English Premier League footballer Kurt Zouma has been sentenced to 180 hours of community service after kicking and hitting one of his two cats in a Snapchat video which went viral.
Zouma, 27, who plays in defence for West Ham United, was sentenced at Thames Magistrates’ Court in east London on Wednesday after pleading guilty at the first opportunity last week to two offences under the Animal Welfare Act of causing unnecessary suffering to a cat.
In February a video, which had been taken by his brother Yoan, emerged which showed Kurt Zouma chasing a cat around a house, kicking and slapping him, as his children watched. He reportedly reacted after the cat damaged a chair in his house with its claws….