Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the doggone disgusting legal scandals.
Houston attorney Steven Swain, better known to his clients as S. Tyler Swain, is facing a bestiality charge after his wife discovered surveillance footage allegedly showing him engaged in sexual conduct with their pet. Swain’s wife positively identified her husband and their dog in the surveillance footage. Fox 26 Houston has additional details:
According to court documents, Swain is charged following an incident involving the family dog “Shipley” after Swain’s wife caught the incident on surveillance cameras that she recently installed as contractor work was being done inside the home.
The court documents provided very graphic details about what happened between Swain and “Shipley.” We are unable to disclose the details other than to say the incident involved “licking.”
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Fox declined to publish the more graphic allegations contained in the charging documents but in our opinion, you can guess where this incident was headed. Thankfully for Swain, Shipley didn’t follow McGruff’s advice and take a bite out of crime.
Following his arrest, Swain was released from jail on a $75,000 bond.
Houston man accused of bestiality involving family dog [Fox 26 Houston]
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