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"Court documents say he admitted that his dog killed a neighbor's cat in February 2004 "due in part to my negligence."

Gray said he just learned of the financial judgment yesterday from a reporter. "This is way out of hand. This is absolutely crazy," he said.

Gray said he had already served 21 days in jail and three months under house arrest for the animal-control violation."

The dog owner had admitted liability and had previously been convicted of previous violations. Humm, I guess the dog owner just couldn't get it through his head that with ownership comes responsibility. That sounds fair to me.

I would hardly call $45k judgment the road to independant wealth. I guess it's all relative.