2008 : Dimitri Diatchenko killed ex - girlfriend 's pet dog and ate half of it . 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 . He then is alleged to have threatened to do the same to her . It happened after his girlfriend told him they ' n't be roommates anymore , authorities say . He faces charges of cruelty to an animal with a use of knife , and criminal threats .
2008 : Dimitri Diatchenko killed ex - girlfriend 's pet dog and ate half of it . He then is alleged to have threatened to do the same to her . It happened after his girlfriend told him they ' n't be roommates anymore , authorities say . He faces charges of cruelty to an animal with a use of knife , and criminal threats .