( CNN ) -- TV actor Dimitri Diatchenko is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend 's pet rabbit -- and then eating half of it . He then allegedly threatened to do the same to her , the Los Angeles County District Attorney 's office said in a statement Wednesday . Diatchenko , who appeared in episodes of `` Sons of Anarchy , '' reportedly made quite a show of the butchery , sending his ex-girlfriend blow-by-blow photos of what he was doing , according to authorities . The actor told a reporter from CNN affiliate KCAL in a phone interview that it was a hoax , that he did n't really eat the pet . `` This is all a misunderstanding . We got into an argument , but I did n't kill the bunny , '' Diatchenko said . Instead , he turned the rabbit loose , he told KCAL , and purchased rabbit meat to make her think it was the pet he had eaten . DA 's statement . Diatchenko and his ex-girlfriend had been living together `` for some time '' after the end of their romantic relationship , the statement said . Diatchenko , 46 , allegedly turned on the rabbit after the woman said they should no longer be roommates , the statement said . The ex-girlfriend was n't identified by prosecutors . The grisly act happened on Sunday , when the rabbit 's owner was out of the North Hollywood house , prosecutors said . `` Diatchenko skinned the pet , cooked it and ate half of it while sending her step-by-step pictures of what he did , '' the district attorney 's statement said . `` When she returned , the defendant allegedly told her he would do the same to her . '' The actor has been charged and is facing felony counts of cruelty to an animal with a use of knife allegation and criminal threats . If convicted , he faces a potential maximum sentence of four years and eight months in prison . Diatchenko , who has also appeared in episodes of `` Bones '' and `` How I Met Your Mother , '' is scheduled to be arraigned on December 30 . Prosecutors said they plan to ask for bail to be set at $ 90,000 . The case , which police are still investigating , evoked memories of a scene from the 1980s movie `` Fatal Attraction , '' in which the character played by Glenn Close boils the pet rabbit belonging to the family of her ex-lover . Man killed , planned to eat girlfriend 's dog , police say . CNN 's Lorenza Brascia and Tony Marco contributed to this report .
Prosecutors : Dimitri Diatchenko killed ex-girlfriend 's pet rabbit and ate half of it . He then is alleged to have threatened to do the same to her . It happened after his ex told him they should n't be roommates anymore , authorities say . Score: 6