Tonia Haddix
Tonia Haddix, a 56-year-old woman from Missouri, gained notoriety as a star of the HBO documentary series Chimp Crazy. Recently, she was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for perjury and obstructing justice, after falsely claiming that Tonka, a chimpanzee under her care and a former movie star, had died. Haddix's legal troubles stem from her mistreatment of several primates at her facility, which led to a lawsuit from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Despite signing a consent decree to relocate some of the chimps, she violated court orders and was found to have lied about Tonka's fate to avoid PETA's intervention.
Born on Jan 01, 1967 (58 years old)
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Tonia Haddix, who starred in the HBO documentary series Chimp Crazy, has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for perjury and obstructing justice.
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