West Ham United Star Kurt Zouma Under Guard As Defender Fears for Safety After Death Threats

• Kurt Zouma has continued to receive death threats and hatemails as the West Ham United star is now under 24-hour guard
• The former Chelsea defender appeared in a clip where he was spotted the moment he kicked and clapped a cat
• Zouma was heavily criticised over the incident and has now pleaded guilty to two offences under the Animal Welfare Act

West Ham United defender Kurt Zouma is currently under 24-hour guard after reports claim he has been sent death threats.

The 27-year-old was charged to court after footage on social media appeared to show him slapping and kicking a cat and he pleaded guilty to two offences under the Animal Welfare Act.

He is now under 24/7 guard amid fears over his safety as it was alleged that the player has continued to receive death threats and hatemails.

Zouma could face up to six months after a video emerged showing him attacking the Bengal moggy.

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The defender could be heard “I’ll kill it. I swear I’ll kill it.”

Daily Star also report the brother of the former Chelsea star Yoan had shared the clip on Snapchat with laughing emojis and then his date saw it before cancelling their date and then raised the alarm.

Further reports have it that Zouma pleaded guilty to two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, while his brother admitted aiding, abetting and procuring him to commit a crime at Thames Magistrates’ Court, east London.

The Zouma brothers were later released on bail pending sentencing on June 1.

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Meanwhile, Sports Brief earlier reported that France and Manchester City star Benjamin Mendy has pleaded “not guilty” as nine charges were pleaded to him at the Chester Crown Court.

It was gathered that the player’s trial will commence in July as the left-back entered a not guilty plea at Chester Crown Court to nine charges of offences against six women.

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He denies seven counts of the forceful act with women, one count of assault and another count of forceful make-out in relation to all the six complainants.

It was alleged that all the offences occurred at his house between October 2018 and August 2021, but none of the complainants can be identified by law.