COLUMBIA, Tenn. - A man who authorities say previously was involved with bestiality pornography has been charged with animal cruelty.
Sheriff's investigators said Tuesday that 58-year-old James Michael Tait was having sex with horses on a Maury County farm. The farm owner, 44-year-old Kenny Thomason, also was charged with animal cruelty.
Investigators said they seized photos in the case.
Tait and Thomason are in jail. Court officials said they had no record of attorneys for the men.
King County, Wash., authorities say Tait in 2005 videotaped another man, Kenneth Pinyan, having sex with a horse. Pinyan later died of internal injuries from the incident.
The Washington investigators said they found about 100 pornographic bestiality videos of Tait and others. Tait got a suspended sentence on a trespassing conviction, and Washington later outlawed bestiality.
