(AP Photo/Horry County Detention Center)
CONWAY, S.C. --- A 50-year-old South Carolina man was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty for a second time within two years to having sex with the same horse.
The judge sentenced Rodell Vareen to five years in prison, but he will only have to serve three years as long as he successfully completes two years of probation and undergoes additional therapy once released from prison.
Vareen was also ordered never to go near the Lazy B Stables where the horse’s owner Barbara Kenley caught Vareen on video last summer entering her ranch 20 miles northwest of Myrtle Beach.
Kenley became suspicious when she noticed her 21-year-old, horse Sugar was acting very odd and was getting infections once again. She grew more suspicious when she noticed items in her stable were being moved and left in odd places.Kenley set up a surveillance video in her barn and was absolutely stunned when she noticed it was the same man who had sodomized her horse Sugar just a year earlier.
Vareen apologized to Kenley and to himself after pleading guilty to the charge of buggery at the Horry County Courthouse on Wednesday.
"I'm sorry about what I've done. I didn't mean to do it. It's my fault. I'm sorry for what I've done to myself," Vereen said during Wednesday's court hearing.
Vereen's previous arrest took place in 2007 on Thanksgiving Day, after Kenley found Vereen asleep in her barn next to her horse. A mound of dirt and stool was behind her prized mare.
Kenley told The Sun News of Myrtle Beach she was mostly happy with the verdict, but wished Vereen had got more prison time.
"I've been through hell for the last year and it's caused a lot of hardship," Kenley told the newspaper. "There's a lot of ridicule and jokes going around about this thing. And a person can only take so much."
Comments
was it a boy horse or a girl horse?
WHAT A SICK MAN YUCK
A mare is female
the should have been lock and protected the femal from any mankind..
It was the same horse he was previously given time for having sex. (Male horse--leave the rest to imagination). At least he's loyal...but the time doesn't fit this crime.
Let the guy engage in bestiality, does it really affect anyone's life. I mean so long as it was consensual...they'd need Mr. Ed for that.
Also...talking about adding insult to injury.
OMG! It doesn't MATTER whether it was a male or female horse. This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever read! That man should be shot in the street for being a freakin' sicko! Nasty bas*ard!
Furthermore... that POOR horse! You know she just didn't understand what was happening to her! Poor thing. Animals are God's creatures, too, and should be treated with respect. That man is freakin' disgusting.
maybe he was born that way
Originally he said he was cowed into it by a relative who also stated that he skipped town and was on the lamb.
He does not represent the zoosexual community as a whole. A real zoo would not engage in a sexual act with someone elses partner. He seems to have real mental issues if he can't control his desire for this mare. I have a gelding as my mate and I have no problem being around other horses and don't feel the need to have sex with him or anyones horse. You should have a good emotional relationship with your horse before moving it to a sexual relationship.
With a name like sugar..its bound to be sweet. I think its the person who named the horses fault. Maybe Razor would have been better..just a thought
Well hey, it least it was the SAME horse, LOL. What a weirdo!
doesn't make any difference if it was a boy or a girl horse. Have you ever seen a horse's penis? They got some really big fat long ones!I say the horse got cheated with a small man sized penis instead!
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