Page 14 - IAV Digital Magazine #463

iAV - Antelope Valley Digital Magazine
Woman Sues Ex-roommate For $1.2m For Training Her Parrot To Sexually Harass Her
A woman filed a sexual harass- ment lawsuit against her ex- roommate for teaching her pet parrot dozens of lewd remarks which it would repeat hundreds of times every day.
26-year old Sarah Johnson from Louisville in
Kentucky claims that her former roommate, 27- year old Steven Moore, caused her psychological and emotional trauma by push- ing her pet parrot to sexually harass her.
According to the complaint, Mr. Moore taught the plaintiff’s bird, an
orange-winged amazon parrot named Kiki, sev- eral short sen- tences of sexual nature, which the animal began repeating tireless- ly.
Ms. Johnson kicked Mr. Moore out of their apart- ment after only six months but says Kiki contin-
ued harassing her for almost 3 years until she was finally forced to have her it euthanized.
The young woman explained her unusual situation in an interview with WHAS-TV.
“I loved that par- rot until Steven
moved in. I know it all began as a joke, but it totally ruined my life. It made me inse- cure about my physical appear- ance and my sex- uality.”
Sarah Johnson says Kiki knew around twelves different sen- tences and would repeat them sev- eral hundred times every day.
“It kept yelling stuff like “show me your tits” and “stuff me in your pussy” all the time. It drove me crazy and was so embarrassing tha t I didn’t dare invite anyone at home.”
She says the constant harass- ment caused her to isolate herself socially and even suffer from a severe depres- sion. She eventu- ally dropped out
of college, began drinking heavily and attempted twice to commit suicide.
This unusual as raised several questions con- cerning human legal responsibili- ty in their pets’ behavior and also generated a lot of reactions on social media.
A few readers feel sympathy for Ms. Johnson and support her claim that her ex-room- mate should be held responsible for the harass- ment she suf- fered.
However, a
vast majority of comments seem to side with Mr. Moore and his lawyer, calling the lawsuit “pathetic”, “shameful” and “useless”.
iAV - Antelope Valley Digital Magazine