A Missouri woman who starred in the HBO documentary series "Chimp Crazy" has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison after she lied that a movie star primate that she was accused of mistreating had died.

The subject of the HBO docuseries will face nearly four years in prison after pleading guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice.

Tonia Haddix, the main subject of HBO’s 2024 docuseries “Chimp Crazy,” was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison on Thursday, according to local St. Louis outlet Fox 2. She was convicted of two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice during an investigation into the alleged death of her celebrity pet