IRON MOUNTAIN, MICH. (AP) -- A sentencing hearing for two women charged in a Michigan animal cruelty case involving 30 emaciated horses has been postponed after the court was given a photo of them dressed up as a judge and prisoner.
Joan and Kathy Khoury were scheduled for sentencing Thursday in Dickinson County District Court in Iron Mountain, located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. WLUC-TV reports the hearing was postponed to Nov. 12 and the prosecutor handling the case described the photo as inappropriate.
The station says the photo was taken the weekend before Halloween. It shows them in the same frame as a person in a horse costume.
The Associated Press left a message Friday seeking comment from their lawyer. The women pleaded no contest last month to misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals.
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