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Project Runway's Kenley Collins Accused of Attacking Fiancé with Cat

Project Runway designer Kenley Collins often sparred with Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum, but now she's accused of putting the cat in catfight. The Season 6 finalist, often remembered as the contestant with the ginormous ego and nails-on-a-chalkboard voice, was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon after attacking her musician fiancé Zak Penley, 28, with her pet cat ...

Gina DiNunno
Gina DiNunno

Project Runwaydesigner Kenley Collins often sparred with Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum, but now she's accused of putting the cat in catfight.

The Season 5 finalist, often remembered as the contestant with the ginormous ego and nails-on-a-chalkboard voice, was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon after attacking her musician fiancé Zak Penley, 28, with her pet cat, according to the New York Post.

"It was a miscommunication," the 26-year-old told the newspaper after she was released without bail from Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday morning. "Fights happen, and that's that."

The scuffle began around 7 am Wednesday, sources told The Post, when Kenley threw one of couple's pet cats onto her fiancé.

She also hit him with a laptop and three apples and doused him water, police told the newspaper.

"Zak blew this out of proportion in the police report," Kenley said. "It was a break-up that went badly. He got what he wanted. I broke up with him. I just thought that we weren't ready to get married."

Perhaps because her name would have been Kenley Penley.