COLORADO, USA — A star of a Netflix TV show says he is on the Colorado ballot for president. Joseph Maldonado, aka Joe Exotic, one of the faces in the Netflix true crime documentary series "
Exotic was transferred from FMC Fort Worth to Federal Medical Center, Butner in North Carolina in November 2021. He was later moved back to FMC Fort Worth and is scheduled for release in 2035.
Joe Exotic said he wasn't making money from his fame
2022, he didn't benefit financially from Tiger King. “Get on the internet and Google 'Joe Exotic' and hit the shop button and look,” he said. “Everybody in the world is making money off of me, but me.” Maldonado-Passage's financial troubles are well documented.
Federal agents allege that he sold many of his big cats, some as young as two weeks old, for cash. Before that, though, Joe made most of his money from the park, where he charged visitors to pet and pose with lion and tiger cubs. He also sold merchandise and pizza for a time.
To make money, she began breeding show cats and used llamas for a lawn trimming business. In January 1991, Baskin married her second husband, Don Lewis, and joined his real estate business. The couple founded Wildlife on Easy Street, an animal sanctuary near Tampa for big cats, in 1992.
Joe Exotic is rekindling an old flame following his split from fiancé John Graham. Exotic's attorney tells ET that the incarcerated star of Netflix's true-crime docuseries, Tiger King, has gotten back together with his ex-boyfriend, Seth Posey. "Joe is thankful that Seth is back in his life.
Joe says he still owes $1 million to Carole's Big Cat Rescue from her trademark infringement lawsuit. “I will walk out of prison with the clothes on my back, a $1 million judgment against me and no home or clothes,” Joe wrote.
In May 2020, an Oklahoma federal judge ruled that ownership of the park should be given to Baskin, as it was ruled that Exotic had fraudulently transferred the zoo to his mother to avoid paying debts from Baskin's successful 2016 lawsuit.
28, 2022 9:57 a.m. A federal judge resentenced “Tiger King” Joe Exotic to 21 years in prison on Friday, rejecting pleas from the former zookeeper to free him from prison. Joe Exotic — whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage — was convicted in a murder-for-hire case involving animal welfare activist Carole Baskin.
Netflix's Tiger King star Joe Exotic has had five husbands. Two of his husbands, Brian Rhyne and J.C. Hartpence were not shown in the series. Joe also practiced polygamy and was married to John Finlay and Travis Maldonado at the same time.
First of All, Joe Had an Inheritance
Emphasis on “had,” but yeah: Joseph Maldonado-Passage (aka Joe Exotic) got $250,000 in a trust fund from his wealthy grandfather, so if you're wondering how he even started his zoo, he had money to play with from day one.
Joe Exotic's G.W. Zoo is now permanently closed to the public, but the details of the closure are still being debated. After Joe went to jail, his former colleague, Jeff Lowe, was put in charge.
Jeff tells TMZ ... he just signed a deal to build a zoo down in Mexico, on a 35-acre property between Playa del Carmen and Tulum. He says the new spot will be built among a lush jungle with natural water features, and he already has all the necessary permits for construction and possession of animals.
Former owners of Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, Jeff and Lauren Lowe, have been permanently banned from exhibiting animals. A federal judge issued the prohibition last Thursday after authorities accused the Lowes of violating the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Animal Welfare Act.
Meanwhile, Carole Baskin, the current owner of Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park has just announced that she'll be starring in her own reality show, which, she says, will document her efforts to reveal animal abuse at roadside zoos.
Joe and John decided to open up their relationship and soon formed a throuple with a young worker at the farm named Travis Maldonado (who was a meth addict).
Reports indicate that a 2018 car accident is the reason Joe has to not only wear a knee brace but must walk with a cane.
Tiger King star Joe Exotic is now a single man again, after his divorce from third husband Dillon Passage is now finalized... just a week after teasing it was close.
A federal judge has re-sentenced Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic, to 21 years in prison for a murder-for-hire plot targeting animal activist Carole Baskin, according to CBS affiliate KWTV. The new sentencing shaves off one year of the "Tiger King" docu-series star's original 22-year sentence.
John Finlay was married to Joe Exotic, the Oklahoma zookeeper at the heart of Tiger King. Today, Finlay works as a welder and is married to a woman named Stormey. He also has a brand-new set of teeth.
Joe Exotic, the larger-than-life Netflix star from the hit show "Tiger King: Murder Mayhem and Madness," is speaking out from prison a month after being re-sentenced for a murder-for-hire plot against animal rights activist Carole Baskin and for violating the Lacy Act and Endangered Species Act.
Tiger King's Joe Exotic has finalised his divorce from ex-husband Dillon Passage almost two years after their split.