Chef behind LA hot spot Horses accused of killing cats — and worse — in divorce drama
nypost.comhailed as “power-couple chefs,” and the restaurant was profiled in publications including Vanity Fair and the New York Times.
However, behind the scenes, the relationship between the hot chefs was considerably cooler. In the LA Court divorce filing obtained by the Post, Johnson accuses her husband of domestic violence and animal abuse. “[Will] and I have had a number of cats that mysteriously ended up dying.
At least one of them was examined at a shelter, and I was told she had been seriously abused,” Johnson claimed in the docs. “[He] always denied it was him, and I believed him.
However, shortly before seeking the [domestic violence total restraining order] DVTRO, I caught [him] violently shaking a new kitten we had adopted, who died the next day.”Johnson also claimed in the filings that she was given another kitten late last year, which Aghajanian allegedly joked about “feeding to coyotes.”She later claimed to have witnessed her husband abusing the animal, stating: “I caught Will violently shaking the cat late at night, and he died the next day,” she wrote. “Will put the dead cat in the trash and insisted on keeping the corpse in the house.”Aghajanian has denied Johnson’s claims in his own court filings, describing them as “false allegations.”The Post has reached out to Aghajanian and Johnson for comment.
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