PORTLAND, Maine — A man charged in the shooting death of a friend during a night of sex play in a “dungeon” has been convicted of manslaughter by a jury in Maine’s largest city.
Defense lawyer Tom Hallett told jurors Wednesday that three men had been using guns as part of their sexual play and that the victim may have put a bullet in a revolver to increase the thrill. Defendant Bruce Lavallee-Davidson told police the shooting was an accident.
Assistant Attorney General Lisa Marchese says it was still Lavallee-Davidson’s responsibility to make sure the gun wasn’t loaded before handling it.
The trial has shed light on a dungeon in victim Fred Wilson’s South Portland home filled with sex toys. Wilson died from a single gunshot to the head.