The president of Dade City's Wild Things pleaded guilty on Monday to two charges of sexual misconduct relating to an incident in 2016 where he showed his genitals on an elevator in Missouri.

Randall Stearns, 34, was sentenced to 30 days to be served concurrently in the St. Charles County jail for both misdemeanor charges, according to Leslie Knight, spokeswoman for the St. Charles Prosecuting Attorney.

The sentencing adds to mounting legal trouble involving the zoo, including allegations of animal welfare law violations and diverting non-profit donations for personal use.

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In July 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture sued Wild Things over a slew of Animal Welfare Act violations relating to exposing tiger cubs to injury and stress while forcing them to interact with customers and creating unsafe conditions for the public.

An administrative law judge in 2016 fined Wild Things $21,000 and ordered Stearns and members of his family to end their swim-with-a-cub program. The Stearnses appealed, and the case is now being reviewed.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued Dade City's Wild Things, Stearns and his mother Kathy Stearns, in October 2016, alleging the zoo's practice of prematurely taking cubs away from mothers, forcing them to interact with the public and housing them in inadequate cages violates the federal Endangered Species Act.

A hearing is scheduled for Feb. 21 on PETA's request for criminal sanctions against the Stearnses after they "intentionally delayed, lied, obstructed, disobeyed and intentionally (destroyed) the evidence central to this case" by evacuating tigers from the zoo in July.

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And in October, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services sued Randall Stearns, Kathy Stearns, and Kathy's husband, Kenneth, alleging they funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars from the nonprofit zoo into their personal business account.

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The lawsuit alleges proceeds from ticket sales and animal encounters were collected under the guise of caring for animals and assisting conservation efforts, but at least $212,000 was transferred to Kathy and Kenneth Stearns' turf business since March 2016.

The zoo money was then used to pay $10,000 in wedding expenses for Randall Stearns and $24,143 in delinquent payments to Kathy Stearns' 2013 personal bankruptcy case, according to Chase Bank statements the state obtained through a subpoena.

Kathy Stearns did not respond to a request for comment and Kenneth Stearns declined to comment for this story.

Contact Tracey McManus at tmcmanus@tampabay.com or (727) 445-4151. Follow @TroMcManus.