It is a Yorkie, the dog poses no threat to anyone.
But, that is the defense that Prince Shembo’s attorney is going with.
A former Atlanta Falcons player kicked his ex-girlfriend’s small dog because it bit him, his attorney said Friday night. Prince Shembo was in tears over his arrest and release from the team, attorney Jerry Froelich said.
“He didn’t mean to kill the dog,” Froelich told reporters outside the Gwinnett County jail.
Let’s assume this was true, the Yorkie bit him with its super small teeth, so he felt the need to defend himself, here is what the coroner says was the damage Shembo inflicted on Dior (that was name of the dog).
The dog had a fractured rib, fractured liver, abdominal hemorrhage, thoracic hemorrhage, extensive bruising and hemorrhage in the muscles in her front leg and shoulders, head trauma, hemorrhage and edema in lungs, hemorrhage between the esophagus and trachea, and hemorrhage in the left eye with internal injuries, police said. Investigators believe Shembo kicked the dog, his arrest warrant states.
Shembo who accused but never charged with raping a student at Notre Dame who committed suicide shortly after the accusation went public was released immediately by the Falcons.
H/T THE AJC