Feb09
Animal-Beater Bobby Berosini Goes Down Again
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Breaking news here folks, and it's been 17 years in the making: In 1989, a video camera caught nightclub entertainer Bobby Berosini beating and punching the orangutans he used in his act at the Stardust. This week, Berosini lost yet another round in the court battle that has been going on ever since.
Instead of just paying PETA's court costs when we won the case the first time round, Berosini was forced by a federal district court to pay more than $250,000 incurred by PETA’s attorneys in trying to locate assets that he and his wife, Joan Berosini, had hidden after the initial legal battle. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld that payment order, on top of the more than $400,000 in court costs Berosini had previously paid PETA. The real victory here, though, is for the animals depicted in the video below, which (just in case it wasn't clear from the whole hiding money and trying to manipulate the justice system deal) shows exactly what sort of a person this Berosini guy is.
$250,000 dollars is a hell of a lot of money to have paid, but after watching that video again, I'm not exactly welling up with sympathy for Mr. Berosini's misfortunes. As PETA's president, Ingrid Newkirk puts it,
“There’s a lesson here for any entertainers who still feel that beating animals is acceptable. Berosini kept intelligent apes locked up in steel boxes for years, and he can never pay back the animals for the nightly beating they endured.”
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He should've served jail time. Period. And paid PETA 10x more.
Posted by: Courtney Cummins | February 9, 2007 07:12 PM
What a SCUMBAG! How f***ing "manly" does he feel now?, the prick.
(The video was kind of muddy, were some of those scenes edited to be played more than once?)
Posted by: K | February 9, 2007 09:18 PM
What an a**hole! He got off way too easily.
Posted by: Larry Sullivan | February 9, 2007 09:23 PM
He and his wife posted on an extremist for-profit dog breeder board for years, looking for sympathy while they all whined about how animals were "property" and they could do as they wished with their "property" including beat, kill, starve, etc
Posted by: kelly | February 9, 2007 10:12 PM
this is a great victory for peta - even if this man should have been sent to prison. it is very important to watch over film and entertainment industry to avoid other animal abusers to do their dirty job. please have also a look on asian film industry. in many martial arts films horses are extremely bad treated and they look starving and the 'riders' cannot ride at all - so they are tormented all the way. in the film 'the princess of the desert' i remarked even a horse with a broken leg. pls tell celebrities like jackie chan and jet li to make opposition - i know they love animals.
Posted by: freddy wood | February 10, 2007 07:24 AM
what a wimp, he can't pick on his equal, so he does it to an innocent creature. DEGENERATE....
Posted by: meredith | February 10, 2007 09:48 AM
where is this big time abuser now--also, justice was NOT served, he belongs in jail--how are the poor animals doing>
Posted by: mary panos | February 10, 2007 12:29 PM
How can someone do that to any animal? How awful - not only did the oranguatan have to inhabit a completely alien world as a performing animal in some grotty nightclub (don't think you hear loud music and cheering humans in the forests of Borneo), but it was beaten up, and probably on a regular basis to make it submissive and 'behave' on stage. How sad I feel when I see animals abused like that. Keep up the good work PETA.
Posted by: Jane Allman | February 10, 2007 01:39 PM
I just don't understand how anyone in their right mind could be soo cruel. There is no doubt this man has a serious chemical imbalance. Sickoo!
Posted by: Natalia Rey | February 10, 2007 02:16 PM
What a jerk!! No amount of money can make up for the pain he caused those poor animals. He should be put in a cell and beaten each night for the rest of his pathetic life.
Posted by: Elizabeth | February 10, 2007 06:28 PM
Thank you to Ingrid, PETA employees, and all those who fight to keep animals safe everyday! We are their guardians and we must keep fighting to make a difference in the lives of all animals.
Posted by: Elizabeth Robbins | February 11, 2007 08:59 AM
Good news--but WHY did it take so long to stop him?--how many poor animals did he ruin?--and why did the hotel allow this atrocity to go on?--good questions
Posted by: mary panos | February 11, 2007 05:15 PM
Jail time for this JERK. How can people like this live with themselves?
Posted by: Peggy Johns | February 12, 2007 12:19 PM
I agree with certain comments made by freddy wood.....
Animal exploits and cruelty are not uncommon in the film/entertainment industry, especially in the martial arts field. I'm sure most of you are aware of the illegal Kickboxing Matches that are held in Thailand.
Most of the orangutans are stolen from sanctuarys and rehab centres and used as kick bags as part of training in Illegal fights of Thai Kickboxings.
Most of the orangutans that are used by practitioners either get kicked unconscious,battered & bruised badly or end up with broken limbs/bones.
This result I feel is proof that animal exploits/cruelty won't be tolerated
Anyway, I'm pleased for PETA, and with the result. Keep up the Great Work
Posted by: pcb | February 14, 2007 07:29 AM
WHEN this man dies, he's going to wake up in a magician suit, getting punched in the face by an orangutan.
Posted by: Jesse | February 18, 2007 04:43 PM
I STILL wish I could meet this man in person! I'd like to know where this cocksucker is right now! Him and these circus abuser WILL go down! Mark my words!
Posted by: gabe de Kelaita | April 14, 2007 08:48 AM
Okay. I know it looks like he's hitting the orangutan, but, i'm reading an article which says that they found Berosini innocent and awarded him 3.1 million bucks vs. Peta.
i'm confused.
-me.
Posted by: anonymousq | July 11, 2007 05:32 PM
That's because PeTA would have you believe that this man was really abusing his orangs. What they aren't telling you is that the person videotaping this harassed the orangs into a frenzy and Bobby Barosini had to control them which is when they were video taped.
Posted by: Susan | November 30, 2007 12:18 PM
I was surfing the net wondering what happened to the orangutans.
He is a awful person that should be in jail. He was abusing TODDLERS. They didn't look that old to me. I know they weren't because, he would not be able to beat them like that. I posted because, of this idiot anonymousq.
You are full of crap and a person who can't back up with what you are saying. Give out your real name!!
I am not a big PETA fan and have lost faith in them in 2005. PETA did a good job catching this sick person. I hope that he gets alot of negative interactions with people for the rest of his horrible life. He is a waste of skin....
Posted by: Beth | June 5, 2008 07:14 AM