Joe "The Cat Killer" Petcka was back in court today to ask a Manhattan judge for a retrial unless prosecutors reduce the charges against him to a no jail time, misdemeanor offense or drop the charges against him entirely. Petcka's previous trial on felony animal-cruelty charges after he beat his girlfriend's cat to…

Cat Killer

Maria

9/29/08 9:20am

Joe "Cat-Killer" Petcka, the baseball player-cum-actor whose recent trial over the murder of his girlfriend's cat resulted in a hung jury last Friday, was on this morning with his attorney. Petcka's claim during the trial was that he was defending himself against the cat (whose name was Norman) after the cat started…

Oxygen Gets ANTM Reruns • Cat-Killer Case Results In Hung Jury

Maria

9/26/08 5:30pm

• Oxygen has bought the off-network rerun rights to the full library of , including current and future cycles. Episodes begin airing in January. • In South Africa, the under the age of 16 has caused progressives to clash with tribal rituals which are supported by Zulus (including Jacob Zuma), who view the testing as…

Maria

9/22/08 10:40am

Oh boy: Joseph Petcka, the New Yorker who is currently on trial for killing his girlfriend's cat, with the ever-s0 sympathetic columnist, Andrea Peyser. The two bonded over being the Number 1 and 2 Most Hated New Yorkers and Andrea wondered why people can't forgive him ("He killed a cat! Can't this guy get a…

Petcka, Petkiller

Maria

9/18/08 5:20pm

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In testimony that began yesterday, a former baseball player-turned-actor who had a brief appearance on Sex and the City of killing his girlfriend's cat because he was jealous. Joe Petcka is on trial for aggravated cruelty to animals for killing the cat, named Norman, in March of 2007. Petcka's former girlfriend…

Memo To Men: Women Love Their Cats. Get The Fuck Over It

Anna Holmes

4/13/07 5:23pm

We're extremely sad to report that a player of one of our favorite sports (baseball) who was once a prospect for our favorite team (the NY Mets) and appeared on one of our least-favorite shows (Sex and the City) has been arrested on charges that he beat his girlfriend's cat to death. Gawker kind of sums up our…

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