NYPD Blue writer punches his poodle in face

[StephyMei1112]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...usaolp00000009

Gah, 4 pounds??... I would hate to see what he would do to my 70 lb puppy if she chewed on his furniture...

[yoko]

:O That's horrible!

And the wife says 'it was a horrible accident'! Yeah in my world a full grown man full on punching a 4 lbs dog in the face is NOT an accident.

[swabby]

Originally Posted by yoko

:O That's horrible!

And the wife says 'it was a horrible accident'! Yeah in my world a full grown man full on punching a 4 lbs dog in the face is NOT an accident.

If I was his wife, I would be afraid. VERY AFRAID!

[AdrianneIsabel]

Remind me to not take my dog to the vet after an accident then?

Did I miss it, did he admit to punching?

[Linds]

Originally Posted by AdrianneIsabel

Remind me to not take my dog to the vet after an accident then?

Did I miss it, did he admit to punching?

I was trying to figure out if he did this publicly or if he went to the vet with a dead dog and said "I punched my poodle and he died"

[Xandra]

Sources said Shuttleworth, who has worked for Steven Spielberg and now reads scripts for $300 a pop, allegedly decked little Lola on May 29 because he was angry at the pup.

He took the 5-year-old dog to a veterinarian, where her death raised suspicions. The hospital called the ASPCA, which took Lola’s remains for a necropsy.

“Lola sustained a traumatic brain injury secondary to the application of blunt force to the right side of her head at the hands of the suspect, her owner,” said ASPCA spokesman Joseph Pentangelo.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/q...#ixzz1y5JsLsaj

It kinda sounds he must have admitted to it though? Just the way everything is written...

[release the hounds]

Typical of media, light on pertinent details and a bit heavy with the dramatics. Who knows what happened?

[Doberluv]

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED:

The hospital called the ASPCA, which took Lola***8217;s remains for a necropsy.

***8220;Lola sustained a traumatic brain injury secondary to the application of blunt force to the right side of her head at the hands of the suspect, her owner,***8221; said ASPCA spokesman Joseph Pentangelo.

That ****** ****** should get the same as he did to an innocent dog.

[Linds]

Originally Posted by Doberluv

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED:

I'm trying to figure out how they know he was the cause of the blunt force trauma. Maybe he did do that, but no where does it say "He admitted to punching his dog"

Just seems weird to me.

[Xandra]

Originally Posted by Linds

I'm trying to figure out how they know he was the cause of the blunt force trauma. Maybe he did do that, but no where does it say "He admitted to punching his dog"

Just seems weird to me.

Me too. What would it look like if he were walking and didn't see it and kicked it in the head? What if he dropped something on it? is there some huge difference between a kick and a punch in a necropsy?

I'm surprised at the surety that everyone is saying he punched it, the only reason I thought there must be an admission is because they could be sued for slander or something if they're wrong, right?



ETA did his wife say he did it? Because I've only seen her being quoted as that it is "a horrible accident."