West Ham's Zouma given 180 hours of community service for kicking his cat

FILE PHOTO: West Ham United's Kurt Zouma leaves Thames Magistrates Court in London, Britain, May 24, 2022. REUTERS

West Ham United defender Kurt Zouma has been ordered to do 180 hours of community service and banned from keeping cats for five years after pleading guilty to kicking and slapping his pet cat, a London court ruled on Wednesday (Jun 1).

Zouma admitted two offences under the Animal Welfare Act at the Thames Magistrates' Court last month after a viral video, filmed by his brother Yoan and posted on social media in February, showed him dropping one of his cats and kicking it across the floor.