'We went to a few gay bars with him, and I was not out at the time, so I declined his offer,' he said about the date offer.
The classmate, who was not identified, said that he and Mateen would sometimes go to gay nightclubs after classes. Orlando news station WFTV also reported that a former classmate of Mateen's 2006 police academy class made the claim that the shooter way gay, and at one point had even asked him out on a date. Yusufiy's fiancé, Marco Dias, spoke on her behalf on Brazilian television station SBT Brazil, revealing that Mateen had 'gay tendencies' and his father had called him gay in front of her.ĭias also claimed he was asked by the FBI not to disclose such details to American media.
