Doc Antle from ‘Tiger King’ behind bars

A character from the Netflix reality TV series Tiger King, Bhagavan « Doc » Antle, has been chargedwithmoney laundering and faces up to 20 years in prison.

According tothe U.S. Attorney in SouthCarolina, Doc Antle allegedly laundered $505,000 in cash that was the proceeds of an operation to smuggle undocumented immigrantsfrom the Mexican border into the United States.

The 62-year-old claims the charges are false. Pending trial, he was bookedinto a South Carolina jaillast Friday where he remains in custody.

Doc Antle became known to the general public with the TV seriesTiger King released in the spring of 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic.Tiger King, which presented the life of zoo owner Joe Exotic and his plot to murder his rival Carole Baskin, attracted many viewers, to rank among the most popular TV series of the channel.

This is notBhagavan « Doc » Antle‘s first brush withthe law. In recent years, he has also been charged with several offenses related to the trafficking and abuse of exotic animals.

The Netflix documentary Tiger King: The Doc Antle Story depicts a man who seduces minors and abused women in addition to defrauding a wildlife charity.