Portions of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen"s hookup with at least one gay man have apparently been confirmed by surveillance video.
Yesterday, Omar Mateen"s gay lover (allegedly) gave an interview in which he claimed to have had a two-month relationship with him.
Now, evidence has emerged that appears to support that claim, which many detractors were originally skeptical of for various reasons.
Sources at the Ambassador Hotel tell TMZ that Mateen was seen on camera footage recorded December 14 of last year around 11 p.m.
In the video, Omar meets Miguel – the heavily disguised man who told Univision he met up with Mateen 15-20 times at that very hotel.
Miguel says he hooked up with Mateen often between November and December, a claim supported by the celebrity news site"s sources.
Video shows Mateen walk over to the front desk, speak to a staff member briefly, then walk around a corner to a room down the hall.
There, Miguel says he met Omar many times.
Management reportedly showed the video to employees and asked if anyone recalled seeing Mateen, who killed 49 people this month.
A worker who covers night shift recognized him, and the FBI went to the Ambassador Tuesday night to look at the surveillance footage.
Whether or not Omar Mateen was secretly gay or frequented gay dating apps isn"t an issue at this point, as it"s pretty much established.
Why Mateen attacked the gay club Pulse is certainly critical, however, in understanding the worst mass shooting in American history.
Miguel, the alleged ex-lover, says Mateen shot up the club due to some twisted "revenge" plot involving a tryst with an HIV-positive man.
“The thing that makes me want to tell the truth," he told Univision this week, is that despite media narratives, "he didn’t do it for terrorism."
"In my opinion, he did it for revenge.”
The man, who wore a disguise for the interview, claims he met Mateen last fall after they exchanged messages on the gay dating app Grindr.
In general, the man who claims to have known Omar intimately says he felt wronged by the gay community – for reasons largely unknown.
“He adored Latinos, gay Latinos, with brown skin, but he felt rejected,” Miguel continued, lamenting his former love"s dark path.
“He felt used by them," he added.
See Miguel"s interview below.
