CITRA, Fla. (WESH) — A Marion County man has been arrested after several people told deputies they spotted him having sex with a miniature horse.
Officials with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said Nicholas Anthony Sardo, 21, admitted to having sex with a miniature male pony named Jackie G.
Detectives said that on Oct. 16 a witness came forward and reported to Detective Juliano that she had witnessed Sardo having sex with Jackie G in a pasture on a family member’s property three days earlier. Another witness came forward saying she saw it as well, deputies said.
Sardo admitted to investigators that he had sex with the horse four times during the course of a week.
Sardo told deputies he used a condom each time because he didn’t want to get a disease from the horse, officials said.
Sardo is charged with four counts of sexual contact with an animal and Is being held in the Marion County Jail.
