A bi amateur referee who publicly proposed to his boyfriend during a soccer match was beaten by three men after his story went viral. Now he’s been attacked again.

Pascal Kaiser, 29, an amateur German soccer referee, proposed to his boyfriend, Moritz, at a soccer game in front of 50,000 spectators. The video went viral online as people celebrated the couple’s happiness.

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Kaiser proposed to his boyfriend, Moritz, at a Wolfsburg-Cologne match on January 30, getting down on one knee and asking Moritz to marry him.

“HE SAID YES,” a post with the video from DW Sports read. “The moment queer football fan Pascal proposed to his boyfriend before a Bundesliga game.”

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