Molly-Mae reveals she’s taking legal action after breeder blamed her for puppy’s death and offered her ‘replacement’
MOLLY Mae Hague has been left heartbroken after she feels she has been blamed for her puppy Mr Chai’s death – and is now taking legal action.
The breeder, who sold Molly’s boyfriend Tommy Fury the dog back in June, posted on social media claiming Molly was trying to ‘lay the blame’ for Mr Chai’s death on her.
But in a furious statement, the Love Island star tells The Sun Online: “I have been made aware of a number of social media posts relating to Mr Chai today.
“I cannot comment in detail on these posts as they are being dealt with by my lawyer – but it is fair to say that if they are intended to suggest wrongdoing on my part in relation to Mr Chai’s death, they are entirely false.
“At the appropriate time I will comment further as necessary but for now I am grateful these posts have been removed.”
Messages seen by The Sun suggest that the breeder, Elena Katerova of Tiffany Puppies, also offered Molly an ‘identical puppy’ to replace her Pomeranian.
A source tells The Sun: “Molly was deeply distressed in the days following Mr Chai’s death.
“She communicated the death to the breeder and the breeder suggested replacing Mr Chai with another dog.
“Molly wanted to grieve and move on.”
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Mr Chai, originally a birthday present from boxer Tommy, died just six days after arriving in the UK from Russia.
In an emotional video on YouTube, the influencer sobbed: “The vet rang up and said Chai had a seizure and he died. Tommy literally threw up everywhere.
“I was like: ‘It’s a prank’ as we get prank called all the time and she was like: ‘No, your dog has died.'”
Tommy and Molly have both quit social media as they take time to grieve for their beloved pup.
Yesterday, Molly spoke up to urge readers to buy from within the UK.
“If we had our chance again, we wouldn’t have imported from Russia – we’d have a dog from the UK.”
Tiffany Puppies and Elena Katerova have been contacted for comment.