Actor Steven Seagal Sued for Driving Tank into Arizona Home, Killing Puppy

[H.P.]

The story of Steven Seagal accompanying Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s raid on an Arizona man suspected of cock-fighting seems almost humorous. Almost, that is, until you think about police driving into your own home with a tank and killing your dog, which is what happened when Seagal drove a tank into Jesus Llovera’s house.

Seagal told a local radio station that animal cruelty was one of his pet peeves, and since the bust was an animal cruelty bust – which apparently requires the use of several armored cars, a tank, and dozens of sheriff’s deputies in full riot gear – Seagal decided to go along for the ride…and kill hundreds of roosters and a puppy in the process.

So much for animal cruelty. It turns out, of course, that Seagal was just joining the ranks of reality TV stars, blending the line between reality and television, and the line between entertainment and justice. And now he’s being sued to the tune of $100,000 by Llovera, who is also demanding a written apology from Seagal to his children for killing their puppy.

Seagal has also accompanied Arpaio’s sheriffs in cracking down on illegal immigrants. I guess being a tough guy in the movies is just never enough.

As Sean O’Neal points out, “Here’s hoping that Steven Seagal, puppy-killer, never meets Steven Seagal, guy from Out For Justice, because that dude would be pissed.” Now that would be poetic justice, which is more than we can say for the faux justice Arpaio and Seagal handed out for the TV cameras.



https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikka...driving-tank-into-arizona-home-killing-puppy/

 

[H.P.]

Now he is disputing it. I am not to fond of this guy.

Never one to go quietly, Steven Seagal is against recent allegations that he had a hand in killing the family dog of an Arizona man while filming a segment for hisSteven Seagal: Lawman reality show. As you may recall, during a totally routine raid on the home of cockfighting suspect Jesus Llovera, Seagal captained a SWAT tank to lead dozens of officers in riot gear as they first set off explosives as a distraction, then knocked down Llovera’s fence and a surrounding wall, blew out the windows in his house, swarmed his family living room, and killed the approximately 100 or so chickens they found on the property.

Caught in the fray, according to Llovera, was his family’s 11-month-old puppy, which Llovera claims was shot by police. After being presented with a notice outlining those events, as well as Llovera’s intention to file a lawsuit for the damages and demand for a written apology from Seagal to his children for the death of their puppy, both Seagal and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio—the star of his own mental maverick detective show where he probably imagines himself as the spitting image of James Garner—have responded that the claim is “without merit,” with Seagal adding that he is “outraged.”

Still, Arpaio and Seagal haven’t actually disputed anything related to the excessiveness of the raid or the resulting property damage—only the dog-slaughter charge, to which Arpaio responded, “If my deputies—or posse man Seagal for that matter—had done something so awful like shooting a family dog, then where are the photos to prove it?” Of course, Llovera’s attorney pointed out that the letter does not explicitly accuse Seagal of personally shooting his dog, only that he wants an apology for orchestrating the events that led to his dog being killed in the ensuing destruction, all so Seagal’s reality TV show would have a properly exciting Arizona episode. But yeah, if Llovera really wanted that apology, whydidn’t he think to take a photo of his murdered, bleeding puppy? That’s Arpaio’s posse man he’s slandering!

 

[Nabisco]

I never liked that arrogant dude.

 

[papasmerf]

another case of the criminal being a victim.

 

[Virus]

another case of the criminal being a victim.

First thing that came to mind after reading it.

 

[FUKUMAN]

:no:

 

[TINY]

I never liked that arrogant dude.

Chuck Norris would kick his ass.

 

[Ms.FemmeFatale]

So the guy is a a criminal and this is actual bust??? You never know with these shows.

 

[papasmerf]

So the guy is a a criminal and this is actual bust??? You never know with these shows.

no

the guy was training chickens to be angry so burger king can sell their new angry bird dishes.

 

[oldguyzer]

Was there any damage to the tank? :biggrin2:

 

[Ms.FemmeFatale]

no

the guy was training chickens to be angry so burger king can sell their new angry bird dishes.

Thanks for the sarcasm.

Someone else want to answer my question?



If the show is real and not scripted or anything and this was all legit, the cockfighting guy doesn't have much leg to stand on, however if under normal circumstances the arrest would have gone down differently without cameras rolling, he may have a case. I would think anyway.

 

[papasmerf]

Thanks for the sarcasm.

Someone else want to answer my question?






If the show is real and not scripted or anything and this was all legit, the cockfighting guy doesn't have much leg to stand on, however if under normal circumstances the arrest would have gone down differently without cameras rolling, he may have a case. I would think anyway.

while I did not see the show I believe it to be real

 

[jumpingjackflash]

Did he have an AR-15 assault rifle to go along with the tank?