Animal rights activists placed a 5,000 USD reward on LM in relation to the kitten killings, which reportedly had such an effect on LM that he scurried to a lawyer from Montana with the mythological Manny excuse, hoping to shift the responsibility. Perhaps they were able to get this close to him (?) due to this strategy?
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FWIW, it was a lawyer from Montana that contacted LE about the video. The lawyer LM contacted about Manny is located in NY.