

Since next season was close to finishing production, this decision will not impact the upcoming season." In a statement, the network said, "We have made the decision to cut ties with Ceaser Emanuel from Black Ink Crew New York. "And this dangerous person must be held accountable and barred from owning any animal.” This prompted VH1 to fire Ceaser from Black Ink Crewafter eight years of being part of the show. "Animal abusers are often repeat offenders," the group said.

Nonetheless, the incident immediately sparked online outrage and called the attention of animal rights groups such as PETA. "There is no police involvement," he also said of the matter. His lawyer Walter Mosley later told TMZ the video is old and was shot at his residence in Atlanta during COVID.

In the footage which has since gone viral, the tattoo mogul is seen hitting his dog with a folding chair several times, before putting the canine inside a cage and pushing it down a hill. In the video, Jess goes to the Brooklyn tattoo shop and talks to Ceaser about the robbery, and she asked to see the video footage.In June 2022, Ceaser Emanuel found himself in hot water after a video of him allegedly abusing his dog surfaced online. Jess took it upon herself to confront Ceaser and get to the truth of the accusations for herself. Walt told her that word on the streets is that he is no longer a member of the Black Ink Crew family, and his former boss Ceaser wants nothing to do with him. Jess was visibly upset that Walt stole money instead of telling her about his financial trouble and them working through it together, but she was somewhat sympathetic to him because she said she could relate to making bad decisions when falling on hard times financially. Walt said due to COVID, and the shop shutting down he wasn’t able to put the money back, but he was never a part of any robbery. On the most recent episode, Walt’s wife Jess chopped it up with shop owner Ceaser about the robbery.Įarlier in the episode, Walt confessed to his wife Jess that he made a dumb decision and took $5,000 out of the register because he had fallen on hard times financially, but his plan was to put the money back. “ Black Ink Crew’s” most shocking storyline this season has been the accusation that Walt robbed the 125th Tattoo shop.
