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Dimitri Diatchenko, 46, killed the rabbit belonging to his
former girlfriend on Sunday after she said that they should no
longer be roommates, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney
Lou Holtz said in a written statement.
Diatchenko then skinned the animal, cooked it and sent
step-by-step pictures of the process to his former lover and
roommate, Holtz said, adding that when she returned home the
defendant threatened to do the same to her.
Diatchenko, of the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles,
was charged on Tuesday with one felony count each of cruelty to
an animal with a use of knife and criminal threats.
He was scheduled for an initial court appearance later this
month and faces a maximum sentence of four years and eight
months in prison if convicted at trial.
Prosecutors have asked that Diatchenko be held on $90,000 bail
and said the case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles
Police Department.
Authorities did not identify the victim.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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