Bloody Elbow · Oct 10, 2019
Tyrone Spong facing criminal charges over pet cougar’s escape
Photo by Pedro Gomes/Getty ImagesA drug test failure is not the only thing Tyrone Spong is dealing with.
In a wild story out of Florida, state prosecutors have filed 23 criminal charges against the former kickboxing star after his pet cougar escaped his home and roamed through the suburb of Parkland.
Seriously.
The 60-pound cat showed up in Parkland in northwest Broward County last January, making residents nervous as it sunbathed on a driveway and hopped a fence into a backyard. Wildlife officers subdued it with a tranquilizer and took it to a licensed wildlife facility. Although initially underweight, it made a full recovery.
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