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The estate's grounds were used by Boneyard Kennels, to house and train fighting dogs.

The BBC identified the man behind Boneyard Kennels as David Patterson, a mixed-martial arts coach from County Antrim.

We traced about 40 fighting pit bulls to Boneyard Kennels – matching several of the dogs' pre-fight training videos to a walled garden deep inside the Shane's Castle estate.

The name Spongebob was listed as a referee in several dog fighting match reports, and as a handler of Boneyard Kennels' dogs.

He seemingly walked back any retirement talk a month later and reassured listeners on SiriusXM‘s “Ozzy’s Boneyard” that he is “not dying.”