Overview

• A Missouri judge held Haddix in contempt on July 23 for failing to pay $224,000 in court-ordered fees to PETA, prompting her arrest.
• Agents executing a July 9 search warrant uncovered an unregistered adult female chimpanzee confined in a makeshift basement enclosure at her Sunrise Beach home.
• Eastern District of Missouri prosecutors are seeking to keep her behind bars until her August 7 sentencing, citing the latest chimp discovery as evidence of continued defiance.
• In March, Haddix pleaded guilty to perjury and obstruction after falsely claiming her chimp Tonka had died and been cremated, a lie exposed when Tonka was found alive in 2022.
• PETA has called for the harshest possible sentence, accusing Haddix of repeatedly flouting court orders and endangering chimpanzee welfare.