Oklahoma reality TV cowboy Ethan Treadwell sentenced for attacking elderly landlord
A former reality TV cowboy is headed to prison for attacking his elderly landlord in a dispute over unpaid rent in Oklahoma, which left the victim with “severe, debilitating and permanent” injuries. Ethan Treadwell, 43, who appeared on “Ultimate Cowboy Showdown,” was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years, with 15 years suspended, for the January 2024 attack on William “Junior” Hicks, 74, People reported.
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A former reality TV cowboy is headed to prison for attacking his elderly landlord in a dispute over unpaid rent in Oklahoma, which left the victim with “severe, debilitating and permanent” injuries. Ethan Treadwell, 43, who appeared on “Ultimate Cowboy Showdown,” was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years, with 15 years suspended, for the January 2024 attack on William “Junior” Hicks, 74, People reported. The confrontation stemmed from an eviction notice that Hicks served Treadwell in December 2023 after leasing him land in Kiowa County, Okla., for seven years, according to a civil lawsuit Hicks later filed against Treadwell. Hicks said Treadwell agreed to leave his land and stopped paying rent but continued grazing cattle on the property in southwest Oklahoma.
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- A former reality TV cowboy is headed to prison for attacking his elderly landlord in a dispute over unpaid rent in Oklahoma, which left the victim with “severe, debilitating and permanent” injuries. Ethan Treadwell, 43, who appeared on “Ultimate Cowboy Showdown,” was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years, with 15 years suspended, for the January 2024 attack on William “Junior” Hicks, 74, People reported.
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