The transgender woman who took a serious beating at Kanye West’s Rolling Loud set last week is blasting the attack as transphobic … while also explaining what exactly led up to it.
Blu Linares — the 22-year-old who was seen in a wild brawl last week while Ye performed here in L.A. — tells TMZ that she believes the violence she endured that night is directly connected to her gender identity.
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She says she feels the men she sparred with singled her out for unintentionally bumping into them — explaining that in the mosh pit-like environment, she was getting pushed around — despite plenty of other concertgoers packed in the tight space doing the same thing.
Once she inadvertently made contact, Blu tells us the guys hurled transphobic remarks at her … while trying to paint her as the aggressor when they were the ones to pounce first.
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Blu shows us some of the injuries she suffered during the melee — one deep gash between her eyebrows is especially bad, as you can see. Despite everything, she says she’s OK.
Moving forward, Blu’s planning to meet with some attorneys to weigh her options … but also notes she most likely won’t be taking any legal action. Blu emphasizes to us she wasn’t the one starting the fight — instead, she says she was being bullied and stood up for herself.
You’ll recall … Kanye West’s set at Rolling Loud descended into a violent mosh pit, with Blu bloodied and battered in the midst of it all. While she got thrashed, she also held her own.
Blu says police did not get involved.
