New York teen Cheyenne Cherry pleaded guilty to putting her former roommate’s kitten into a 500-degree oven and walking out because she didn’t want to hear the dying kitten’s cries or desperate scratching on the oven door.
Cherry, 17, who told police that killing the kitten was “just a joke” after her arrest, showed no remorse after a plea bargain that will put her behind bars for a year. “It’s dead b*tch!” she said grinning and sticking out her tongue as she walked out of the courtroom past animal rights activists.
Cherry and a 14-year-old friend trashed the apartment of Valerie Hernandez on May 6, stuffing her kitten, Tiger Lily, into the blistering oven to roast to death.
On Wednesday, Cherry told the judge the younger girl put the cat in the oven and “I didn’t let the cat out.” She was granted a plea deal because the younger girl is the one who put the cat in the oven.
Cherry will serve one year in jail and will not be able to keep a pet for three years.
The younger girl faces trial in Family Court because of her age.