Brent Justice and Ashley Richards were charged in 2012 with animal cruelty after they allegedly used a meat cleaver to cut off a pit bull puppy’s tail, slice its leg and slash its neck. The puppy died as a result.
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| Brent Justice |
The gruesome death was reportedly videotaped and posted online to make money. Investigators said the videos are called crush videos. Crush videos show an animal being tortured, often crushed, to satisfy the viewer’s sexual appetite.
Justice and Richards created as many as 27 'crush' videos between February 2010 and August 2012 and was eventually stopped after PETA discovered the footage and alerted the authorities.
After her arrest in 2012, prosecutors said Richards tortured a puppy, kittens, a rabbit, mice, a pigeon, fish, lobsters and crabs using high heeled shoes, a meat cleaver, knives, screwdrivers and pliers.
She allegedly killed a cat by slitting its throat and stomping its eye with her shoe heel.
Richards pleaded guilty to creating the video at the federal level and has a sentencing trial set for Feb. 25.
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| Ashley Richards |
She also pleaded guilty to the animal cruelty charge and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Justice is acting as his own attorney in the Harris County trial.
(KHOU - Feb 8, 2016)
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