Actor beats cat to death

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/18/actor.cat.cruelty.ap/index.html

"NEW YORK (AP) -- Trial has begun for a baseball player-turned-actor accused of brutally killing a cat in a jealous rage after complaining that his ex-girlfriend cared more for the furry feline than she did for him.

Assistant District Attorney Leila Kermani said the cat named Norman died with broken teeth, broken ribs, a broken leg, a torn tongue, massive internal injuries including bruised lungs and a bruised liver and a chest cavity filled with blood.

"The defendant, in a fit of anger and rage, beat a defenseless animal to death," Kermani told the jury in her opening remarks Wednesday. "The defendant killed Norman simply because he was an angry, jealous and drunken bully."


And get this, his lawyer says "This was a tragic accident," Hochbaum said. "It was not intentional."

Here's the picture of the monster, Joseph Petcka, 37. Kill him if you see him walking in the street.

 

OH MY GOD!!! Poor cat, this makes me so angry!

 

There is no way he can call this an accident! I can't believe the arguments they will allow in court. How can he prove it an accident. The evidence is right there and they allow him to waste the courts time.

 

I love how lawyers can call these sorts of things 'accidents'. With the state the cat was in, there's no way that could be an accident. I hope he's given some jail time but people seldom do get jail time for killing animals as they aren't considered to be on any standing in law that even nearly equates when you attack a human being. What a rotten thing to do and it's of course over jealousy. I hope it at least ruins his career.

 

Actually, I don't think he was much of an actor to begin with. I never heard of this guy.

 

That got me right there. That crap's disgusting. How could you do that to an animal? Why would you do that to an animal in the first place? I understand that the creep was mad at his girlfriend...but jealous of a CAT? Seriously? This guy deserves anything he gets. There's no way that crap was an accident. I'd be wanting to kill him if he did that to my cat. -_- I'm now infuriated.

 

I don't even understand why someone would do that to an animal. It done nothing wrong! That's just sickening. To beat a living being just because you're mad... The world is a sick place.​

 

May his career be ruined forever and may the cat RIP.

The b***tard.

 

I wish I could go on and on about this man and his sadism, but the other people who have posted have taken the words right out of my mouth. All I can say is that this judge surely is a moron, because it is directly in the proof that this man is a sick, sick man.

As someone else has said before, let his career rot in shame.​

 

OMG, that makes me soo sad ;~;

 

Another thing! This is why rapists and murderers go free sometimes. When you hold up a court and they are unable to process your request for your constitutional right to a speedy trial, that case is dismissed by law.

 

*facepalm*
I can't believe what the world is doing now...

I bet he was jelous because the girl liked the cat more than himself. I mean come on! The cat didn't go out and started swinging around humans till they break their ribs. -.-

 

Wow. That is absolutely ridiculous. Jealous of cat? So you go and kill it?

Whats the world coming to?

This guy has serious issues >.>

 

Who kills a cat over a girl?! Who kills a cat at all?!

 

That's just so horrible and disgusting I can't even explain it. How could someone do that to a poor animal? ;.;

 

ARRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This kinda scum makes me wanna rip something and set it on fire!!!

 

As disturbing as his behavior is, I find it more disturbing that he is fighting it.

 

Oh god! I hate that man now!

 

It's not so much hate, as it is annoying.

 

Omg.. that made me cry. that man deserves to get that happening to him T.T
See how he feels with internal bruising.... a torn tounge.... that poor cat T.T
The world is so cruel..........
I hope karma comes back to him, killing an innocent creature like that...
Just because he thought his girlfriend liked the cat more than him...
Damn him to hell for that. It's murder. That's what it is.

R.I.P. Norman- May heaven treat you well