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Fraud Added to List of Mounting Allegations Including Animal Cruelty For Oklahoma Couple
A former employee says Alan and Teri Dufur paid staff for two years, to do nothing — even after reports of starving horses on their Caddo, OK ranch had already surfaced.
Bossier City, Louisiana — The allegations against the alleged horse-abusing ‘Dufur duo’ are clambering to an extreme level. Citing a new court filing, and interview with a key witness, this saga is beginning to rival the story of their fellow Oklahoman, “Joe Exotic” (as demonstrated) in the hit NETFLIX docuseries: “Tiger King.”
“You got the ‘horse queen’ and the ‘finance king,’” says one confidential source, and former employee of one of Teri and Alan Dufur’s companies.
To recap: in early March, we found that a small, recently-acquired bank (Texas Star) allowed their vast herd of famished horses to be pledged as security by the couple, in-order-to access cash. Then, we took-flight, using a drone to see if the problem had worsened. The resultant findings were fewer horses, virtually no food, and…
