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The wannabe rapper accused of torturing a stray cat to death and bragging about it in a sick Satanic ritual last year was indicted on animal cruelty charges, prosecutors said Tuesday.
David Mosley, 26 – who goes by the alias Church of Ububal – was arraigned on charges of aggravated cruelty to animals and torturing and injuring animals during a Tuesday appearance before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas, the Bronx District Attorney’s Office said.
Mosley pleaded not guilty in the callous act that sparked outrage after he posted a photo of the dead cat, lying motionless in a pool of blood, to his now-deleted Instagram account on Oct. 22, prosecutors said.
Less than two weeks earlier, he posted a photo of himself with the cat – which was still living at the time, the DA’s office said.
Surveillance footage reviewed by detectives also shows Mosley carrying the doomed feline into his apartment for the first time on Oct. 9, prosecutors said.
In his own defense, Mosley claimed he found the cat after it died, according to the DA’s office.
Mosley also defended his actions in a livestream video posted to YouTube, claiming the social media stunt was simply a sick joke — and in the same breath, taunted animal lovers.
The Devil-worshipping sacrifice was an apparent effort to hype his upcoming rap album rollout.
In a harshly worded courtroom vow in November, Judge Linda Poust Lopez told Mosley she would “not approve a plea deal on the animal cruelty charge unless it is the maximum sentence on that charge.”
She then urged Mosley to “follow up on your mental health appointments.”
The animal cruelty charge carries a two-year sentence – which Lopez made clear she wants.
“This defendant is accused of the torture of a stray cat that he took into his home,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark said in a statement. “The defendant’s alleged shocking behavior included posting images of a dead cat on social media and bragging about what he had allegedly done.”
Mosley is due back in court on March 17.
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