27-year-old Clay Kinney has been charged with five counts of animal torment and one count of animal torture after deliberately hitting a deer with his car for a TikTok video.
A 27-year-old Florida resident named Clay Kinney has been hit with a bevy of charges after uploading a grisly video toTikTok.
In the video, Kinney attempted to run over five deer, but only struck one, fatally injuring the animal.
According to reports from local news outletFox 35,the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office began investigating Kinney after becoming aware of the video.
Florida man arrested for hitting deer with car for TikTok video
A detective with the Sheriff’s Office saw Kinney in the Geneva area and pulled him over for a traffic stop, where he learned that Kinney’s license was suspended.
The detective then asked Kinney about the video — and he admitted to running over the deer with his Blue Chevy Tahoe and filming the act for TikTok.
As a result, Kinney was arrested and charged with one count of animal torture, five counts of animal torment, and one count of a moving traffic violation, as per an affidavit obtained by Fox 35.
This isn’t the first time Kinney has gotten on the wrong side of the law due to deer-related incidents, either.
Kinney later admitted to parking on the side of the road to retrieve the fawn when he’d been rear-ended. According to Kinney, he’d wanted to take the fawn home and release it on his property. He ended up getting released on bond.
Virginia Glaze is Dexerto’s Entertainment Editor in the US. She expertly covers trending stories across Twitch, Kick, YouTube, and TikTok – as well as fighting games and influencer boxing. Virginia also has bylines at Red Bull, GINX, and Bandai Namco. Contact her here: virginia.glaze@dexerto.com
