Joseph Maldonado-Passage

Appeals panel orders court to resentence ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic
Celebrity Justice

A federal appeals court ordered a lower court to resentence Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka “Tiger King” Joe Exotic, for his conviction in a murder for hire plot and violating federal wildlife laws. Maldonado-Passage was sentenced to 22 years in prison in in January 2020 when he was convicted of hiring two different hitmen to kill his …

Celebrity Justice
September 10, 2020

‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic asks Trump for pardon in handwritten letter

A personal letter sent to President Trump, written by Joe Exotic of Netflix’s “Tiger King,” was revealed after the docu-series star, currently in prison, requested a presidential pardon. As CrimeOnline previously reported, eccentric former zoo owner Joseph Maldonado-Passage, who named himself “Joe Exotic,” is currently serving a 22-year federal prison sentence in Fort Worth after …