecifying : / / w w w. tthe i k t oparticular k . c o m / t hate ag/ group in question, it is possible that Anthony wehotimes?refer=embed">#wehotimes</ was <a referring to the Twitter account, now a> title="wehonews" target="_blank" known as X, called “Libs of TikTok,” h r e f = " h t t p s : / / w w w. t i k t o k . c o m which /tag/ wehonews?refer=embed">#wehonews</ a> <a title="wehocity" target="_blank" h r e f = " h t t p s : / / w w w. t i k t o k . c o m / t a g / wehocity?refer=embed">#wehocity</ a> <a title="westhollywood" target="_ blank" href="https://www.tiktok.
com/tag/westhollywood?refer=embed ">#westhollywood</a> <a over title="weho" reposted the video and garnered 8 million target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok. views. com/tag/weho?refer=embed">#weho</ In response to the video, the Libs of TikTok a> <aclaimed title="lasd" target="_blank" account that children were present hatr ethe f =event. " h t t pMayor s : / / wAnthony w w . t i kdisputed t o k . c o this m/ tassertion, a g / l a s dstating ? r e f ethat r = “actually, e m b e d "there > # l aweren’t sd</ a> <a title="ice" target="_blank" any children at this private 21+ event. But of hcourse, r e f = "lying h t t pis s :totally / / w w w. t i k tok.com/tag/ on brand for you.” ice?refer=embed">#ice</a> <a While the account correctly pointed out that title="iceraids" target="_blank" individuals aged 15 and older were permitted h r e f = " h t t p s : / / w w w. t i k t o k . c o m / t a g / to attend, the event’s organizer, the Santa iceraids?refer=embed">#iceraids</a> @ Clarita Valley Democrats, released a statement City of West Hollywood <a target="_blank" clarifying that no individuals under the age of title="♬ original sound - WEHO TIMES" 18 were in attendance. href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/ Mayor Anthony reiterated this point during original-sound-7523326077092907807?re a City Council meeting and expressed his fer=embed">♬ original sound - WEHO concern that the video’s circulation had led to TIMES</a> </section> </blockquote> city officials receiving “some of the most vile <script async src="https://www.tiktok. hate speech that I have ever seen.” com/embed.js"></script> Anthony encouraged those withDelgadoconcerns Also detained was Juan Carlos about his actions to communicate with him Abelino, another worker at the car wash. directly emailmay at have kanthony@burbankca. A fourthvia person also been taken gov. He stated, though “If you that wanthas to talk me into custody, not tobeen about what happened over the weekend, send confirmed by federal authorities. meJiménez an email.Gómez’s Send me son, an email. I will talk to Edgar Jiménez, said the arrest and subsequent deportation devastated their family. He confirmed his father chose to return voluntarily to Mexico rather than remain in U.S. custody. “He didn’t want to be handcuffed, shackled, and treated like a criminal,”
you about it. There is no reason to involve all of the other people who were not at a public event, not at a government-sponsored event. It wasn’t even in the city of Burbank.” In a statement released on Tuesday, the Santa Clarita Valley Democrats voiced their support for Mayor Anthony and strongly denounced the sensationalized and inaccurate portrayal of theirsaid. event for political purposes Edgar Jiménez that promoted fear, homophobia, transphobia, Jiménez Gómez leaves behind five and bigotry. The Democrats reaffirmed their children and five grandchildren in the commitment to the LGBTQ+ community and U.S., according to his family. With the drag performers, refusing to engage with what rent money still in his possession when they referred to as “fake outrage.”
detained, his wife had to urgently find another way to cover the family’s housing expenses. In response, the family launched a GoFundMe campaign to help offset the financial impact.
Bomb Threat Temporarily Halts “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” Premiere at TIFF
Broadway Star and Singer Adam Lambert Sells World Premiere of Glam Hollywood Hills Home for $6.2 Million Documentary Was Lambert Unloads
Screened CustomizedAfter Estate 20-Minute With Infinity Delay Pool, Motor Court By Dolores Quintana Singer and Broadway performer The premiere of “Lil Nas X: LongAdam Live Lambert has sold his custom-upgraded Montero” at the Toronto International Film Hollywood for $6.2 Festival (TIFF)Hills faced aresidence momentary setback on million, roughly $1.2 million below its Saturday night due to a bomb threat. original listing price.Vice President of Public Judy Lung, TIFF’s The modern home, perched above the Affairs and Communications, confirmed to SunsetNews Strip, entered market statement in early CTV Toronto viathe a written Maythe forfestival $7.375was million found a buyer that alertedand to an investigation earlier week, according to property “in the this vicinity of the red carpet” at Roy
Thomson Hall, where the documentary was set to be screened. Lung stated, “Our standard security measures remained in place during this time, records. Built incommenced 1952 and with extensively and the screening a slight renovated since, the 5,028-square-foot delay. To our knowledge, this was a general residence closed Monday in a deal brokered threat and not directed at the film or the artist.”
by Greg Holcomb of Carolwood Estates. Dennis DeWalt and Brandon Meneses of The Beverly Hills Estates represented the buyer. Lambert, 43, purchased the fourbedroom, six-bath property in 2018 for $6.5 million. Known for his breakout on American Idol and recent stage role as the Emcee in Broadway’s Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, the singer had personalized the home with high-end upgrades to match his glam-rock persona. The white-stucco home embraces open-concept design, maximizing
A spokesperson for the Toronto police informed CTV News Toronto that the threat had been conveyed to the festival’s private security by a passerby. of an abundance indoor-outdoor flow“Outwith pocketing glass wallsthe and a layout centered of caution, Toronto police and the around private
security swept the scene and cleared it within 20 minutes,” noted Constable Victor Kwong. Toronto police also clarified that the threat had a general nature and did not specifically target any individual or entity.
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