The wannabe rapper accused of torturing a stray cat to dying and bragging about it in a sick Satanic ritual final 12 months was indicted on animal cruelty prices, prosecutors mentioned Tuesday.
David Mosley, 26 – who goes by the alias Church of Ububal – was arraigned on prices 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 Legal professional’s Workplace mentioned.
Mosley pleaded not responsible within the callous act that sparked outrage after he posted a photograph of the useless cat, mendacity immobile in a pool of blood, to his now-deleted Instagram account on Oct. 22, prosecutors mentioned.
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 mentioned.
Surveillance footage reviewed by detectives additionally exhibits Mosley carrying the doomed feline into his residence for the primary time on Oct. 9, prosecutors mentioned.
In his personal protection, Mosley claimed he discovered the cat after it died, in accordance with 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, Choose Linda Poust Lopez instructed 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 “comply with up in your psychological well being appointments.”
The animal cruelty cost carries a two-year sentence – which Lopez made clear she needs.
“This defendant is accused of the torture of a stray cat that he took into his residence,” Bronx District Legal professional Darcel D. Clark mentioned in an announcement. “The defendant’s alleged stunning habits included posting photographs of a useless cat on social media and bragging about what he had allegedly accomplished.”
Mosley is due again in court docket on March 17.
