US animal breeder sentenced for illegally selling monkey to Chris Brown

Chris Brown paid for a capuchin monkey (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

The owner of an exotic animal breeding business in Florida has been sentenced to five years’ probation for illegally selling a capuchin monkey to singer Chris Brown.

A federal indictment does not name Brown, only identifying the buyer as a celebrity in California, but key details match an Associated Press report that wildlife agents seized the singer’s pet monkey after serving a search warrant on his Los Angeles home in early January 2018.