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Man Awarded $2.3 Million After Suing Attacker Who Cut Off His Penis

December 7, 2011 at 8:57 am by  

Man Awarded $2.3 Million After Suing Attacker Who Cut Off His PenisCanton, NY — A man who was mutilated has been awarded awarded $2.3 million by a state Supreme Court after suing the man who mutilated him. I’d say he earned it, though.

According to court document, 27-year-old Harry E. Klages II had a party at his apartment in Massena, New York in January 2008. Andrew W. Lesperance, 51, attended the party and reportedly only met Klages earlier that night. Police were called after Klages phoned his father to say he had done something “he wasn’t very proud of.”

Responding police would find Lesperance with one eyeball gouged out, the other eyeball sliced, his abdomen cut, his leg nearly severed below his hip, and having had his genitals cut off. All of this courtesy of Klages, who was reported to be intoxicated, high, and ‘possibly using other drugs.’

Klages would later claim that he attacked Lesperance in response to ‘sexual misconduct,’ but prosecutors called “bullshit.” Klages – who was on probation at the time of the attack – would accept a plea deal in 2009 that resulted in a sentence of 38 years in prison. He is currently serving that sentence. Because of this, any judgement – and especially a multi-million dollar judgement – may not mean much.

“What can you do with someone who’s in jail, and I’ll assume with no assets?” said Lesperance’s lawyer, Stephen D. Ciotoli.

Lesperance spent two years in a rehabilitation facility after the assault. He has reportedly undergone multiple surgeries to relearn simple tasks, from picking up a fork to walking unaided. He is now blind in one eye. According to the decision, Lesperance was awarded $386,395.60 for past medical expenses and $2 million for past and future loss of enjoyment of life.

Thirty-eight years might sound like a lifetime but Klages, who exhibited signs of mental illness since he was a child,  was seemingly optimistic when sentenced. “I will be happy to serve my years and look forward to getting out into the community,” Klages told the judge.

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    • http://truecrimereport.com iLLusionS

      Yeah sounds like this guy reaaaaaaaaaally needs to be out in the community. I just wish he had been rich for the sake of the victim here. Sounds like a pretty brutal attack.

    • Anonymous

      By suing this asshole the guy has earned the right to jail his fucking ass if he ever gets out. Since the dude has to pay up a ridiculous amount there’s no way in hell he can start making payments as soon as his ass takes a step outside the chainlink & bars so he can get pulled back into jail for non payment.

      I hope it works that way. You know like alimony & child support?

    • http://adventuresinnerdliness.blogspot.com/ Darius Whiteplume

      I bet Klages has a t-shirt that says “Charlie Sheen is a P*ssy!”

      Used the asterisk as I have never posted before, and don’t want to step on any toes ;-)

    • Anonymous

      Unfortunately for Harry, he’ll never see a penny from this nutcase. 

    • Anonymous

      Holy fuck!  I can’t believe this guy actually lived through that attack!  The leg nearly severed below the hip alone is a possibly fatal wound.  I’d venture a guess that all that totally fucked up his buzz.

      I don’t know much about the legal system but Klages should have gotten a whole lot more than 38 years in prison.  However, with that type of instability perhaps he won’t make it ’til the end of his sentence.  Someone will shank his ass hopefully (of course, not before cutting off his junk and making him eat it).

    • LeaveMeBe

      I once had to tell my mom about something I “wasn’t very proud of”. Lucky for her all I was referring to was having cheated on a science test in 7th grade.

    • Anonymous

      I think I would be more upset about the loss of vision then my penis, but what do I know, I am just a girl.

    • Malenda Mayfield

      We like the word pussy here. 

    • Sam

      That was my first thought as well.
      Also the “$386,395.60 for past medical expenses” – how does that work? That’s costs already made – is the hospital going to keep the invoice on deferment until Klages gets out and starts paying? Or will they keep harassing Harry for payment on the outstanding account which would basically mean that he’d be loaning Klages the money so Klages can pay Harry the sum awarded to him? I just can’t figure out how this would work.

    • Sam

      Not just the word… ;)

    • Anonymous

      What’s the going rate for making license plates in jail these days? About $.40 an hour, right?

    • Anonymous

      Damn I feel sorry for the older guy. Can’t imagine going to a “party” & ending up pureed by this asshole. I wonder what type of party it was…

    • Malenda Mayfield

      Shit…..if I knew it was that kinda party I would have stuck my dick in the mashed potatoes!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736546181 Michael Heldman

      Right, if you could possibly post pics as well….we love that here.  Or so i’ve been told..

    • LeaveMeBe

      Think of it this way: would you be more upset by losing your clitoris or eyesight in one eye? I don’t give a damn if I can see what’s going on as long as I can feel it. ;)

    • Sam

      Hell, i’d challenge you to try and keep your eyes open when the feeling gets good! :)

    • Nemesis

      What the hell did he attack the guy with?

    • Anonymous

      I honestly don’t know. What I do know is that a person can have an orgasm if the right base spinal nerves are stimulated, they are finding that even paraplegics can experience an orgasm this way. Once your eye is gone, that bitch is gone, gone, gone. So I think, I would still be more upset over the loss of vision and the cosmetic damage to me face.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736546181 Michael Heldman

      A wooden spoon, it was brutal.

    • Anonymous

      I hope he gets out of prison and wins the lottery unfortunately by then this poor man will be dead

    • aka jas

      All of that happen, and that is all his medical bills came to?  I would think that the bills would be ongoing and for the rest of this poor dudes life. 

      How does something like this happen?

    • LeaveMeBe

      Orgasm-kill! Don’t get all technical on me, girl. Call me old school but I like mine the old fashion way. :)

    • LeaveMeBe

      Bad punch? *shrugs*

    • Nemesis

      Lol. I was just thinking that it takes a helluva lot of determination to nearly sever a leg with anything other than a skill saw.

    • Anonymous

      Oh man,I feel terrible for the victim,,,BUT…is anyone getting a creepy pervert vibe off of the guy?Not many men in their 50′s hang out with young guys drinking in my experience and he obviously was in close enough proximity for this attack to occur.I can believe he made an advance on the aggressor….
      That said,he needs to get a lien on the dude if he hopes to ever get any $$$ out of him.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=736546181 Michael Heldman

      “orgasm-kill” – the only way I would want to be killed.

    • http://www.facebook.com/rachel.a.prince Rachel Ann Prince

      I’m actually a sucker for a nice pair of boobs but….I’ll take what I can get lol

    • Prominent Prozac

      I constantly tell my boyfriend when he treads heavy he’s in danger of loosing his penis.

      Reading this and feeling nothing leads me to believe I could carry it out.

    • aka jas

      That, too many drugs and a crazy person. 

    • aka jas

      Stay on those meds doll! ;.)

    • Prominent Prozac

      Sex is so much more fun without them..

    • Anonymous

      And dull hedge clippers

    • LeaveMeBe

      ALWAYS avoid the punch at parties. Trust me on this.

    • Anonymous

      The hospital will sell the debt at a massively reduced rate to another company, who will then harass the shit out of the guy until they sell the debt again to yet another company at another greatly reduced rate, ad infinitum

      Or at least, that’s how medical debt usually works.  Dunno when a crime/settlement is involved.

    • Anonymous

      Cue story of someone dying from using a homemade TENS device to achieve orgasm.

    • Anonymous

      If you’re worried about censoring the word pussy on this site you have no idea what you’ve stepped into. Good luck though…..

    • Anonymous

      Rachel Anne likes boobs! That’s interesting, what else do you like? 

    • Anonymous

      That’s no shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Anonymous

      If I could actually get 2,5 million for my old penis, think of all the movies and pizza I could buy.

    • Anonymous

      It was most likely a ginsu knife party.

    • Anonymous

      Don’t ever bother to invite me over for dinner the answer is no way.

    • Anonymous

      Not really. I collect and sharpen knives as a hobby.

    • Anonymous

      How about just avoiding parties. Get fucked alone and at home.

    • Anonymous

      You want to buy a knife????

    • Anonymous

      You definitely have the wrong meds.

    • http://adventuresinnerdliness.blogspot.com/ Darius Whiteplume

      I prefer to err on the side of caution ;-)

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XKMAEMPVJ5T2Y35HKYTNG7I6SY Cedric

       Someone should do the world a favor and murder this Bitch.Life is to short to be someones mutilation toy.

    • Irish519

      Why was 51 year old Andrew Lesperance at a party with 27 year old Harry Kalges (doesn’t it look like Kegel if you are’t paying attention?…Harry Kegel…ewww) Seriously somthing very wrong there.

    • http://www.dreamindemon.com Count Rackula

      You know, they actually have places now that will buy your settlement and pay you most of it, sans a fee for doing it, of course. It’s similar to what you describe, but at least in this case the person who is supposed to get the settlement actually gets paid most of it.