Michael Macartney, 50, confessed to the BBC his role in an extreme monkey torture network.

A ringleader in a global monkey torture network exposed by the BBC has been charged by US federal prosecutors.

Michael Macartney, 50, who went by the alias “Torture King”, was charged in Virginia with conspiracy to create and distribute animal-crushing videos.

Mr Macartney was one of three key distributors identified by the BBC Eye team during a year-long investigation into sadistic monkey torture groups.

Two women have also been charged in the UK following the investigation.

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Mr Macartney, a former motorcycle gang member who previously spent time in prison, ran several chat groups for monkey torture enthusiasts from around the world on the encrypted messaging app Telegram.

  • xantoxis@lemmy.world
    261·
    7 months ago

    Monkey torture enthusiasts? This isn’t about saving money on cosmetics testing or some shit, they literally just like torturing monkeys???

    Put them all in the Titan submersible and weld the doors shut before you send it down

    • Aqarius@lemmy.world
      3·
      7 months ago

      Oddly enough, I’m both not sure you could weld the doors shut, since the body was not metal, and also not sure you’d need to, since apparently the only latch was on the outside.