Romeoville Man's Former Lover Beat Him Because He Is Gay: Lawsuit

A Romeoville man’s former lover battered him for being gay, according to a lawsuit filed in Will County court.

Robert Owcarz, 40, also accused 30-year-old Philip Thorman of stiffing him out of the money he paid to bond him out of jail and stay in a motel, as well as thousands of dollars in loans.

“Thorman and Owcarz previously had a relationship together,” the lawsuit said, during which time Thorman, a Naperville resident “would regularly seek money from Owcarz promising he would pay Owcarz back.”

Thorman was jailed for possessing heroin in November 2013. Four months later, Owcarz put up $3,000 to bond him out, according to court records, then paid another $1,170.40 so Thorman could stay at the Days Inn on McDonough Street in Joliet for three weeks, the lawsuit said.

Owcarz eventually loaned Thorman a total of $4,570.40, the suit said, and the money was never paid back.

While Thorman was staying at the Days Inn, he “physically struck Owcarz during a disagreement,” the suit said, and “Owcarz was harmed physically and emotionally by Thorman’s unlawful and unpermitted contact.”

Thorman hit Owcarz for being gay, according to the lawsuit, which said the “battery committed by Thorman on Owcarz was motivated by Owcarz’s gender, male, and sexual orientation, homosexual.”

Owcarz explained that he and Thorman’s relationship was more of a “fling.”

“The guy is a swinger, he’s bisexual,” Owcarz said of Thorman, adding, “He’s a Mormon and he’s got money.”

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