Timothy Stark from 'Tiger King' on the hook for misappropriated funds after lost appeal

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“Despite his 15 minutes of fame in the Netflix documentary Tiger King ... Stark was still required to abide by the law — just like any other citizen,” state attorney general Todd Rokita said in a statement.

Joe Exotic, known for Netflix's"Tiger King", was resentenced to 21 years in his murder-for-hire case Friday in Oklahoma City federal court.A state appeals court has decided that Timothy Stark, the beleaguered Indiana big cat exhibitor featured in the Netflix documentary"," will remain personally on the hook for money misappropriated from his defunct wildlife organization Wildlife In Need.

— some of which were located"near Stark’s property in a box truck with no ventilation, food, or water," according to Thursday's Indiana Court of Appeals opinion.Court: Stark used nonprofit assets 'for personal gain' "Stark diverted WIN assets to be used for personal gain to an outrageous extent," Marion Superior Judge David J. Dreyer wrote in his 2021 ruling. He was ordered to return all the funds he misappropriated from WIN.Stark challenged that decision in front of the appeals court, but on Friday the Indiana Attorney General's Office announced he lost his appeal.

 

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