Haddix, 55, pleaded guilty in March to two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice for lying to a federal judge about Tonka’s death.

Exotic animal broker and "Chimp Crazy" star Tonia Haddix, who is currently embroiled in a civil lawsuit with PETA, was arrested Saturday, a little more than a week after authorities found a chimpanzee stashed in the basement of her Missouri home.

Tonia Haddix, a Missouri woman facing federal sentencing over her ownership of exotic chimpanzees, is asking the judge for leniency, citing emotional motivations behind her crimes.