Chef of L.A. restaurant Horses accused by chef-partner of killing family cats, divorce records show

by methmouthjuggalo

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  1. AsianRainbow

    No mention of jerking off while strangling a kitten but still very disturbing allegations.

    That’s a weird sentence I hope to never write again…

  2. losangelestimes

    hi there, here’s a tl;dr for this story:

    A chef of popular Los Angeles restaurant Horses accused her husband and business partner of killing the family’s cats in a divorce filing in which she also asked for a domestic violence restraining order.

    Elizabeth Johnson filed the request for the order in November 2022, alleging Will Aghajanian physically assaulted her on numerous occasions and killed the family’s cats. Aghajanian strongly denied her claims in his own court filings, calling them “false allegations.”

    Johnson said that “Will and I have had cats that mysteriously ended up dying, including one in 2017 who I took to a shelter when she became seriously wounded overnight. The shelter told me she had been seriously abused, but Will denied it,” Johnson wrote.

    She claims that Aghajanian joked about feeding their kitten to coyotes and said he didn’t like the cat, according to the filing. Eventually, she alleges she witnessed him hurting their cat.

    Will Aghajanian did not respond to a request for comment. The restaurant also did not respond to requests.

    A judge in the case approved the domestic violence restraining order in December and reissued it on May 1, according to court documents.

    In his own filing for a restraining order, Aghajanian requested custody back of their dogs Pancho and Javi, saying that Johnson “misled the Court into making orders against me.”

    “I am fearful of [Johnson] since I am the victim of [her] long-term abuse that has occurred throughout our relationship,” he wrote.

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  3. SizzlingSloth

    This is going to be used to make “The Menu Part II”

  4. b1gmouth

    It’s like the plot line of a War of the Roses remake.

  5. drjohnsonsorangepeel

    Love how LA Times has a link to a puff piece about the restaurant’s work environment right in the middle of this article lol

  6. high_while_cooking

    He’s fucked. Regardless of the allegations being true or not. It’s made la and Ny times. His career is over.

  7. forcedintothis-

    Why would you take your sick cat to a shelter and not the vet??

  8. getwhirleddotcom

    I guess naming it Kittens would’ve been too on the nose…

  9. RhymingUsername

    This might be my excuse to get out of finding a reservation here for date night.

  10. Horny_for_Coachella

    Petit has a better burger anyway

  11. TonyTheTerrible

    soooo is there evidence of this? and how would LAtimes know to request divorce records unless tipped off?

    divorces can get very ugly very fast is all im saying

  12. lookatmynipples

    Lol pretty on brand for a restaurant who had been helped opened by someone who had 11 accusations of sexual harassment and actually admitted to his own behavior

  13. BruinBound22

    Took me a while to realize that a chef’s horses weren’t the ones being accused of killing cats

  14. Rammer12185

    Shit. I was about to go for the first time in early June for my wife’s birthday. Guess I won’t be going. Any other suggestions for a mid-week birthday dinner?

  15. OneMannedArm

    Wow this is the same couple featured in one of Mark Wiens’ Los Angeles videos…

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