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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Seller of monkey to LA celebrity sentenced to probation

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The owner of an exotic animal breeding business in Florida has been sentenced to five years' probation for illegally selling a capuchin monkey to a celebrity in Los Angeles.

A federal indictment doesn't name the celebrity, but key details match an Associated Press report that wildlife agents seized singer Chris Brown’s pet monkey after serving a search warrant on his Los Angeles home in early January 2018.

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