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Shock Report: Man Unleashes His Pit Bull on Bride at Wedding Reception

There are some things a bride should never have to endure at her wedding reception. Being beaten with brass knuckles and dragged around by a pit bull is probably near the top of the list.

Unfortunately for 22-year-old Brittany Cortez of Denver, CO, that is what happened to her this Sunday, when a mentally troubled childhood friend who Cortez had only invited to her wedding out of fear decided to vindicate that fear by attacking her.

“The whole time he just stood there and laughed,” Cortez recalled in an interview with Denver’s ABC 7 News. ”He let that dog drag me around the street like a rag doll. He punched me in the face and the back of the head with brass knuckles.”

Brittany Cortez of Denver, Colorado, Attacked by Troubled Childhood Friend Jose Nevarez With a Pitbull and Brass Knuckles

Brittany Cortez

The culprit in this bizarre and apparently unmotivated crime is 31-year-old Joel Nevarez. And if reports are accurate, Nevarez truly is a nasty piece of work. His own family is terrified of him, and he was recently released from a mental hospital. Even his own sister keeps a gun next to her bed in case he shows up.

Brittany Cortez of Denver, Colorado, Attacked by Troubled Childhood Friend Jose Nevarez With a Pitbull and Brass Knuckles

Joel Nevarez

But even so, his attack on Cortez is especially bizarre, because not only has Cortez done nothing to hurt her former friend, but in fact she has done the opposite. Specifically, she cared for him after his release from the mental hospital. Yet still, for no reason that anyone has disclosed, Nevarez decided to attack his benefactor.

“How could he do this to me?” Cortez has asked.

ABC 7 News has these details on the attack:

Police said the attack happened about 1 a.m. Sunday as the newlyweds celebrated at a Williams Street home in Denver.

Brittany’s new husband, Jorge Cortez-Trinidad, told police he was inside the house when he heard Brittany screaming and crying outside.

Cortez-Trinidad said he rushed out to see Nevarez’s pit bull mix dragging Brittany by her hair on the ground as Nevarez punched her with brass knuckles, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

The dog “wouldn’t let go of me, just started dragging me back and forth while everybody at my party kicked the dog to get it off,” Brittany Cortez said.

Cortez-Trinidad said he was struggling to pry the dog off his bride when the dog began biting her back, the affidavit said. The groom began punching the dog and it turned and began biting him.

The dog has been seized and is now being held by police. Nevarez, however, has escaped. Police suspect he may be hiding in Mexico, where a portion of his family lives.

Cortez has speculated that Nevarez’s motive could be jealousy against her for having a life that has turned out alright, which he has conspicuously failed to achieve.

“I deserve so much more on my wedding. ‘I did everything for you and in return. You have a dog attack me,’” she said to ABC 7 News, explaining what she would say to Nevarez.

Comments (108)

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  • ssortors
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:15pm

    try not marry someone thats not crazy and stupid… love race haters

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:37pm

      Read the story. It was an invited guest. An illegal Mexican cockroach obviously.

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    • Wolfgang the Gray
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:41pm

      She wasn’t marrying the idiot, he was an old friend she invited to the wedding.

      This lunatic sounds like another candidate for the Global Shark Re-Population Program.

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    • chips1
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:46pm

      If he can prove he has been here for 5 years and Obama gives him $465, he is home free. Holder won’t allow him to be prosecuted.

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:59pm

      This is what happens when illegal mexicans over breed. And boy howdy can they breed

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    • Shiroi Raion
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 11:44pm

      There must be something in the water (or more likely the schools) here. There are A LOT of crazy and borderline crazy young people around Denver and Boulder. We may be the thinnest state, but not the sanest… LOL. I guess it’s still saner here than in Chicago and San Fran, but I had to set the bar pretty low.
      Kids with purple, green, pin, blue hair… piercings all over their faces… pants hanging around their thighs… half of the colleges look like they came from hippie communes… the kids are not alright.

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:10am

      End his life.

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    • poorrichard09
      Posted on August 18, 2012 at 8:33am

      he looks a little darker than a Mexican-maybe he’s part black.
      What the hell are nut jobs like this doing out in the general population? He could easily be the next mass-killer, like the other crazy bastards.

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    • blackyb
      Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:16pm

      It is time this piece of garbage was put out of his misery and the misery he causes other. He needs to be strung up.

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    • RRFlyer
      Posted on August 19, 2012 at 8:58am

      Don’t get too upset with SSORTORS, Blaze headlines are always misleading. I was confused at first too, as I’m sure most of you were. I guess blaze is saving money by not paying for editing.

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  • Armyduderetired
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:12pm

    Go figure…..not one of her invites had a gun. She should get some kind of award from Harry and Nancy! Save the gene pool only allow abortion to registered democrats and republicans.

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  • CherokeeSmiles
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:55pm

    Perhaps they should shoot the dog and put its owner to sleep.

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    • Pontiac
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:14pm

      [a mentally troubled childhood friend who Cortez had only invited to her wedding out of fear]
      Whoa hey I know, you frighten the s### out of me so you’re welcome to come to my wedding…in which no one is armed… ♫ dumb ♫ dumb ♫ dumb ♫

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    • Patriot Z
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 9:40pm

      no just rip his punk azz apart…the dog is a product of his stupid owner. the owner should ger beat down for f ing up her and the dog.

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  • Ohello
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:45pm

    We need to ban all pitbulls, make the owners get a license to have one, and register it with the FBI, then make sure the pitbull doesn’t have a full magazine of teeth. Then declare all pitbulls assault animals, and ban them from Washington DC, Chicago, NYC, libraries and bars.

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    • Sparrowhawk
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:57pm

      And in schools. Don’t forget the schools. It is for the children.

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    • stumpy68
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:06pm

      its not the pitbulls fault it has an evil POS
      owner

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    • rednckpreacher
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 11:40pm

      Remember if Pitbulls are outlawed , only criminals will have Pitbulls! Oh wait only criminals own Pitbulls already! ( All of you Pit lovers out there just stowe it! When I see a Pit in the yard it usually means DOPE DEALER! ) We need a 3 day waiting peiod and background checks before you can buy one! And it must be stored with a muzzle lock!

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    • majahn
      Posted on August 18, 2012 at 1:46pm

      You are an idiot. Pit Bulls are one of the sweetest breeds there is. It is always the f**king owners who need to be put down for doing this to these poor dogs.
      Before you start shouting to ban a dog breed, you need to do some homework and stop talking about things you know nothing about.

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    • AmericanPatriot
      Posted on August 18, 2012 at 6:33pm

      NO DOG is born mean. It’s owners who make them mean. Keep repeating: It’s not the dog, it’s the owner.

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    • TulsaYeeHaw
      Posted on August 18, 2012 at 8:17pm

      @Majahn

      I am a letter carrier. You are RIGHT. Pit bulls, by and large are simply very strong, and more territorial than other dogs. Having said that, I’ve been bitten by dogs less than 20 lbs 3 times, and a pit bull “knicked” me once, barely at that. And that was probably my fault. I’ve had several dogs try to bite me, countless times, and only TWICE have pits tried. The one aforementioned, and then a couple of weeks ago one came at me and I punched it in the snout. Both pits were owned by ******* thugs.

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  • mdy616
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:37pm

    Thank liberal for this POS who, if an illegal, should never have been in the US. I know I am assuming he is an illegall and if he is then Obama and his ilk are to blame for this. If he is not an illegal then our legal system is to blame for letting this guy loose. How did he escape from the police?? A person does not just escape from police custody.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:51pm

      We have become TOO CIVILIZED… simply turning everything over to a Justice System… that may, or may not be, Just!

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  • wordweaver
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:21pm

    Sounds like the system has failed to protect society from this guy. Some other segment of society will likely take care of him before long. I just hope no more innocents are harmed in the process.

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    • 000degrees
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:35pm

      This story has everything……Illegals, brass knuckles, pit bulls, brides, hair pulling……it just gives and gives….

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    • NevergiveinNever
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 9:13pm

      We put so many social programs in place and don’t have enough workers to do thorough intakes. Secondly, there is no clear path and coordination with other agencies for these workers to get help when someone like this psycho is observed. Many of the workers know in their ‘gut’ that some people should be locked up and observed…but they are dismissed when help is requested. We have become such a legalistic society that many professionals have no avenue to report what they know is a danger to the public. Then we have those who are educated in these liberal colleges programs filled with classes full of fluff and CRAP…..the students are brainwashed to become mindless idiots and they themselves may become one of these psycos…..common sense is not allowed so it just dies within……So the ones, like this guy, are shuffled from one to another and finally turned back out on the streets.

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  • Mr.Fitnah
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:20pm

    I blame Reagan he closed the nut houses.

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  • nobull14
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:18pm

    Then this p o s slided back to tacoville where he can not be found for a while? . Then he will show up and hurt someone else ?. I for bringing back public hangings instead of pay to house them in prison !!!!!

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  • zoro51
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:14pm

    you married a deviant HELLOOOOO divorce now sue n distroy the dog.. make sure hes LOCKED UP n no paroll… this worthless piece of **** cared NOT for his future wife get out n find REAL LOVE kind strong meaningfull not a LOSERS DRUG INFESTED HORNEY SEX ACT… cause it was all just a ACT….

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    • Mr.Fitnah
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:23pm

      Reading you’re not doing it right.

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    • Toltepeceno
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:34pm

      He was not the groom.

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    • 3monkeysmomma
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:00pm

      Reading is FUNdamental.

      Sadly, you just illiterate and MENTAL.

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    • chips1
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:56pm

      You can’t even spell your own name. It’s ZORRO and the numbers are 51-50. It’s the numbers in the Welfare and Institutions code.

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    • teddrunk
      Posted on August 18, 2012 at 6:51am

      I words read good

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  • bdandsl
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:13pm

    Time to start culling the herd!

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  • Alvin691
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:04pm

    Reporter said he on his way to Chicago, to get his Obama provided papers?

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  • wisehiney
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:03pm

    Gonna need to get rid of the bad seed one of these days.

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  • Alvin691
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:01pm

    As the scorpion said, “It’s my nature”.

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  • Sutter Buttes
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:01pm

    A 10mm in Nevarez‘ brain would solve everyone’s problems. Oh yeah, and the dog too.

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    • wisehiney
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:14pm

      An these fools knew he was coming. If that wedding was around here, the story would be all over the lame stream media instead of just on The Blaze.

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  • JUSTANOTHEROPINION
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:58pm

    Well, if the left wanted something to support the notion of abortion with I would say this guy would be a very, very good start.

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    • DRAGONSEED
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 10:44pm

      Well, he can get in line, right behind that brainless animal who raped Granny while banging her head with a hammer and those human-flesh-eating zombies who INGEST bath-salts instead of bathing with them.

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  • pandora
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:56pm

    He’s the perfect candidate for amnesty, and while they’re at it, give him a permit to buy guns, and give him food stamps, and a driver’s license, a free car, a college education, welfare, a free car, cable TV, a cell phone…………..might as well make him the keynote speaker at the Democratic convention too.

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  • Madmilo
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:56pm

    Lets open the border and let all of these crazy fools come over here, No problem.

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    • noland
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:32pm

      I believe its Already open! Thankyou demorats and of course the repubs thats been doing Nothing about it for a loooooong time. Now we janet shuting down ice n onobama making sure its WIDE OPEN!!!

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:56pm

    Why is he still breathing?

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    • troymac20
      Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:10pm

      Because nobody there had a gun, and oddly enough the police weren’t there in time to catch him. Can you imagine that!

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  • darkhelmet
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:51pm

    So how that whole sanctuary thing working for you Colorado?

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  • ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:45pm

    Hmmmmm I think his eyes give him away ………… every time !!!!

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    • castuslonginus
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:52pm

      He does have a set of manson lamps,and you’re right, you can tell every time.

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  • SpeckChaser
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:45pm

    “Yet still, for no reason that anyone has disclosed, Nevarez decided to attack his benefactor.”

    No reason? Isn’t the guy mentally unstable?

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  • The Gooch
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:43pm

    Some human beings will NEVER be able to play well with others. A sane society has two choices: Lock up the freaks (sure, take the least restrictive route, but keep ‘em in sight, and, if necessary, juiced up on sedatives) or plant ‘em. An insane society foolishly believes it can “cure” such animals. Wrong. At best, you can control this brand of goon.
    This is malicious wounding that may have been a first degree murder attempt. Please, SOMEONE defend this freak. Let us hear how this ‘poor soul’ MUST be saved.

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  • Larry E
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:43pm

    There are people who need to be killed, people who should live forever, and all the rest of us. Guess which group that freak show Nevarez belongs in? Big hint! It’s not the last two groups. At very least he needs to be locked up forever, which of course will never happen because that would violate his precious civil rights. So we‘ll have another story about him in awhile after he’s killed a few people.

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    • chips1
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 9:14pm

      Kill 13 and wound 31 and the government can’t even figure out what to do with him. inetta went to the Middle East and our troops had to give up their guns. Now, yesterday, an Afgan shot and killed 2 American Solders and no statement from Obama. We are surrounded.

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  • team1blazer
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:42pm

    Poor girl. She tried to help a fellow human being, who turned out to be evil. There is evil in this world, and it should be eliminated whenever it is encountered. Don’t, however let this monster ruin your compassion for others. Stay strong.

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  • oriondma05
    Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:41pm

    So you have a person so nasty that even his own sister fears him.. And the justice system keeps him in a mental hospital and releases him?

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    • southernORcobra
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:47pm

      yup have no idea why these mental health places release clearly disturbed people.

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:55pm

      Yep. The assumption would be the fellow was proved either mentally ill and/or addicted, but NOT a danger to himself and/or others.
      This is when I part ways with quite a few libertarians. Sure, you can be as bat crap crazy as you want, but NEVER at the expense of others. I want a govt. that will allow for some recourse to deal with such freaks. The argument that these processes could be used to railroad folks into mental hospitals makes for some subpar soap opera fiction. I’ve seen many people dodge hospitalization who arguably should be contained ’til stable; I’ve NEVER seen a person go kicking and screaming who had not demonstrated he or she was nuts and dangerous.
      And just remember, because no one IN AUTHORITY bothered to act on either Loughner or Holmes, two homicidal fruits end up killing lots o’ people. We need to stop coddling our children and be honest when they are broken and dangerous.

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    • The Gooch
      Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:01pm

      southernORcobra
      Most states simply don’t have the resources (money and/or facilities) to serve this popuation. There are also laws in place about periodic status review. A shrewd respondent can sometimes hold it together just long enough to nod and smile at the right times. Finally, some lawyers and voters don’t believe such detainment is legal.

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