Joe Williams, Health Store Owner Allegedly Targeted In Anti-Gay Attack, Charged With Filing False Report

A gay Tennessee man who claimed to have been robbed and beaten inside his health food shop has been charged with filing a false report.

The Paris Post-Intelligencer reports that 32-year-old Joe Williams was arrested Dec. 20 after local authorities found inconsistencies in his original allegations. Williams, who owns the Healthy Thyme shop in Paris, Tenn., claimed he was robbed of $1,200, and said that suspects had written a "three-letter homophobic slur" across his forehead in permanent marker during the alleged Nov. 20 attack.

Williams initially claimed that the suspects had also set Healthy Thyme on fire, causing about $5,500 in damages, according to WPSD.

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