A federal grand jury in South Carolina indicted five people on charges of wildlife trafficking and money laundering, including Doc Antle, who starred in the 2020 Netflix series 'Tiger King,' the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWASHINGTON, June 30 - A federal grand jury in South Carolina indicted five people on charges of wildlife trafficking and money laundering, including Doc Antle, who starred in the 2020 Netflix series "Tiger King," the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
The indictment names Andrew Sawyer, 52; Meredith Bybee, 51; Charles Sammut, 61; and Jason Clay, 42, along with Antle, 62.Their representatives could not immediately be reached for comment. Antle's lawyer told a CBS affiliate that the indictment "was nothing we weren't expecting." Antle had allegedly used bulk cash receipts to purchase animals for which he could not use checks, and planned to conceal the cash he received by inflating tourist numbers at a wildlife tropical preserve in Myrtle Beach that he owned, according to the indictment.
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