Instagram Model Gets Probation After Being Caught on Camera Repeatedly Kicking Her Small Dog
An Instagram model from South Florida will serve four years probation after being caught on surveillance footage repeatedly kicking her small dog in an elevator, PEOPLE confirms.
In September 2017, Keevonna Wilson entered the elevator of her condominium in Aventura, a suburb of Miami. Surveillance cameras caught her repeatedly kicking her dog, Shih Tzu-Yorkie mix named Chastity. The video, viewed by PEOPLE, appears to show her kicking the dog at least 10 times.
Security guards at the condominium contacted police and provided them with the video, the Miami Herald reports.
In the police report first obtained by the Herald, Miami-Dade Animal Services examined the dog and found bruises around her stomach area. They removed Chastity from Wilson’s home and put her up for adoption.
Wilson’s defense attorney, Robert Resnick, told the Herald that his client did not intend to seriously injure the dog.
“She was devastated by this,” Resnick told the paper. “She worked very hard to make this right.”
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Wilson addressed her actions on Instagram on Sunday. “My actions were despicable and uncalled for,” she wrote. “I should’ve never allowed my anger issues to dictate how I would treat my own defenseless dog.”
“I took anger management classes on my own to help me deal with my internal issues,” she wrote. “I took the classes because I wanted to deal with the root of why I reacted in such a horrible way.”
“I cannot change the past, but what I can do is contribute towards making a positive difference in our society, especially when it comes to animal cruelty,” she wrote.
Last Wednesday, Wilson, 26, accepted a plea deal that calls on her to serve four years of probation, pay a $600 fine, and write a letter to the court apologizing for the animal abuse. PEOPLE confirms that the judge withheld adjudication, meaning that she won’t technically be convicted of a crime.
Wilson has agreed to not own any pets for three years. She also paid back authorities approximately $2,700 to offset the cost of the police investigation and of housing the dog.
According to the court, Chastity has been relocated to live with a new family.
