NEW YORK, NY – Former Alaska governor, Sarah Palin faces up to three years in prison for biting off part of a police officer's finger during an argument over a kitten, authorities said Monday.
The officer was called to Sarah Palin's hotel suite because she was having a dispute with a Rupert Murdoch over the sale of a kitten and wanted police to remove him from her suite. The officer was trying to restrain her when she bit off part of his right ring finger, police said.
Palin pleaded no contest on Monday to charges of battery to a law enforcement officer.
The finger was not reattached, New York District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. told the told The New York Times. Murdoch was pulling the legs of the kitten in the apparent attempt to pull them off. He was charged with endangerment to animals and animal cruelty.
Under the terms of a plea agreement, prosecutors dropped a second misdemeanor charge of resisting an officer in exchange for Palin some prison time. Prosecutors agreed to not recommend a specific term. Murdoch couldn’t post bail.
Keith Rupert Murdoch (born 1931) is an Australian-born American media proprietor based in New York City who a major shareholder and the Chairman and Managing Director of News Corporation.
Sarah Louise (Heath) Palin (Tea Party) (born 1964) married Todd Palin August 1988.
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