Declan Garrity, 24, has been fired by Barclay's, with the company saying in a statement that he is 'no longer' with the financial institution.
Garrity is accused of ripping out the nails of black, white and brown Lucy - and setting her tail on fire.
His roommate claims that the abuse went on for three months and that when she asked him about it he told her an iron fell on her pet.
Garrity, from Omagh, County Tyrone, appeared in court last month having been bailed for $5,000 after his arrest.
He has been charged with two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, a felony offense which carries a prison sentence of between one-and-a-third to four years.
Police were called just a week later when he returned to his apartment to gather his belongings without an escort as had been required by the judge. He was charged with criminal contempt for that infraction.
Garrity, who is thought to be in the US on a work visa, is also accused of one count of torturing and injuring animals.
Three-year-old Lucy has been in intensive care and was being fed by a tube since her teeth were broken too, but is now said to be recovering and has begun to purr again.
During the court hearing Garrity was told by Judge Joanne Watters that he could not have any contact with the owner of the cat, who has publicly only given her name as Danielle, including texts and emails.
Garrity is said to have tricked Danielle by telling her that he grew up around cats so that he would ask her to move into last November. However while she was at work in her nursing job he is said to have attacked her pet.
Garrity is said to have abused Lucy until the morning of February 20 when Danielle finished her shift and came home to find her cat cowering in her carrier.
Her back foot was bent in the wrong direction and she was missing fur, it is alleged.
According to the criminal complaint, Danielle went to the police and vet Dr Robert Reisman carried out an inspection of Lucy.
He found she had recently suffered a number of injuries within the last few days.
They were a dislocated right tibia bone, a fractured right tibia, broken teeth, severe inflammation to her mouth, burns to the tail, anal area, right thigh and left thigh.
Dr Reisman also noted that Lucy had broken claws and what the complaint described as 'severe muscle injury'.
Danielle has said that only then did she realize that Lucy's odd behavior in recent months had been due to Garrity allegedly abusing her.
According to the criminal complaint, since November Lucy has been acting strangely including hiding in Danielle's bedroom closet, not eating and 'constantly licking her paws'.
Lucy's pelvis was broken on January 25 and Garrity is said to have told Danielle that an iron fell on her whilst she was at work.
Danielle, 29, has said that Lucy was 'noticeably staying away' from Garrity but she never suspected what he was allegedly doing.
She said: 'I thought it was weird. I was like: "How can we get the cat to like him?" Your mind doesn't go straight to: 'He's doing something to my cat".
'It's nauseating. I've been disgusted with everything...I thought he was the best roommate I ever had. It's bizarre'.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Garrity attended the Christian Brothers Grammar School in Omagh and studied at the Queens University in Belfast.
He then attended the Hult International Business School in Boston, and joined Barclays in New York as a financial analyst in October 2014.
His LinkedIn profile says that he has done volunteering in Russia, South Africa and Mozambique.
He describes himself as a 'market orientated professional' who prides himself on his 'tight work ethic'.
Barclays said that Garrity, who will next appear before the court on April 28, is currently on a leave of absence pending a review.
Meanwhile, Lucy is fighting for her life at Animal Medical Center on East 62nd St. The 3-and-a-half-year-old, multi-colored feline has been undergoing surgery to stabilize her enough so doctors can set her bones. Lucy is being fed through an IV since her teeth were broken, too, Danielle said.
The ASPCA has agreed to foot Lucy's $10,000 medical bills, but Danielle still needs to pay for the cat's upcoming procedures and bills from previous visits to the vet during the time of the ongoing abuse.
"As part of our partnership with the NYPD, the ASPCA routinely provides life-saving medical care to animal cruelty victims, such as Lucy, either through the ASPCA Animal Hospital or our various veterinary partners across the city, including Animal Medical Center," a spokeswoman for the ASPCA said.
To cover the rest of the medical costs, Danielle's relatives set up a GoFundMe page on Thursday, which had already gathered $2,400 of its $5,000 goal by Friday afternoon.
"Based on the overwhelming response of people wanting to help, the funds beyond my expenses will be donated to the ASPCA," Danielle told DNAinfo on Friday.
"I'm extremely grateful for the outpouring of love and generosity."
(Daily Mail - March 19, 2016)
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