MY NEW HERO. 'TRESPASSING' CAT PLACED IN 'KITTY JAIL' WINS $125,000 SETTLEMENT; ACCORDING TO CBS AFFILIATE STATION KIRO 7, MISKA'S OWNER ANNA DANIELI RECEIVED MORE THAN $30,00 IN FINES OVER THE YEARS "FOR CLAIMS THAT MISKA TRESPASSED [AND] TAUNTED OTHER PETS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD," AMONG OTHER INFRACTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FELINE WAS, AT ONE POINT, TAKEN FROM DANIELI BY ANIMAL CONTROL AND FORCED TO SPEND TIME IN "KITTY JAIL," REPORTED LOCAL NEWS STATION FOX 11.
, DANIELI FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST KING COUNTY, THE CITY OF BELLEVUE AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, HOPING TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT.
"THIS CASE WAS ABOUT THE UNJUSTIFIED AND INCREDIBLE PROSECUTION OF A DOMESTIC HOUSE CAT IN BELLEVUE," JON ZIMMERMAN, DANIELI'S ATTORNEY, TOLD FOX 11."THIS WAS REALLY AN HISTORIC SETTLEMENT INVOLVING A CAT IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON."