RHOC’s Kelly Dodd and ex SUED after poodle ‘attacked two strangers’- but reality star insists dog is ‘gentle & loving’
REAL Housewives of Orange County star Kelly Dodd and ex-husband Michael J. Dodd are being SUED after their poodle "attacked two strangers."
The 45-year-old reality star insisted the dog is "gentle and loving."
According to , the star's poodle, Chloe, has been accused of attacking multiple strangers on the beach.
The star and Michael were recently hit with legal papers by the City of Newport Beach, according to documents obtained by the outlet.
The city filed a petition on September 8, 2020 to determine if Chloe was “potentially dangerous.”
The case comes after the small white Poodle mix was accused of biting multiple strangers.
According to the filing, Chloe- who was unprovoked- was involved in more than two different occasions over the past three years that “required a defensive action by a person to prevent bodily injury when the person and the dog were off the property of the owner.”
Additionally, the city claimed Chloe “bit a person causing” injury.
Animal Control employee Nick Ott filed a declaration, which described two incidents involving the reality star's dog.
The first incident took place back on March 19, 2015, in which an officer with Animal Control said they responded to a call after Chloe was accused of attacking Celeste Antenucci.
The alleged victim claimed she suffered bruising and multiple red marks from the incident.
The second incident took place on April 18, 2017, when police were called to the scene after Chloe “in an unprovoked and aggressive manner, inflicted an injury” on alleged victim Dean Joseph Turner.
Dean claimed 's dog bit him while he was walking on the sidewalk near a snack bar at Corona Del Mar beach.
He said two females- Kelly’s daughter Jolie and her mother Bobbi Meza- were walking two small dogs on leashes during the time of the attack.
According to legal paperwork, Dean claimed one of the women said the dog would “never harm anyone” after he complained.
The two women left the scene, though witnesses told the victim where Kelly lived.
Officials then spoke to Kelly’s mother, who denied the incident had happened.
The victim went to the hospital for the injury he sustained, while Animal Control went to Kelly’s home and spoke to her then-husband Michael.
Following the second incident, Chloe was placed on a ten-day home quarantine due to the bite “allegation made for rabies control purposes.”
A third incident occurred on April 16, 2019, where Chloe “attempted to bite” a man named Edward Thomas Webb.
The victim told officials he knew the dog because she had a previously "bit his wife" in November 2018.
After he told to control her dog, the Bravo star allegedly replied: “It’s crazy, Chloe only bites you two!"
Back in 2018, Chloe bit Edward's wife Deborah's shin while she was walking on the sidewalk in Corona Del Mar.
Animal Control officers said they observed several puncture wounds on Deborah, while Chloe was placed on a 10-day quarantine as a result.
A hearing was scheduled for November 16, 2020, though both Kelly and Michael didn't attend the hearing despite being served with notice.
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During the hearing, the court concluded Chloe was a potentially dangerous dog.
Orange County law states that Animal Control has the right to impound the dog once they are found to be potentially dangerous.
The former couple could potentially keep Chloe if they took out insurance for her, as well as followed a number of requirements.
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It is unclear what Kelly and Michael have decided to do about Chloe.
The former couple divorced in 2017, while the reality star married Rick Leventhal in 2020.
