Five years after the real crime documentary Tiger King, a fascinated country closed by the Covid-19, the final legal problems will be resolved on Tuesday in the courtroom in South Carolina on Tuesday.
Bhagavan’s “Doc” eyebrow faces up to 10 years in prison for exotic animals and money laundering after 2023. November Found guilty.
Exactly what prosecutors are asking for, and any argument regarding the penalties of Antlev lawyers were held from society until Tuesday morning in the Federal Court Charlestone.
Three others who found guilty in their investigation received probation or four months’ imprisonment.
The Anthle sentence is the last chapter of Tiger King Saga’s real life. Netflix series debuted in 2020. March Near the Covidid-19 restrictions.
The exhibition included the main focus of Joe Exotic, a collector and a private zoo specialist from Oklahoma, and Carole Baskin, who controls Big Cat in Florida.
The exotic name, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, serves 21 years of federal imprisonment for trying to hire two different men to kill the Basque.
Anthle, which owns a private zoo, called Myrtle Beach Safari, appeared in the first season of the documentary and was the star of the third season.
The Zoo was known for charging hundreds or thousands of dollars so that people could raise and keep baby animals such as lions, tigers and monkeys that were so young that they were still fed bottles. Customers may have photos or videos. At times, I would sometimes go on an elephant tours.
Based on its website, Myrtle Beach Safari remains open only when booking. After his arrest in 2022. June The bail was left behind.
Antle federal charges were made after the Tiger King series.
Prosecutors said he sold or bought cheetahs, lions, tigers and chimpanzees without proper documents. And they said in a separate scheme, before the Anthle washed more than $ 500,000 that the informant told him he was used to involve people in the US to work illegally.
The Anthle was accustomed to having large amounts of money he could move quickly, the researchers said.
The FBI listened to Antlev phone calls with an informant because he explained that a baby chimpanzee could easily cost $ 200,000. Private zoo owners can take hundreds of dollars for photos with obedient young primates or other animals, but the profit window is only opened for a few years before growing animals can no longer be safely handled.
“I had to get a monkey, but people won’t make a check. They’ll only take cash. So what are you doing?” Anthle said a copy of the phone call in court documents.
Two of the employees of Anthle were already convicted of roles in his schemes.
Meredith Bybee was granted a year of probation for the sale of chimpanzees, and Andrew’s Omar Sawyer, who said prosecutors’ support for “bangs” money, was given two years of probation.
Jason Clay, the owner of the Texas Private Zoo, found guilty of the unlawful sale of primates and was sentenced to four months in prison, and the accusations were rejected by Charles Sammut, the California Rancha owner.
Anthle was also convicted of 2023. In Virginia, which contained four wildlife trade for the sale of lions and was sentenced to two years in prison suspended after “five years of good behavior”. The Court of Appeal annulled two sentences, ruled that Virginia’s laws prohibit the sale of endangered species, but not their purchase.
In the same court of Virginia, it was admitted that there was no guilty of five brutal animals.