SoA bit-part actor kills/eats girlfriend's pet rabbit...

[TheFamilyMan]

Wabbit stew anyone?

He says he just bought some rabbit meat from the store and texted her pics of him cooking it, she says he sent her gruesome pics of him butchering the lil guy.

We're entering new levels of crazy these days...harkens back to the boiling rabbit scene from Fatal Attraction...

 

[amdhunter]

 

[z1ggy]

Seems pretty clear with texts/pic message that 1 person here will be proven a liar.

Is peter cotton tail still around?? If not, I'd be willing to bet he killed it and chopped it up...Seems like a pretty easy case. Not sure if killing a pet rabbit counts as animal cruelty but I'm sure if he did it, she could sue him for damages.

 

[JM Aggie08]

#JustRussianThings

 

[IronWing]

Snorgle, snorgle, slurp, belch.

 

[manimal]

my dad took me hunting when I was a kid and he shot about six rabbits that day. He tried to make me shoot one but I just couldnt do it. Kinda fucked me up for a little while back then.

Guy definately has a screw loose though growing up in south america and Italy I saw tons of slaughter and butchering since 3 of my uncles were actual butchers and loved to hunt.

If he can find a receipt for the bought rabbit meat and this turns out to be a hoax then he was trolling her.

 

[MrPickins]

The actor has been charged and is facing felony counts of cruelty to an animal with a use of knife allegation and criminal threats. If convicted, he faces a potential maximum sentence of four years and eight months in prison.

For butchering a rabbit? As long as he killed did it humanely, what's the problem?

Are we now gonna charge hunters for animal cruelty?

 

[Daedalus685]

For butchering a rabbit? As long as he killed did it humanely, what's the problem?

Are we now gonna charge hunters for animal cruelty?

There is a wee bit of a difference between hunting a rabbit and, allegedly, killing someone's pet rabbit out of spite, and then threatening them with the same fate...

 

[CraKaJaX]

every time I walk through the butcher shop at Eataly I can't help but notice entire (skinned) rabbits in the display case. I've heard it's good, but I can't justify the $/lb for rabbit. If I'm paying good coin, it's going to be a nice medium rare steak.

 

[MrPickins]

There is a wee bit of a difference between hunting a rabbit and, allegedly, killing someone's pet rabbit out of spite, and then threatening them with the same fate...

Who said anything about hunting? Some people raise rabbits for meat (they're tasty).

I don't really see a difference between those rabbits and a pet. Of course, we had "pet" hogs when I was a kid that made some damn fine bacon.

As for the threat against the ex-gf, that was way out of line.

 

[Phoenix86]

Who said anything about hunting? Some people raise rabbits for meat (they're tasty).

I don't really see a difference between those rabbits and a pet. Of course, we had "pet" hogs when I was a kid that made some damn fine bacon.

As for the threat against the ex-gf, that was way out of line.

The difference primarily is ownership. You can buy or raise rabbits for meat all day long. The second you go get someone else's cage, steal their pet, and cook it, you have crossed the line from normal to psycho.

It's a subtle difference. 😉

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Who said anything about hunting? Some people raise rabbits for meat (they're tasty).

I don't really see a difference between those rabbits and a pet. Of course, we had "pet" hogs when I was a kid that made some damn fine bacon.

Er...

The difference primarily is ownership. You can buy or raise rabbits for meat all day long. The second you go get someone else's cage, steal their pet, and cook it, you have crossed the line from normal to psycho.

It's a subtle difference. 😉

Bingo. There is a difference between an animal raised for food, and an animal raised as a companion (also known as a pet). The latter tends to form an emotional bond with the animal. It'd be like killing someone's cat or dog and eating it...it's f'd up.

 

[Kaido]

The difference primarily is ownership. You can buy or raise rabbits for meat all day long. The second you go get someone else's cage, steal their pet, and cook it, you have crossed the line from normal to psycho.

It's a subtle difference. 😉

Yup. His rationalization is hilarious:

"This is all a misunderstanding. We got into an argument, but I didn't kill the bunny," Diatchenko said.

Instead, he turned the rabbit loose, he told KCAL, and purchased rabbit meat to make her think it was the pet he had eaten.

Let's look at that one more time:

He turned the rabbit loose and purchased rabbit meat to make her think it was the pet he had eaten.

"This is all a misunderstanding." Diatchenko said.

You took your girlfriend's pet. You pretended to kill it and eat it. And it's all a misunderstanding? Just like when OJ was fleeing the cops, but was really innocent the whole time! :awe:

 

[Kaido]

Seems pretty clear with texts/pic message that 1 person here will be proven a liar.

He "let the rabbit go", which means one of two scenarios:

1. He actually let it go
2. He ate it

Either way, they'll probably never find it. I have a feeling PETA is going to be having some fun with him either way 😀

 

[MrPickins]

The difference primarily is ownership. You can buy or raise rabbits for meat all day long. The second you go get someone else's cage, steal their pet, and cook it, you have crossed the line from normal to psycho.

It's a subtle difference. 😉

I didn't say it was a normal thing to do, I just question the animal cruelty charge.

 

[Phoenix86]

I didn't say it was a normal thing to do, I just question the animal cruelty charge.

From a very sanitary point of view, the method in which he killed the animal may not have been inhumane or cruel, but I'd still support the charges in this case.

It was a pet, and raising an animal as a pet (human bonding) then killing it seems cruel to both the pet and obviously the owner.

I know the law doesn't really recognize the difference between a pet and livestock, but they should. Because of that, the law would view this as destruction of property for the value of the property, being a rabbit, I'd expect that's under a $100.