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Joe Exotic
Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage (born March 5, 1963), better known by his stage name Joe Exotic, is an American former zoo operator, internet personality, musician, and convicted felon. The former owner and operator of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (a.k.a. G. W. Zoo) in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, Maldonado-Passage had claimed to be the most prolific breeder of tigers in the United States. He twice unsuccessfully ran for public office, first for President of the United States in 2016 as an independent, and then for Governor of Oklahoma in 2018 as a Libertarian.
Carole Baskin
Carole Baskin (born June 6, 1961) is an American animal rights activist and owner of Big Cat Rescue, a non-profit animal sanctuary based near Tampa, Florida. Baskin drew public attention when she was featured in the 2020 Netflix documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness about Oklahoma-based private zoo operator known as Joe Exotic. The Netflix series follows both Baskin and Joe Exotic, filming their ongoing and escalating feuds over exotic animals in private zoos. Following the series' release, Baskin has been targeted by Internet memes related to the disappearance of Don Lewis, her second husband.
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Tiger King’s Joe Exotic Resentenced To 21 Years In Prison For Plotting To Kill Carole Baskin

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Joe Exotic is getting out of prison early. According to TMZ, the Tiger King star was resentenced to 21 years in prison on Friday for allegedly hiring two different men to murder his nemesis, Carole Baskin.

He was previously given 22 years in jail for the murder-for-hire plot against his fellow big cat lover but sought some leniency when a judge found the court wrongly counted his two convictions separately rather than as the same charge. Related: Chris Brown Sued For Allegedly Drugging & Raping A Woman In 2020 While there may have been a possibility for the sentence to be reduced to 17 years, things clearly didn’t swing in Joe’s favor too much as he only received one year shaved off instead.

Still, a year of freedom is a year of freedom! That is, if the 58-year-old ever gets to see it… His attorney J. Blake Patton told TMZ that Joe was disappointed with the decision, saying: The former zookeeper has been begging for an early prison release for a while now– especially following his cancer diagnosis last year.

When Joe revealed his condition to the world in November, he pleaded with fans to help him out so he could seek proper treatment, writing: We’ll have to see what comes next for Joe.

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