Malia Nummerdor, the Florida mom arrested for alleged sex acts with the family dog, says the freak off never happened and that her estranged husband framed her.
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office arrested the 38-year-old Punta Gorda woman on September 15 on a charge of Sexual Activity Involving Animals, a second-degree felony in Florida that carries up to 15 years. According to investigators, her husband Erik had installed two cameras in the house to catch whoever was stealing money from a coin jar. While reviewing the bedroom footage, he says he found Malia partially nude with the family dog, Ranger, positioned in a way detectives described as consistent with sexual activity.
When detectives sat her down, she confirmed the woman in the video was her and the dog was the family pet. But she denied anything sexual happened, said she was only petting her elderly dog, and could not give a coherent explanation for the positioning. Investigators said she appeared impaired and admitted she had been drinking or using drugs. Then she asked for a lawyer and the interview ended. She was booked into the Charlotte County Jail on a $35,000 bond.
Sheriff Bill Prummell did not hold back. “There are only a few times in my career that I have been at a loss for words. This is one of those times. I simply cannot comprehend this behavior,” he said. Then he pointed at her booking photo. “And then to smile in the mugshot? I don’t know what there is to smile about when you’ve been arrested for something as disgusting as this.”
Her side of it looks very different. According to the arrest affidavit, Malia claims the recordings are from 2024, that Erik installed the cameras without her knowledge, got into her social media accounts, and threatened her with the videos before any of this went public. Her friends launched a fundraiser on September 21 calling the whole thing a setup. It pulled in less than $20 from two donations in its first day. A second campaign has since appeared on GiveSendGo, reframed from legal defense to household expenses, saying she and her two sons have been displaced from their home.
For now it is a charge, not a conviction. The footage is the case, her word is the defense, and a courtroom gets the last word.
Sources: Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, People, NY Post, Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
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