Tiger King star and big cat lover Joe Exotic has blasted Donald Trump over his failure to grant him a pardon.
Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonato Passage, is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for hiring a hitman to kill his longtime nemesis Carole Baskin. Now, in a handwritten letter to The New York Post, he excoriates Trump for leaving him to rot in prison.
“President Trump was a fool not to pardon me,” Exotic writes.
“Before the election, millions of people were hoping for it as they know I’m innocent, most of this is in [Tiger King 2] and it will be the same for President Biden, the world will know the truth [when the new season is released] and him and VP Harris ran on justice and prison reform.”
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The letter continues, “It would be in the interest of American Justice for President Biden to pardon me before the holidays and charge those with perjury and other suitable charges, or the injustice is really going to cost votes in 2022 as the people wonder if this could happen to them under his watch.”
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“For 3 years they ‘the Government’ has kept me in isolation, blocked numbers and reporters from my phone, rejected any email that tells the truth to my attorneys, kept me from talking to the press and monitored every legal call I’ve had,” he further claimed.
“Now take the standard of care for a chimp[:] cage size, diet, enrichment and compare that to the care of a human in city, county, state or federal. America requires and cares more about the care of a chimp in a zoo then [sic] your family member in jail. How is this possible? Look it up.”
Exotic then goes on to cite new evidence presented in Tiger King 2 that his associates framed him for the attempted hit in order to steal away his zoo. He specifically cites Allen Glover, the alleged hitman, who claims he was urged by Exotic’s business associate, Jeff Lowe, to incriminate the jailed docu series star.
“We have sworn affidavits from Allen Glover stating he lied to the grand jury and to my jury that I done nothing. The feds and Jeff Lowe made him say I did and he under oath admitted that he and Jeff + Lauren Lowe’s original plan was to kill me to get the zoo. And even took [my attorney] John Phillips and the producer of Netflix to Oklahoma to the zoo and showed them where he hid the murder weapon, yes the plan was to kill me and it failed so the[y] set me up to take my zoo.”
Exotic had previously lashed out at Trump, calling himself “too gay” to receive a pardon. Biden has yet to issue any pardons as President.
Following the release of Tiger King 2 on Netflix last week, Exotic was transferred from Texas prison to a facility in North Carolina to undergo treatment for prostate cancer. The new season of the series delves further into his pleas to Trump, as well as the alleged frame-up he suffered at the hands of Lowe and Glover. Amid the success of Tiger King last year, federal agents also confiscated Exotic’s animals from Lowe, citing mistreatment.
SarcasaticMisanthrope
You are such a delusional POS.
Jaquelope
He certainly seems to be. His statements sound like those that are made by a spoiled juvenile brat (or any Republican caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Prison isn’t supposed to be a lengthy stay at a five star, all-inclusive resort. He’s self deluded, but I doubt if he really knows what he’s talking about when it comes to the President’s chances for reelection, if he even runs again. All he’s doing is acting like his “hero” (Trump), a spoiled brat who has finally been told “No!”
peacefulruffneck
Hey Joe Exotic-I’m sure President Biden is shaking in his boots right now. Go back to your mushroom trip delusions and leave us alone. Signed, AMERICA
Doug
It’s called “narcissistic personality disorder.”
Jim
Hey Joe, most people who know your name really on sure why they’ve heard it.
You should get together with Madonna who thinks she’s important but isn’t
Heywood Jablowme
Hey there’s a match! Joe Exotic and Madonna, our new Siegfried & Roy in a long-running Las Vegas residency. Perhaps with a similar finale. But the tigers probably wouldn’t maul Joe, they’d maul Madge.
Fname Optional Lname
I was just thinking the very same thing! The two of them would be adorable together!
Fname Optional Lname
How can the government block numbers from his phone when he is in prison and can’t have a phone? He is just listening to his meth head friends who are telling him he is so famous that the entire world wants to see justice prevail the day he is set free and that is just not the reality of the situation.
Yes we all watched Tiger King during the beginning of COVID and we were mesmerized but he really needs a friend or two that will be completely honest with him instead of inflating his already overblown ego. They need to tell him he has a better chance of seeing Jesus before he will get a Presidential pardon. He is delusional and that is just sad.
nitejonboy
The reason why so many people loved the TIGER KING show is because, much like THE SOPRANOS or SUCCESSION, you can watch it and enjoy the drama but, at the end of the day, you know it has absolutely no characters to root for or that you would care about if they died. I personally wouldn’t mind if Joe died in prison, Carol was arrested and fried for murder ( we all know, come on!! Joe was right about that one thing ) and every one of those other low life’s got whatever they had coming to them too, and the tigers were all sent to decent places not run by all these pieces of sh-t. The show may be fun to watch, but it is populated by utter pieces of human garbage.
Openminded
Why does he think ANYONE would want his “zoo”. It looks like a rundown, roadside tourist trap IMO. The lack of investment in appearance makes me believe there is/was a huge lack of care for the animals.