{"id":36075,"date":"2022-06-04T05:45:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T05:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/doc-antle-of-tiger-king-arrested-by-fbi\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T05:45:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T05:45:42","slug":"doc-antle-of-tiger-king-arrested-by-fbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/doc-antle-of-tiger-king-arrested-by-fbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Doc Antle of &#8216;Tiger King&#8217; arrested by FBI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cTiger King\u201d star Bhagavan \u201cDoc\u201d Antle was booked into a South Carolina jail by the FBI Friday evening<\/p>\n<p>Antle, 62, was jailed in a North Myrtle Beach detention center around 5:40 pm, and no charges against him were listed, according to government records.  TMZ reported that the arrest was related to money laundering.<\/p>\n<p>Antle &#8211; who was featured as a rival of Joe Exotic in the hit Netflix docuseries &#8211; owns Myrtle Beach Safari.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, he was charged with multiple felonies for trafficking and abusing exotic animals.  Activists cheered his latest arrest of him in a statement to The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe applaud the Dept. of Justice and FBI for arresting Bhagavan &#8216;Doc&#8217; Antle, a longtime scoundrel engaged in the egregious and inhumane trade of dangerous big cats,\u201d said Marty Irby, executive director of Animal Wellness Action. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Irresponsible breeding, inhumane living conditions, and public exploitation is a serious problem in the US, and caging these wild animals also presents a threat to human health and safety.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>No charges have been issued for Bhagavan \u201cDoc\u201d Antle.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">National Geographic \/ Muck Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/antle-tiger-king-065.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Joe Exotic with one of his tigers.\" class=\"wp-image-22531886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/antle-tiger-king-065.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/antle-tiger-king-065.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/antle-tiger-king-065.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Joe Exotic is currently serving a 21-year prison sentence for plotting to kill his arch-nemesis Carole Baskin.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Netflix US \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A follow up Netflix documentary series \u201cTiger King: The Doc Antle Story\u201d alleged that Antle had sex with minors, abused women and defrauded a wildlife charity.<\/p>\n<p>Antle told WBTW-TV in December that all the allegations were &#8220;absolutely false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTiger King\u201d star Bhagavan \u201cDoc\u201d Antle was booked into a South Carolina jail by the FBI Friday evening Antle, 62, was jailed in a North Myrtle Beach detention center around 5:40 pm, and no charges against him were listed, according to government records. TMZ reported that the arrest was related to money laundering. 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