Exotic animal broker and The star of “Chimp Crazy” Tonia Haddix, who is currently involved in a civil lawsuit with Petawas arrested on Saturday, just over a week after the authorities found a chimpanzee hidden in the basement of his Missouri house.
His arrest stems from an in progress legal battle involving Peta and another chimpanzee named Tonka. A judge had ordered the arrest of Haddix and her husband to contempt in court after they would not have paid the costs ordered by the court in Peta, Roller reported. Haddix was released on Sunday from County County prison.
Haddix was on deposit awaiting conviction after having pleaded guilty in March to the charges related to his lie to a federal judge at a hearing in his case, the subsidiary of NBC Ksdk de St. Louis reported. She said in tears that Tonka, a chimpanzee known for her roles in the films “Buddy” and “George of the Jungle”, was dead and was cremated, but he was later discovered that the Chimpanzee was in fact alive and detained in his basement.
Tonka was finally withdrawn from her care and placed in a sanctuary.
Haddix was also sentenced by a judge to reimburse Peta nearly $ 225,000 for the costs and costs incurred by the legal battle.
His lawyer and director did not immediately respond to a request for comments on Thursday.
The nameless chimpanzee was found in a Haddix basement cage after the authorities executed a search warrant on July 9 at his home in Sunrise Beach, according to a FBI affidavit filed on Wednesday. Authorities believe that female chimpanzee was held in the same cage before used for Tonka.
In a memorandum of determining the sentence, the prosecutors argued that Haddix having another chimpanzee in his basement was “a clear violation” of the order seized in his civil affair with Peta.
“While at the time of the drafting of this article, the court has not yet made a conclusion relating to the violations of the defendant of its liberation conditions, it is the position of the United States that by having and hiding another chimpanzee in the subsol of his residence, despite the ordinances and the warnings of this court, the defendant has not shown any remorse for her criminal conduct, and continued to defy Court, and it should face a significant sleeping, and continued to challenge and challenge the authority of the Court, and it should face a significant puzzle, and has continued to challenge and challenge the authority of the Court, and it should face a significant pupery as a result, “deposited on Wednesday.
Peta said in a statement Haddix “cannot continue to dodge the court orders to reimburse the money it owes on Sunday.
“Peta trusts this prison sentence will only be a taste of the longer sentence than it will face next month,” the organization of animal rights said.
The authorities previously made an unexpected visit to the Haddix home in April and had located a large cage in its basement. The cage was empty at the time, but the authorities saw “Fresh Dung”, flies, covers, a bottle of empty Gatorade and “a half-eaten miller” in the case, leading them to believe that a chimpanzee had recently been kept there.
The unexpected visit was a condition for his release.
Haddix’s legal battle took place on “Chimp Crazy” by HBO. The four -part series was published last year and followed its custody with Peta on several chimpanzees, including Tonka. The Chimp cinema star had disappeared in 2021 in his custody after a court granted Peta the authorization to transfer Tonka and other chimpanzees to a sanctuary.
In a testimony of the virtual court of January 2022 appearing in the series in four parts, Haddix sobbed by telling the court that Tonka had died and was cremated. In the series, Haddix revealed to the public that Tonka was alive and celebrated her court tour.
Peta used the HBO series as proof in his case against Haddix.
