The wannabe rapper accused of torturing a stray cat to demise and bragging about it in a sick Satanic ritual final 12 months was indicted on animal cruelty costs, prosecutors stated Tuesday.
David Mosley, 26 – who goes by the alias Church of Ububal – was arraigned on costs of aggravated cruelty to animals and torturing and injuring animals throughout a Tuesday look earlier than Bronx Supreme Courtroom Justice George Villegas, the Bronx District Lawyer’s Workplace stated.
Mosley pleaded not responsible within the callous act that sparked outrage after he posted a photograph of the lifeless cat, mendacity immobile in a pool of blood, to his now-deleted Instagram account on Oct. 22, prosecutors stated.
Lower than two weeks earlier, he posted a photograph of himself with the cat – which was nonetheless residing on the time, the DA’s workplace stated.
Surveillance footage reviewed by detectives additionally reveals Mosley carrying the doomed feline into his condo for the primary time on Oct. 9, prosecutors stated.
In his personal protection, Mosley claimed he discovered the cat after it died, in response to the DA’s workplace.
Mosley additionally defended his actions in a livestream video posted to YouTube, claiming the social media stunt was merely a sick joke — and in the identical breath, taunted animal lovers.
The Satan-worshipping sacrifice was an obvious effort to hype his upcoming rap album rollout.
In a harshly worded courtroom vow in November, Decide Linda Poust Lopez advised Mosley she would “not approve a plea deal on the animal cruelty cost until it’s the most sentence on that cost.”
She then urged Mosley to “observe up in your psychological well being appointments.”
The animal cruelty cost carries a two-year sentence – which Lopez made clear she desires.
“This defendant is accused of the torture of a stray cat that he took into his dwelling,” Bronx District Lawyer Darcel D. Clark stated in a press release. “The defendant’s alleged stunning conduct included posting photos of a lifeless cat on social media and bragging about what he had allegedly executed.”
Mosley is due again in court docket on March 17.
