Five years after the True Crime Documentary “Tiger King” closed a country closed by Kovid -19, Final legal trouble One of its main characters will be resolved in a court in South Carolina on Tuesday.
God “Doctor” Antal faced 10 years of jail for smuggling after foreign animals and money laundering pleading guilty In November 2023.
In fact, for what punishment the prosecutors are asking and any argument for generosity from Antal’s lawyers was kept with the public before the hearing in the federal court in Charlston on Tuesday morning.
In his investigation, three other people convicted were sentenced to either probation or four months jail.
Antal’s sentence is the last true-life chapter of Tiger King Saga. The Netflix series began in March 2020 near the peak of the Kovid -19 sanctions.
The show focused on big cats dealers and conservationists who focus on controversies between Oklahoma and a private zokeer, which Exotic, and Carol Basque, who runs a Big Cat Rescue in Florida.
Foreign, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, is serving a 21 year Federal jail sentence To try to hire two separate men to kill Baskin.
Antal, who owns a private zoo called Martal Beach Safari, appeared in the first season of the documentary and was the star of the third season.
Antal’s zoo was known for charging hundreds of or thousands of dollars, so that people were so small to make pets and catch children like lions, tigers and monkeys that they were still made of bottle. Customers may have photos or videos. Antale used to ride tourism on an elephant sometimes.
Myrtle Beach Safari is open by reservation only according to her website. Antale has been on bail since his arrest in June 2022.
Antony’s federal allegations were brought after the Tiger King series.
Prosecutors said that they sold or bought cheetahs, lions, tigers and a chimpanzee without proper paperwork. And he said in a separate plan, Antale earned more than $ 500,000, which an informer reported that he was being used illegally to bring him to the US.
Investigators stated that Antal was used for large amounts of money, which could move quickly.
The FBI was listening to Antal’s phone calls with the informer as he explained that a child can easily cost $ 200,000. Private zucpers can charge hundreds of dollars for photographs with dochale young primets or other animals, but the profit window remains open for only a few years before the growing animals can no longer be handled safely.
“I had to get a monkey, but people will not take a check. They only take cash. So what do you do?” Antony said according to a transport of phone calls in court papers.
Two Antley employees have already been sentenced for their roles in their plans.
Meredith Baibi was given one year of probation for selling a chimpanzee, while Andrew “Omar” Sawyer, who said the prosecution that the Antley Laund helped the money, he was given two years of probation.
Jason Clay, owner of Texas’s private zoo, was illegally convicted for selling a primate and sentenced to four months in jail, while the allegations were removed against Charles Samamut, owner of California farm.
Antal was also Guilty in 2023 On the sale of lions, four years of wildlife smuggling cases were sentenced to two years in jail, which was “suspended” five years of good behavior “. One appeals court The two convicts overturned, deciding that the Virginia law banned the sale of endangered species, but not their purchase.
Antal was not found guilty of five cases of animal cruelty in the same virginia test.
Jeffrey Colins, Associated Press