{"id":19373,"date":"2026-06-07T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/tiger-king-star-doc-antle-cleared-in-lion-cub-case-convictions-vacated\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T00:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T00:00:03","slug":"tiger-king-star-doc-antle-cleared-in-lion-cub-case-convictions-vacated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecigcanadazone.com\/restofcanada\/tiger-king-star-doc-antle-cleared-in-lion-cub-case-convictions-vacated\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Tiger King’ Star Doc Antle Cleared in Lion Cub Case, Convictions Vacated"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Tiger King” star Doc Antle <\/strong>is celebrating a huge legal win … after Virginia’s Supreme Court threw out all of his remaining convictions stemming from his lion cub purchases.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Antle had been convicted on charges tied to buying lion cubs from a Virginia zoo owner in 2018 and 2019. But Virginia’s highest court ruled the law prosecutors used never actually made it illegal to purchase the animals.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The justices found the statute banned the sale of endangered species — not the purchase of them — and tossed Antle’s convictions and the indictments behind them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n


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The court also threw out Antle’s conspiracy convictions, ruling the charges were based in part on conduct that wasn’t actually a crime.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Antle called the decision “total vindication” in a press release … saying, “Today the highest court in Virginia confirmed what I have said since the day these charges were filed: I broke no law. Not one.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Of course, this isn’t the end of Antle’s legal saga. TMZ previously reported the Myrtle Beach Safari owner was sentenced <\/strong><\/a>to 12 months in federal prison last July after admitting to wildlife trafficking and money laundering conspiracy charges involving cheetahs, lions, tigers and a chimpanzee.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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But when it comes to the Virginia lion cub case … Doc just clawed back a huge win.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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