Cruelty charges dropped against Olympic equestrian
Animal cruelty charges against an Olympic equestrian are to live dismissed inwards New Jersey, it has been announced.
Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony Kearns III said his component subdivision would be dismissing creature cruelty counts against Cesar Parra.
Parra competed for Republic of Colombia inwards the 2004 Olympic Games as well as the 2006 World Equestrian Games, as well as is a rival for a berth at the London Olympics equally component subdivision of the US dressage team. He was Colombian national champion multiple times and last twelvemonth rode for the U.S. dressage squad at the Pan American Games inwards Mexico. The squad won a gilded medal.
In March 2012, the Hunterdon County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals issued iv summonses to Parra, 49, of Whitehouse Station, later a complaint was made over an incident that occurred nearly 3 years earlier.
Parra was defendant by the SPCA of “torture or torment to a living animal” later a Equus caballus he was grooming was injured in June 2009.
The Equus caballus at the pump of the allegation was named William PFF, owned past times Trudy Miranda.
“Of the iv summonses issued to Parra, i was related to a quaternary flat crime, i was for a disorderly persons offense, as well as ii were civil complaints,” Kearns said.
The i criminal summons related to the disorderly persons offense was reviewed past times the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office.
Kearns noted: “This incident occurred almost 3 years prior to the complaints beingness issued as well as the Statute of Limitations on disorderly persons offenses is i year. Therefore, that summons was dismissed.
“In regards to the remaining fourth-degree criminal complaint, a thorough investigation into this affair was completed past times my office, including multiple witness interviews.
“It has been determined that in that place is insufficient show to perish on amongst criminal charges inwards the case. The summons volition live dismissed.
“The ii civil complaints convey been referred dorsum to the Readington Township Municipal Court for appropriate disposition.”
A lawsuit against Parra filed past times Miranda is scheduled to become to trial inwards New Bailiwick of Jersey Superior Court, inwards Flemington, on July 12.
Miranda filed adjust inwards June 2011. She alleges Parra was negligent inwards the agency he handled the Equus caballus as well as how he cared for him later an injury. Parra filed a counterclaim against Miranda inwards Apr as well as asked the estimate for a jury trial.
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