The dog bite case ended recently, and Yaniv once again got away with no real consequences. It was settled out-of-court, likely with a payout from the Strata's insurance to the victim.
(The Strata was forced into the lawsuit as a co-defendant, since the attack happened on their premises.)
https://meowmix.online/rexys-canine-criminal-record/ [
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Meowmix said:
The legal saga of Jonny Yaniv’s aggressive and potentially dangerous dog is over for now. On February 10, 2025 a consent order in the dog bite case was filed basically ending the current proceedings without going to trial and without any costs to any of the parties. In other words, there was an out of court settlement with no doubt an insurance company payout. We may never know how much Jonny and Rexy cost the insurance company. Normally out of court settlements are not published but whatever the amount, if paid by the strata it will increase the insurance premiums for the entire strata. It became apparent after Jonny’s June loss at BCCRT over the incident, Jonny’s threats about getting Rexy to attack to Rebel reporter, Drea Humphrey, and the request to fast track the case in November, that it was just a matter of time before there was an out of court settlement. If Jonny had just muzzled Rexy in the Strata common areas as he was ordered to do so because of his history of attacking other resident’s dogs and threatening their children, this two year legal saga would not have happened. But muzzling Rexy proves to the world that Rexy is not a service dog no matter what Jonny claims and has now been so declared in several BC legal venues. One court reluctantly accepted Rexy as an emotional support dog so that the criminal trial could proceed without too many Jonny initiated interruptions. It was obvious that the judge did not want to provide any grounds for an appeal. It was suspected by onlookers that Jonny kept Rexy under control in the court most of the time by drugging him. Jonny was observed taking a bottle or vial out of his backpack and putting it near Rexy’s snout.
We expect there will be more Rexy related law suits in the near future. For example, students at both SFU & UBC are unhappy at Jonny & Rexy’s behaviour in the food courts, getting lunged at as they walk in common areas like parking lots, and Jonny not picking up after Rexy. We expect the next time Rexy bites someone be it another dog or person, he will be seized which would honestly be for the best, there are a few very interested and knowledgeable people hoping to give Rexy the home he deserves.
I had to refresh my memory on this one. The victim is a woman named Jasmin Bajaj. Yaniv's dog, Rexy, bit her in an unprovoked attack. This happened in an elevator in the Strata back in 2022. Rexy was already
known at the time to be dangerous, but Yaniv has always refused to muzzle or control her.
Some old Meowmix blogposts about the case: [
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Some tweets from the a-log crew about this news:
https://x.com/trustednerd/status/1894533280604762116

A lot of this reads like wishful thinking to me, tbh. The courts already know Rexy isn't a "real" service dog, but they simply don't care to challenge Yaniv on it - just like they never challenge any of Yaniv's other absurd claims about his identity/disabilities/protected characteristics. That would be heckin' unkind!
Canada is a joke.
Also, the minority restaurants terrorized by Yaniv will probably
never bother to counter-sue him. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The Afghan Kebab saga was a huge letdown, so I'm not gonna get my hopes up again.
I think Yaniv will only get some comeuppance after his mom passes and he finally becomes destitute (due to frivolous spending, refusing to work a real job, and running out of loans to scam). But watch! The joke will still be on the Canadian public, as Yaniv will either be sent to a women's prison, or he'll remain free and start living in women's shelters.
