Overview

• U.S. District Judge Joseph Lawson III imposed a 12-month and one-day sentence for violations of the Lacey Act.
• Antle must pay a $55,000 fine, forfeit three chimpanzees and more than $197,000 and serve three years of supervised release.
• He pleaded guilty in November 2023 to conspiring to trade two tigers, two lion cubs, two cheetah cubs and a chimpanzee without proper permits.
• Prosecutors detailed how Antle laundered over $500,000 of human smuggling proceeds to fund illegal wildlife purchases.
• The sentence marks the final chapter of the Tiger King saga and underscores heightened federal enforcement against roadside zoo crimes.