Project Runway Finalist Attacks Fiance With Cat, Laptop, Fruit

2009_03_kenleyfist.jpg The Post reports that Kenley Collins, a fashion designer and Project Runway finalist, was "arrested today after assaulting her fiance with their cat... After throwing the feline, a laptop computer, and three apples at Zak Penley, Collins, 26, was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon (of meow destruction)."

Collins told the Post, "It was a miscommunication. Fights happen. And that's that. There is no case," but the Post has some details from sources, like how "an enraged Collins woke Penley up just after 7 a.m. by hurling their cat in his face," which was followed by throwing her laptop "and as he fell crawled on the floor, slammed a door on his head." Then "she threw three apples, and doused him with water, before he was able to dial 911," which was also allegedly accompanied by Collins' threat, "You're lucky, it could have been worse."

The couple was planning on getting married in the fall (Mrs. Kenley Penley?) but neighbors say they have been arguing lately. One said, "When she speaks, she yells. Since she moved in around September there have been a lot of noise problems." When Entertainment Weekly had asked her about other Project Runway contestants suggesting she was full of herself, Collins said, "Full of myself? I just laughed and had fun.... Other people just didn't handle me as well, the aggressive, New York kind of upfront, forward behavior."

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Ok, first of all, if they got married (and she took his name) her name would be KENLEY PENLEY! So how could that end badly?

that girl is a ticking time bomb

get out now, fiance! RUN!

let's not forget the real victim here - that poor cat.

Oh Kenley you an assault me with animals any day. Raaaaaarrrrrrrrrr

This will be the best thing that ever happened to him. He made it out relatively unscathed.
What a whack job.

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what about the poor cat?

I never liked her on the show. Since when does "New York kind of upfront, forward behavior" translate into assaulting people with kitties?

You can't use the "I'm a rude New Yorker" excuse if your not from NY, Duh.

Throw some acid in her smug face. That'll fix the fucking bitch!!!

I've always heard about guys who have pussy thrown at them every day, but this is ridiculous. She's a cute girl, but she ain't worth the abuse, verbal and physical.

My advice for Zak... since she threw a cat at you, you should slap her upside the head with a female dog.

At least she didn't hit him with a sea kitten...

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