Picking the cat up by its tail and dropping it multiple times. Throwing, kicking, and stomping on the animal. Beating the cat with a wooden spoon as it tried to escape.

Despite the international outcry, legal consequences were complicated by Matías's age and local laws at the time.

In December 2018, a video resurfaced that showed Oyarzo violently abusing his pet cat, named . The footage depicted him:

The footage showed Matías picking the cat up by its tail, dropping it multiple times, kicking it, and stepping on it as it tried to escape.