Kurt Zouma has been sentenced to 180 hours of community service after pleading guilty to kicking and slapping a cat.
The West Ham defender was handed a 12-month community order and also banned from keeping cats for five years.
He was also told to pay nearly £9,000 in court costs.
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Zouma, 27, admitted two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
Disgusting footage of the incident, posted on Snapchat by his brother, Yoan, emerged in February.
In the disturbing video, he was filmed kicking it in the abdomen and slapping it on the head.
His brother was ordered to carry out 140 hours of community service.
