{"id":27430,"date":"2014-10-01T14:14:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T06:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=27430"},"modified":"2014-10-02T09:22:41","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T01:22:41","slug":"crush-video-couple-gets-life-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/01\/crush-video-couple-gets-life-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Crush’ video couple gets life sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Screengrab from a “crush” fetish video shows a young animal being tortured to death.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2015 A husband and wife couple behind the production of revolting \u201ccrush\u201d fetish videos now find themselves on the receiving end of a crushing \u2013 and very much deserved \u2013 blow. The couple has been sentence to life in prison and a fine of P 9-miliion each for producing the fetish videos depicting barely-clothed women stepping on and torturing animals.<\/p>\n

The website of animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals-Asia Pacific (Peta) said that Dorma and Vicente Ridon were found guilty on the charges of \u201cchild abuse, animal welfare crimes, human trafficking, and wildlife-protection crimes.\u201d They were sentenced on Monday by the San Fernando Regional Trial Court Branch 30 in La Union to life imprisonment.<\/p>\n

The court\u2019s decision was praised by Peta-Asia Vice President, Jason Baker, who said that this serves as \u201ca warning to anyone involved in the vile crush video industry: there are grave consequences for harming animals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peta detailed that the couple was involved in the creation of videos which showed young women in skimpy bikinis, performing brutal acts to animals; such as \u201cskinning a dog alive and burning another with a clothes iron, cutting off rabbits\u2019 ears and setting the rabbits on fire while they flailed and screamed, hitting a monkey in the eye with the sharp end of a stiletto heel, and crushing puppies until they vomited their own internal organs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The organization further reported that one of the girls in the \u201ccrush\u201d videos was a minor; having been only 12-years-old at the time of the filming.<\/p>\n

Peta added, as well, that these horrendous fetish videos are sold on the Internet to sexual fetishists mainly from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Korea, and Malaysia.<\/p>\n

Police authorities define “crush” videos as those which generally show women “torturing and killing a wide variety of animals, including chickens, rabbits and more for the sexual gratification of its viewers.”<\/p>\n

The Ridons were arrested by authorities in 2011, after Peta and the National Bureau of Investigation carried out an in-depth investigation of the couple’s participation in the production and sale of the fetish videos.<\/p>\n

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“Wanted” poster released by Peta, prior to the arrest of Dorma and Vicente Ridon in 2011. (Photo : Facebook \/ Peta)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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