ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Tonia Haddix was brought by U.S. Marshals to a St. Louis County Courtroom on Tuesday. A judge allowed a camera in the courtroom.

Haddix then testified for nearly 90 minutes about her finances.

“I’ve been a very successful broker,” she said. “Probably one of the most successful brokers in the exotic world.”

She looked much different from our five years of past interviews with her; appearances on FOX 2 which led to her federal conviction for obstruction of justice.

Haddix was caught hiding a chimp named Tonka in her basement, claiming Tonka had died.

Tonka was one of several chimps Haddix was caring for at a compound outside of Festus. The animal rights group PETA obtained a court order for those chimps to be moved to accredited animal sanctuaries. The court also ordered Haddix to repay PETA more than $224,000 thousand for PETA’s expenses in the process.

Haddix was not combative on the stand, as we’ve seen in the past. She discussed possible assets from a lucrative animal broker business, which she said involved much more than just chimpanzees.

“I’m very good with otters,” she said, “I’ve probably had 300 otters to take care of for the last four or five years.”

She talked about brokering many types of animals but said she would never sell away chimps that she acquired.

“As you guys very well know with the trouble I’m in with these handcuffs, I would horde every chimp that I can, so there’s no way I would ever sell a chimpanzee,” she said.

Judge Brian May seemed satisfied that the hearing made possible headway in getting answers about finances and an offer from Haddix to begin repaying PETA about $2,000 a month.