West Ham footballer Kurt Zouma pleads guilty to kicking his cat

Kurt Zouma arrived at Thames Magistrates Court docket forward of pleading responsible for kicking and slapping his cat (Credit: SWNS)

West Ham defender Kurt Zouma has pleaded responsible to kicking and slapping his cat.

The France worldwide pleaded responsible to 2 counts beneath the Animal Welfare Act when he appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court docket on Tuesday morning.

Zouma, 27, was pressured to apologise after harrowing footage was filmed and shared by his youthful brother Yoan, 24, who admitted one offence in the course of the listening to.

The surprising video was shared on Snapchat and obtained by The Solar (Image: The Solar)

Hammers defender Zouma arrived at court docket in chaotic style, accompanied by a number of safety guards who emerged from a automobile holding umbrellas to type a protecting defend across the defendant.

The court docket was instructed about disturbing footage of the incident, filmed at Zouma’s dwelling and posted on Snapchat by his brother on February 6.

It was later seen by a girl who had been messaging Yoan, who raised the alarm.

Zouma might be seen volleying the Bengal cat throughout his kitchen, earlier than throwing a pair of footwear at it and slapping its head.

Prosecutor Hazel Stevens instructed the court docket Kurt Zouma might be heard saying: ‘I swear I’ll kill it, I swear I’ll kill it.’

Following the incident, Zouma was fined £250,000 by his membership and his two pet cats had been seized by the RSPCA.

Yoan Zouma, Kurt’s youthful brother, filmed the incident and likewise pleaded responsible to at least one depend of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring his older brother to commit an offence (Credit: SWNS)

Zoma has continued to play for West Ham following the incident and all through the RSPCA’s investigation.

The previous Chelsea star additionally noticed a profitable sponsorship cope with Adidas terminated.

His brother Yoan was quickly suspended by Dagenham & Redbridge earlier than being allowed to return to the squad in March.

Kurt Zouma continued to play for West Ham following the incident however was fined £250,000 and was dropped by his sponsor Adidas (Image: Getty)

‘I don’t suppose the membership may take extra motion or any faster. West Ham have fined him the utmost wages,’ West Ham supervisor David Moyes stated of the membership’s determination.

‘All of us settle for the actions are horrible and diabolical, however we’ve chosen to play him and we stand by that.

‘We're so disillusioned it's utterly out of character from Kurt. He's a extremely good lad we're going to get him some assist and attempting to provide him as a lot assist as we are able to.

‘Like drink-driving offences, most individuals should go to lessons and the RSPCA are going to supply him with lessons to grasp about animals and how you can deal with them.

‘We are going to do every little thing we are able to to verify Kurt is trying into it, and getting higher, and understanding it.

‘The incident is horrible, all of us completely agree with that. There was no person on this soccer membership who doesn’t agree with that. Sponsorship being taken away is one thing the membership will cope with, not me.’

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