Alabama, US - On Tuesday, Oct.9, a man pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a miniature horse and raping a woman, and a judge somewhat reluctantly accepted a deal offered by prosecutors for a three-year prison sentence.
The assault on the miniature horse occurred on Oct. 29, 2010.
The defendant Eric Steven Easley, 29, went onto the property on Wilmer Road, tied the animal’s tail to a fence post inside the horse pen and then sexually assaulted it.
The owner later found her 2-year-old horse, Ebony Ice, injured and traumatized. She also discovered Easley’s wallet inside the pen.
Easley pleaded guilty to killing or disabling livestock, as the horse is not able to procreate.
The rape occurred on the following July 16, after Easley had gotten out of jail on bail in the horse molestation case.
The woman woke up to find the defendant in her kitchen and asked what he was doing there. The two argued, and Easley slapped the woman and tried to choke her. He took the woman’s cell phone, waited for it to get dark and then ripped off her clothes and raped her.
Later, the Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Wright said, he made the victim take a bath and threatened to drown her if she tried to get away. The woman managed to escape the house the next day and go for help.
Outside the courtroom, the defense attorney disputed Wright’s account: he said the victim is a professional prostitute and that she lived with his client for about year.
“I think it had something to do with drugs,” he said.
Eric Steven Easley was sentenced to three years in prison, but he's already spent 14 months in jail, meaning with time served, he'll be out in 22 months. He was technically sentenced to 15 years, but the deal stipulated that all but three of those be suspended.
After serving that time, the defendant will be on probation for five years, and the judge ordered him to serve it under the intense supervision of the Community Corrections Center. The judge also dismissed animal cruelty and domestic violence charges as part of the deal.
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