Keith Griffin of Jensen Beach Florida, has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. He blames his cat. See his mugshot and read more below.
Keith Griffin
According to police reports, Florida detectives were doing online investigations this past July. They discovered that Keith Griffin, 48, allegedly downloaded over 1000 pictures of child pornography. Some of the victims were as young as eight years old.
Deputies did what deputies do, and searched Griffins home and interviewed him. Police say that Mr. Griffin told them that he often left the room whenever he was downloading music, and upon his return, lo and behold, there would be these strange images on his computer. He stated his cat would jump on his computer keyboard and download these child porn images.
Oh yes, he did say that. Over 1000 times - from file-sharing programs!
This excuse far surpasses “my dog ate my homework”, although we know that some dogs have actually done that. However, what is the probability a cat could download one child porn image, let alone over 1000? Keith Griffin’s cat is very lucky. Had the police believed him, the poor kitty could have been tasered, or worse shot, for resisting arrest. We know how cats are. They aren’t going to say or do anything you ask them to and they do give attitude! Almost every cat person has had moments of wanting to use up 8 out of the 9 alleged cat lives!
Fortunately, Griffin is behind bars on $250,000 bail in the Martin County jail. The kitty has not been charged with any crimes yet and is said to be staying with a family friend.
While Keith Griffin’s story of blaming his cat for downloading porn is amusing, we must all remember that child pornography is not. Everyone that downloads and looks at these vile and perverse photos is victimizing a child all over again.
A well-known mathematical theory states that a group of monkeys randomly typing on a typewriter could eventually write the complete works of William Shakespeare by pure chance. However, in my opinion, a cat downloading child porn is not going to happen. Probably ever.
Keith Griffin’s sentence, should he be found guilty, will give him ample time to reflect upon that. Meanwhile, some pedophile somewhere is hastily writing a note to himself: “Blaming the cat won’t work if I’m caught”.
Your thoughts?
August 8th, 2009 at 5:30 am
i give him an A+ for creativity…..my dogs are always surfing the net for new dog products and food specials ..thank goodness ..not p0rn
August 8th, 2009 at 8:47 am
This excuse made me actually facepalm.
How ret**ded is this guy to think HIS CAT of all things would download child p0rn AND How when they are downloaded he calls them “strange images” and does nothing about deleting them
What a complete moron.
He should be shot for downloading child p0rn and for blaming a cat. Freak.
August 8th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Well, this might explain why my sister’s cat is always trying to get up on my computer desk.
August 8th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
No Doll Lady..he’s just *mouse* hunting
September 4th, 2009 at 5:54 am
It makes me wonder, has anyone gone on You Tube to see what NORA can do? She’s one smart cat!! I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the cat~~ They did say it was “kitty” p0rn didn’t they?