CHARLOTTSVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – An Albemarle County judge has barred a Keswick man for owning a pet for ten years in ruling in the case of a viral video where 65-year old Sunnie Sydney Jordan was shown severely beating a dog named Sashi. Advocates for Sashi from Dogs Deserve Better Blue Ridge were at Wednesday’s Albemarle Circuit Court hearing, as they have been throughout all the court proceedings, in which Jordan pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty charge. They were at first upset that the dog was not seized until a couple of days after the video went viral. However, organization leaders Kimberly Hawk Payne told The Daily Progress they’re satisfied with the judge’s decision.
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