Colorado shooting suspect’s porn star father once ‘praised’ son for ‘violent behavior’

In a “somewhat incoherent” interview, the estranged father of Colorado mass shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich admitted he praised his son for “violent behavior” growing up.  

When approached by local news for his thoughts, Aaron Brink, the 48-year-old father, was surprised to hear his son was still alive.

“I thought he was dead. I mourned his loss. I had gone through a meltdown and thought I had lost my son,” Brink told CBS 8 San Diego on Tuesday.

Brink claimed that his ex-wife called him in 2016 to tell him Aldrich, then named Nicholas Brink, had changed his named and had killed himself.

The ex-wife blamed the name change and suicide on Brink’s participation in a reality TV show called Intervention, where he publicly grappled with a crystal meth addiction. She also pointed to Brink’s past careers as an MMA fighter and adult performer under the name Dick Delaware.

Regarding their troubled relationship, Aldrich’s father mentioned he once “praised [his son] for violent behavior really early on.”

“I told him it works. It is instant, and you’ll get immediate results,” Brink said.

The father did not appear to know what his son was accused of, going on an anti-gay rant after learning Aldrich had been involved at an incident at Club Q, a gay bar in Colorado Springs.

“I don’t what he’s accused of. I can’t get answers from the attorneys really, but they’re saying it’s involving a gay bar. I don’t know what the heck he did at a gay bar,” Brink said, adding that he had not spoken to the rest of his family in six months.

A CBS 8 reporter explained to Brink that Aldrich is accused of orchestrating a mass shooting at the gay bar, killing five people and wounding at least 20 more.

“OK, well s--t, he’s accused of doing that, I’m glad he’s not gay. I can say that, I’m glad he’s not gay,” Brink said in a shocking response.

He clarified that he does not support same-sex relationships because he is a “Mormon” and a “conservative Republican.”

Court documents from Aldrich’s lawyers described their client as “nonbinary” but his sexual orientation is not clear.

The father appeared torn, expressing his sorry for the victims but happy to hear his son was still alive.

“I love my son no matter what. I love my son,” Brink said.