If HBO orders up a second season of Chimp Crazy, the only glimpse we’re likely to get of Tonia Haddix, 56, may be through bars. The self-described “Dolly Parton of chimps” has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for lying about the fate of one of her pet chimps.

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. Tonia Haddix, 56, was also ordered Thursday to serve three years of supervised release after her 46-month prison sentence ends.

Tonia Haddix, the star of HBO docuseries "Chimp Crazy," has been sentenced to 46 months in prison after she was convicted of lying about the death of her pet celebrity chimpanzee, Tonka.