Couple in animal torture videos jailed for life

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Couple in animal torture videos jailed for life

A couple from the Philippines was sentenced to life in prison for producing and selling videos depicting scantily clad girls torturing or killing animals. Victor Ridon and Chita DOrma Ridon were found guilty of human trafficking by a court in San Fernando, Pampanga. The Ridons were arrested in 2011 following a complaint by a US-based animal rights group that the couple was making “crush videos” to sell to foreigners via the web. The couple used teenaged girls to kill, maim or torture animals as part of a crush fetish that appeals to a certain group of people. The ruling is the “first of its kind” according to the trial court clerk.

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