In a case of alleged LGBTQ+ domestic violence, the 72-year-old Democratic mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida said in court testimony Friday he was attacked by his much younger ex-fiancée last week in altercation after his former lover showed up at his home.

Mayor Dean Trantalis revealed that a brawl broke out between him and Daniel James Curran on November 1 outside his house when the 34-year-old former boyfriend allegedly pushed him and the mayor fought back.

Curran allegedly pulled Trantalis to the ground and dragged him 15-feet across the road in front of his property, police say.

The incident resulted in Curran’s arrest where he was accused of battery of a person 65 years of age or older and violation of a protective order that the mayor had obtained back in September.

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