--- title: "RFK Jr.’s Cousin Says He Used to Grind Up Baby Animals in His Drug Den" description: "RFK Jr.'s cousin says he ran a veritable drug den where liked to exhibit animals being sentenced to death by meat grinder." date: "2025-01-28" modified: "2025-01-28" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/rfk-cousin-grind-up-baby-animals" categories: - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" tags: - "donald trump" - "health" - "policy" - "rfk jr" --- # RFK Jr.’s Cousin Says He Used to Grind Up Baby Animals in His Drug Den ![RFK Jr.'s cousin says he ran a veritable drug den where liked to exhibit animals being sentenced to death by meat grinder.]() *\Image: Chip Somodevilla via Getty / Futurism\* Does Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sound like the kind of sane individual you'd want to be [in charge of this country's public healthy policy]()? Not according to his own family. On Tuesday, Caroline Kennedy warned that her cousin, who's been nominated by President Trump to chair the Department of Health and Human Services, is not only a "predator" who's "addicted to attention and power," but also a total hypocrite that [doesn't even follow the health advice]() he peddles to the public, the [*Washington Post* ]()[reports](). These claims were made in a letter that Caroline Kennedy sent to senators ahead of RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearings this week. But they aren't the most bizarre or shocking details that she shared about her cousin. Far from it. It's [well documented]() that RFK Jr. used to have a pretty nasty drug addiction, and Caroline adds that he not only coaxed family members down the same path through his "strength of personality," but ran a veritable drug den where liked to exhibit animals being sentenced to death by meat grinder. "His basement, his garage, his dorm room were the centers of the action where drugs were available, and he enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks," Caroline wrote. "It was often a perverse scene of despair and violence." It's a harrowing detail, but it tracks. RFK Jr. has a strangely well fleshed-out history of [doing weird and gross stuff with animals](). For example, he purportedly sent a friend a picture of himself about to chomp down on the barbecued carcass of what he [suggested was a dog]() (though he later denied this and claimed it was a goat). The Kennedy scion also inadvertently spawned a nearly decade-long mystery by [dumping a bear cub carcass in Central Park]() and staging it to look like a bike accident — that is, after his failed attempt to bring the deceased bear back home to eat. Rest assured, the saga doesn't end there. His daughter Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy claims that RFK Jr., while roadtripping with his family, used a chainsaw to [lop off the head of a beached whale](), before strapping the cetacean trophy to the roof of their minivan on their drive back. As one does. That's all utterly bizarre, of course. But hey, is any of this necessarily *disqualifying* to be the chief health guy? If you don't think so, you might be interested in what Caroline says about his two-facedness on vaccines. Despite taking issue with the label, RFK Jr**.** is a prominent anti-vaxxer who repeatedly peddles conspiracy theories about the disease-preventing medical intervention. His opportunistic stoking of anti-vaccine policy in Samoa coincided with an outbreak of measles [that killed dozens of children](). Yet privately, according to Caroline, RFKJr. vaccinates his own children. He also profits off of the vaccine industry, she says, citing a [*New York Times* report]() which disclosed his stake in a manufacturer of an HPV vaccine that helps prevent cervical cancer. "In other words, he is willing to enrich himself by denying access to a vaccine that can prevent almost all forms of cervical cancer and which has been safely administered to millions of boys and girls," Caroline Kennedy wrote, per *WaPo*. RFK Jr's confirmation hearings in the Senate start [this Wednesday](). **More on politics:** [*Trump Administration Throws Cancer Research Into Turmoil*]() ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()