{"id":1059,"date":"2026-08-28T15:35:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starloop.site\/?p=1059"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T15:35:39","slug":"she-took-a-baby-wombat-from-its-mother-in-a-viral-video-now-shes-facing-a-new-legal-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starloop.site\/?p=1059","title":{"rendered":"She Took a Baby Wombat From Its Mother in a Viral Video \u2014 Now She\u2019s Facing a New Legal Blow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The influencer\u00a0whose viral video of her snatching a hysterical baby wombat from its mother\u00a0off the side of a road in Australia sparked outrage last year has been sentenced in a separate hunting case in Wyoming.<\/p>\n

Samantha Strable, 26, was sentenced to 12 months of probation in Sublette County Circuit Court \u2014 about 80 miles outside of Jackson Hole \u2014 on Thursday after pleading no contest to hunting without a guide,\u00a0the Herald Sun reported.<\/p>\n

Strable, who goes by Sam Jones online and appeared for the hearing via video, also received a 180-day jail sentence, which the court suspended, and was ordered to pay a $800 AUD ($575.40) fine.<\/p>\n

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Influencer Samantha Strable, infamous for snatching a baby wombat, has been sentenced to 12 months of probation in Wyoming for illegal hunting.Sublette County Sheriff’s Office<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prosecutors additionally dropped seven charges against her, including taking an animal without a license or during a closed season and multiple counts of fraud or false swearing.<\/p>\n

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The influencer\u2019s lawyer, Nate Jeppsen, told the court before sentencing that his client wasn\u2019t \u201cintentionally trying to violate Wyoming game laws\u201d but \u201cshould have been aware\u201d of her responsibility to comply with the state\u2019s hunting laws, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

Strable was arrested by the Sublette County Sheriff\u2019s Office on Nov. 21 after the Wyoming Game and Fish Department received an anonymous tip that she \u201ccontinues to buy resident tags even though she hasn\u2019t resided in Wyoming for over two years \u2014 and brags about it on social media to over 90,000 followers,\u201d\u00a0News.com.au reported.<\/p>\n

Strable was accused of falsely claiming Wyoming residency to obtain hunting permits for black bears, elk, mountain lions, antelope and fishing.<\/p>\n

Under Wyoming hunting law, residents lose their status if they live out of state for 180 days.<\/p>\n

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\"Strable,4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>
Strable, 26, was sentenced to 12 months of probation and a small fine in Sublette County Circuit Court on Thursday after pleading no contest to hunting without a guide.Samantha Strable\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An affidavit filed with the court alleged that Strable spent only a week in Wyoming in 2024 and a month in 2025, yet continued to apply for hunting licenses.<\/p>\n

Strable strongly disputed officials claims, as she said, \u201cThat\u2019s not the case. I was here for way more than that,\u201d according to an affidavit seen by The Herald Sun.<\/p>\n

A search of the Game and Fish license database shows Strable began buying resident licenses as far back as 2022,\u00a0the Cowboy State Daily reported.<\/p>\n

The Wyoming charges aren\u2019t Strable\u2019s first brush with controversy.<\/p>\n

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\"Strable,4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>
Strable, who goes by Sam Jones online, went viral last year after a video of her snatching a hysterical baby wombat from its mother off the side of a road in Australia sparked outrage.@samstrays_somewhere\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before her legal troubles in the Cowboy State,\u00a0she sparked outrage in Australia\u00a0after posting a video of herself snatching a baby wombat from the side of a road at night \u2014 running across the road with the terrified animal dangling from her arms as its mother chased after her.<\/p>\n

The since-deleted viral video sparked immediate backlash \u2014 drawing thousands of death threats and condemnation from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who called it an \u201coutrage.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Change.org petition calling for Strable to be banned from Australia garnered nearly 50,000 signatures before it was closed.<\/p>\n

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Strable\u2019s actions in the viral video led to her receiving death threats and calls for her deportation from Australia.@samstrays_somewhere\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Strable released a bizarre apology following the backlash that accused Australians of hypocrisy over their treatment of native animals and claimed the public backlash had put her life in danger.<\/p>\n

\u201cAm I a villain? Things, dear reader, are not as they seem,\u201d she wrote. \u201cOver holding a wombat, thousands threaten my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Albanese responded with an unusually sharp rebuke, challenging Strable to attempt the same with an animal capable of fighting back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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