The handling of pentathlete Annika Schleu with her horse Saint Boy caused horror at the Olympics. Now actress Kaley Cuoco has interfered in the case and made an unusual offer.
US actress Kaley Cuoco is a big horse fan. The incident at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, in which pentathlete Annika Schleu hit the horse she had been given with a whip, apparently does not leave the Hollywood star indifferent either. The enthusiastic rider, who is married to the horse trainer Karl Cook and who owns many horses herself, started to buy the animal.
Cuoco wrote, among other things, that she felt it was her “duty” to comment on this “shame”. The incident was a “disgusting” presentation of “our sport in many ways”. In addition, the actress attacked the rider and her trainer. The Big Bang Theory star added, “I’ll buy this horse right now and show it the life it should have. What is your price.” She later posted press releases on her Instagram posts and wrote that it was not a joke.
Complaint against athlete and trainer
In the meantime, the German Animal Welfare Association has also become active. : “After the cruel incidents at the modern women’s pentathlon in the context of the Olympic Games, the German Animal Welfare Association filed a criminal complaint against the German rider Annika Schleu and her trainer Kim Raisner for cruelty to animals and aiding in cruelty to animals.”
Schleu had defended himself against the accusations in an interview with “Zeit”: “I did not treat the horse extremely harshly. I had a crop that was checked beforehand. Just like the spurs. I am really not into any animal cruelty deliberately.” But she also stated that she might have said earlier, “okay, it just has no value”.
National coach Kim Raisner also rejected the allegations. “I am far from torturing animals. I love animals, I love horses. We do not thrash our horses,” said the 48-year-old of the German press agency.
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