A judge said the mother-of-three had “embarrassed the nation.”

Summary

Allexis Ferrell, a 27-year-old Ohio woman, was sentenced to one year in prison for killing and attempting to eat a cat.

The case gained global attention after it was falsely linked to Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, by Donald Trump and JD Vance, despite Ferrell being a U.S. citizen from Canton, 170 miles away.

The baseless claims were widely debunked by authorities.

Ferrell, a mother of three, was found competent to stand trial and requested treatment for substance abuse.

Judge Frank Forchione called the crime “repulsive” and sentenced her to the maximum term.

  • Pumpkin Escobar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    24 days ago

    Yeah, I phrased that poorly, I was painfully aware of the Haitians eating cats BS, I meant this more like “why wait until the last paragraph to drop that key bit of information?” Clumsy writing / story structure at the very least.

    • hemmes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      24 days ago

      No worries, you’re right. It reads funny at the last sentence just capping the article with that right there. I think they were trying to bring it back to the viral nature of her video

      The video of Ferrell’s arrest was circulated online shortly afterward

      I think this was the main topic they really wanted to highlight.

      but the Canton incident happened approximately 170 miles from Springfield and Ferrell is a U.S. citizen.

      And the abrupt debunking to wrap it up.