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Rapper DMX pleads guilty to animal cruelty.
The report from an Arizona courtroom on Tuesday about rapper DMX sounded oddly familiar to the raid on Michael Vick’s home in 2007 for dog fighting and animal cruelty. The 38 year-old rapper, plead guilty to drug, theft and animal cruelty charges during his day in court. He will serve at least 90 days in jail for his offenses and has agreed not to own any animals in the future.
The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons was, arrested in August 2008 when police raided his home in Maricopa County after someone reported possible animal abuse. They found the bodies of three dead dogs that had been buried in a shallow grave and another twelve malnourished Pit bull terriers at the house. The starving dogs had been left in the hot desert sun without food or water.
When police came to his house last Friday to take him into custody, another five Pit bull mixed puppies were confiscated. They were sent to a local animal rescue group for protection.
During his trial on Tuesday, DMX tried to explain why his dogs were found in such poor health when police raided his home last summer. The rapper blamed an employee he had hired to care for the dogs, but the judge presiding over the case didn’t buy the story. The court pointed out that the responsibility fell to the rapper because he was the owner of the dogs.
DMX has featured the Pit bull dogs in his music videos, but there was also a question in the mind of the court whether some of the dogs had been used for dog fighting. In the past the rapper has supported the illegal and inhumane activity and some of the deceased dogs found at his home had bite marks on their bodies. Will this case become another Michael Vick scandal?
The rapper will receive his final sentencing next month.
For more information on preventing animal abuse and illegal dog fighting you may want to about Georgia- one of Michael Vick's recovered dogs.
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