The public defenders for the suspect in the mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub said in a Tuesday night court filing obtained by a New York Times reporter that their client is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
There goes their whole narrative 
The Defendant’s lawyers refer to him in court filings as “Mx. Anderson Aldrich.” Lol
Fucking “Mx”…
She is wearing a beanie at a time when fighters were wearing beanies.I bet you that girl would be a freak with fighters in the bedroom.
Can’t think of a single reason why this dude’s sexual orientation or gender would need to be mentioned at all or in the headline. Obviously he was gay but that’s not the root cause of his misdeeds.
I literally can’t read an article that talks about gender or pronouns.
Holy shit I met Aaron a ton of times, he was like the biggest draw for Cobra Fighting Federation back in the day. I didn’t even know he had a son. Last time I saw Aaron in person he was fighting Dan Quinn.
When Brink asked his ex-wife why their son had changed his name, she blamed it on the father’s involvement in a reality TV show called Intervention, as well as his acting career in the adult film industry.
“His mother told me he changed his name because I was in Intervention and I had been a porno actor,” said Brink.
For six years Brink believed his son was dead, until Aldrich unexpectedly called his father in 2021, and started arguing with him over the phone.
“He’s pissed off. He’s pissed off at me. He wants to poke at the old man,” Brink recalled.
Then, two days ago, Brink got a call from his son’s defense attorneys, telling him Aldrich was involved in a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs.
Brink said he’s a Mormon and his first reaction was to question why his son was at a gay bar.
“You know Mormons don’t do gay. We don’t do gay. There’s no gays in the Mormon church. We don’t do gay,” Brink said.
But when the 48-year-old learned more details of the deadly shooting, he said he was shocked.
“There’s no excuse for going and killing people. If you’re killing people, there’s something wrong. It’s not the answer,” he said.
Brink told CBS 8 his son was born in San Diego in 2000, at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women. The couple lived in Cardiff by the Sea at the time, but soon separated about a year later and got divorced.
He said his ex-wife, the daughter of California State Assemblyman Randy Voepel, and his son moved to Colorado around 2012.
He may have fought on my undercards! Haha
He was on an episode of Intervention.
I for one am SHOCKED that an MMA fighter could raise a child that was anything less than completely lawful as well as an upstanding member of polite society.
This news is most unwelcome!
Because lefties like you where blaming it on Trump supporters. Are you clueless? From the moment it happened loonie lefties where blaming conservatives. This blows up their Bubba Wallace again.
Cross posting this from the other thread
Brink Speaks
Disclaimer: Pronouns have been corrected in the quotes to reflect Aldrich’s gender after public defenders stated in a new court filing that their client is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
The mixed martial arts fighter who fathered the suspect in Saturday night’s shooting at a gay club in Colorado Springs believes he let his child down in the wake of the deadly attack.
“I praised [them] for violent behavior really early,” Aaron Brink, 48, told CBS 8. “I told [them] it works. It is instant and you’ll get immediate results.”
Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, is facing five counts of first-degree murder and five counts of bias-motivated crimes causing bodily injury over the shooting at Club Q that killed five people. Aldrich is currently being held without bond at El Paso County jail.
The shooting occurred on the eve of the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Brink found out about the shooting after receiving a call from Aldrich’s defense lawyers informing him that his child had been involved in a mass shooting. As a practicing Mormon, Brink first questioned why his child was in a gay bar, adding that “Mormons don’t do gay.” However, he was quick to add that there was no justification for killing innocent people.
“There’s no excuse for going and killing people,” Brink said. “If you’re killing people, there’s something wrong. It’s not the answer.”
Brink, who currently works as an MMA coach after compiling a 29-27 pro record during his 21-year career, was encouraged to enter the sport by his high school friend and former UFC champion Tito Ortiz. He debuted in 1998, shortly after serving time in prison on drug charges, and compiled a 3-1 record by the time his child was born in May 2000. Within a matter of months, Brink would make his UFC debut against future champion Andrei Arlovski at UFC 28.
Brink and his ex-wife, the daughter of California State Assemblyman Randy Voepel, got divorced a year after the birth of their child. Meanwhile, Brink became a pornographic actor for Vivid Entertainment and other mainstream platforms using the stage name Dick Delaware. According to IMDb, adult films led him to start habitually using drugs like crystal methamphetamine. In 2009, he appeared on the A&E reality show Intervention, where his family and friends confronted him about his drug use.
Brink said that his ex-spouse called him in 2016 to let him know that their child had changed their name and taken their own life. When he asked his former spouse about the name change, she said it was because of Brink’s adult film past, as well as his appearance on Interventions.
The former MMA fighter also claimed that he did not know his child was still alive until about six months ago, when Aldrich called him to argue on the phone. Despite being estranged from his child, Brink apologized to the victims and their families and asked for their forgiveness.
“I’m sorry for your loss,” he said. “Life is so fragile and it’s valuable. Those people’s lives were valuable. You know, they’re valuable. They’re good people probably. It’s not something you kill somebody over. I’m sorry I let my [child] down.”
