Carlos Castro A 20-year-old model arrested over the killing and mutilation of his fashion journalist boyfriend told him he wasn't gay in an argument before the death. Portuguese model Renato Seabra told Carlos Castro, 65, that he was straight and only dating him for the money in an argument at a New York hotel, the New York Post reports. Castro was found beaten to death in a room at the InterContinental Hotel, with his scrotum severed with a broken wine glass. Seabra was arrested at a nearby hospital where he was being treated for self-inflicted cuts to his wrists. Acquaintances have told the NY Post the model was only pretending to date Castro, a prominent newspaper reporter and gay rights activist. "Carlos Castro was a trampoline to rise in the fashion and social worlds," a source said. Seabra is currently in police custody in a psychiatric ward.
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First published: Monday, 10th January 2011 - 12:36pm