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Zouma and his brother have both been accused of offences under the Animal Welfare Act.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Yoan Zouma has been accused of two counts of “aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring” Kurt to commit the offence of causing unnecessary suffering to the cat. Zouma has been accused of two counts of causing “unnecessary suffering” as well as one count of failing to protect the cat from “pain suffering, injury or disease”.

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The centre-back is due to appear at Thames Magistrates' Court on Tuesday after being filmed kicking and slapping one of his pets.

Zouma's younger brother Yoan, 23, who plays for Dagenham and Redbridge, is accused of aiding and abetting the causing of unnecessary suffering to a protected animal after filming the incident, which happened on February 6. According to the offences levied against Zouma, he is accused of “causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, namely a cat, by an act, namely by kicking a cat in the abdomen” as well as "slapping a cat to the head" and“not taking such steps as were reasonable in all the circumstances to ensure that the needs of an animal for which you were responsible, namely a cat, were met to the extent required by good practice in that you did not protect the animal from pain, suffering, injury or disease”. The 27-year-old was filmed kicking and slapping one of his pets in March and faces two offences of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal as well as an allegation that he breached animal welfare duty following an RSPCA investigation.

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“Overall, if today was anything to go by, we have to do a lot more than I first thought. “It doesn’t feel like I’ve done a good job this season at the moment because I wanted better,” he added. When we were winning one-nil and we had the chance to go one place higher, the players didn’t show that toughness and that bottle that they’ve had before.

West Ham star Kurt Zouma has been accused of three offences under the Animal Welfare Act after a video showed him allegedly kicking a cat.

I would like to assure everyone that our two cats are perfectly fine and healthy. In March, an RSPCA spokesperson said: “Following a full and thorough investigation, we have started the process of bringing a prosecution against Kurt Zouma and Yoan Zouma under the Animal Welfare Act. Zouma’s 23-year-old brother Yoan, who is accused of filming the video, has also been accused of two offences under the Animal Welfare Act.

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He is accused of two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and one count of breaching animal welfare duty. - Zouma accused of two counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and one count of breaching animal welfare duty. West Ham star Kurt Zouma is CHARGED with three offences under the Animal Welfare Act after 'kicking and slapping his pet cat' as his brother is charged with two offences for filming him

He then returned to the club as one of Moyes' assistants in November 2017 before rejoining the coaching staff for a second time ahead of the 2020/21 season.

He has been a great help to myself and the team, and a popular figure who we will miss around the training ground. It has been fantastic to work with the players and staff every day at Rush Green, a very special environment that I will miss greatly. He then returned to the club as one of Moyes' assistants in November 2017 before rejoining the coaching staff for a second time ahead of the 2020/21 season.