After Anna Briley kicked her boyfriend out of their east Nashville home, the jilted lover took out his frustrations on her pet pig, "Bacon Bit." Houston had claimed self-defense and said the pig was "messing with his bike and tried to bite him," according to a police report. Police were called to the couple's home at 2614 Flamingo Drive by someone reporting that Briley was gone and Houston was beating the pig in the head and spraying water in its ear with a hose. When police arrived, Bacon Bit was lying motionless on the floor, wet and bleeding with abrasions over its entire body.
Bacon Bit survived the attack.
Houston, in exchange for his deal with prosecutors, was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge. He was originally charged with aggravated animal cruelty, a felony. He has to serve 11 months and 29 days of probation, take anger management classes and perform 20 hours of community service.
He also was ordered to stay away from Briley and Bacon Bit.