Rapper beats puppy on TV
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Published · reached Usenet November 12, 2004
11/11/2004 - 13:56:50
Public Enemy star Flavor Flav has incurred the wrath of animal lovers across America after beating a puppy on VH1 reality show The Surreal Life.
The gold-toothed rapper, real name William Drayton, decided to show his housemates on the show how to discipline a dog when the house puppy urinated on the floor.
His celebrity pals reeled in horror as he hit the dog on the nose with a rolled up newspaper, and now he could face legal action from a Hollywood animal rights group.
A spokesman for Last Chance For Animals says: "It sends out a bad message to people out there that this is the way you discipline a dog - by smacking him on the face.
"We will investigate and we'll file charges against this Flavor Flav."
If found guilty of a cruelty misdemeanour, the rapper could face a year in jail.
Meanwhile, VH1 bosses have been inundated with complaints from fans of the show who were upset by Flav's dog-beating.