Enumclaw horse sex case

Enumclaw horse sex case
Enumclaw horse sex case is located in Washington (state)
Enumclaw horse sex case
Location of Enumclaw, Washington State
DateJuly 2, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-07-02)
LocationUnincorporated area in King County, Washington, United States (near Enumclaw)
TypeBestiality
CauseCause of death:
Acute peritonitis caused by traumatic perforation of the colon
Participants
OutcomeLaws passed criminalizing bestiality and zoophilic pornography in Washington state
Deaths1 (Pinyan)
ConvictedJames Michael Tait
VerdictTait:
Pleaded guilty
ConvictionsTait:
First-degree criminal trespass
SentenceTait:
One-year suspended sentence

The Enumclaw horse sex case was a series of incidents in 2005 involving Kenneth D. Pinyan,[2][3] an engineer who worked for Boeing and resided in Gig Harbor, Washington; James Michael Tait, a truck driver; Douglas Spink; and other unidentified men. Pinyan and Tait filmed and distributed zoophilic pornography of Pinyan sexually abusing a stallion under the alias "Mr. Hands".[4][5] After engaging in this activity on multiple occasions over an unknown span of time, Pinyan received fatal internal injuries in one such incident.

The story was reported in The Seattle Times and was one of that paper's most read stories of 2005.[6][7] Pinyan's death rapidly prompted the enactment of a bill by the Washington State Legislature that prohibits both sex with animals and the videotaping of such an act. Under current Washington law, bestiality is now a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison.[8]

As bestiality was legal in Washington state at the time, Tait was instead convicted of trespassing and was sentenced to a one-year suspended sentence.

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  3. ^ "Kenneth D Pinyan, Washington Death Index, 1965-2014". FamilySearch. King County, Washington. July 2, 2005.
  4. ^ Lim, Dennis (April 1, 2007). "Zoo – Film". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2019 – via NYTimes.com.
  5. ^ "Horse Riding Mr Hands, Washington". Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  6. ^ "Horse sex story was online hit". The Seattle Times. December 30, 2005. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  7. ^ Macdonald, Moira (July 3, 2006). "Infamous Enumclaw horse sex case to be made into movie". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  8. ^ State of Washington, Fifty-Ninth Legislature (March 8, 2006). "Animal cruelty in the first degree". RCW 16.52.205. Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2015.