In the court document, investigators provide transcripts that show Antle and a co-conspirator used cash, acquired through the transportation and harboring of immigrants who illegally entered the country, to purchase cheetah cubs, lion cubs, tigers and a juvenile chimpanzee that were all protected as endangered species.

“Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was sentenced on Tuesday to one year and a day in federal prison and fined $55,000 for trafficking in exotic animals and money laundering after ...