Tiger King star Joe Exotic is ‘transferred from COVID-19 isolation to prison medical center’
On Thursday, Tiger King star Joe Exotic was removed from precautionary coronavirus isolation and transferred to a prison medical center.
The 57-year-old former zookeeper is currently receiving care at the Federal Bureau of Prisons-operated Federal Medical Center Forth Worth in Texas, according to inmate records obtained by the New York Post.
According to Joe’s fourth husband Dillon Passage, 24, Exotic was being held in isolation at the Grady County Jail in Chickasha, Oklahoma due to his previous jail having had COVID-19 cases.
Transferred: On Thursday, Tiger King star Joe Exotic was removed from precautionary coronavirus isolation and transferred to a prison medical center
A Grady County Jail staff member revealed via phone that Joe was ‘no longer here at this facility’ and that the facility itself has ‘no comment’ on the matter.
Joe – born Joseph Maldonado-Passage – is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for 17 counts of animal cruelty and for conspiring to murder his arch nemesis, Florida-based big cat lover Carole Baskin.
Passage, during an interview with Andy Cohen on Friday, revealed that, at the time, Exotic was in a ’14-day coronavirus quarantine in jail’ and had not yet seen the seven-part series based on his dramatic downfall.
But, even without having taken in a single scene of the Netflix docu-series, Passage stated that the attention alone made Joe an instant fan.
Tiger King: Joe – born Joseph Maldonado-Passage – is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for 17 counts of animal cruelty and for conspiring to murder his arch nemesis, Florida-based big cat lover Carole Baskin
Loving: Even without having taken in a single scene of the Netflix docu-series, Joe’s fourth husband Dillon Passage stated that the attention alone made Joe an instant fan
‘Joe’s the type of person, he loves the attention obviously,’ he explained to Cohen during his SiriusXM show.
Passage continued: ‘Any kind of fame or spotlight that he has, it was greatly appreciated.’
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness entered Netflix’s queue on March 20, was met with immediate popularity, and continues to sit at number one.
The day prior to the docu-series’ premiere date, Exotic filed a lawsuit against the federal government and asked president Donald Trump for an official pardon, according to New York Post.
Success: Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness entered Netflix’s queue on March 20, was met with immediate popularity, and continues to sit at number one
Specifically, the Oklahoma native wants Trump to pardon his murder-for-hire conviction, as well as his Endangered Species Act violations.
The lawsuit, announced on Joe’s Facebook page, ‘is demanding a combined $94 million from the US Fish and Wildlife Service.’
Joe wrote of his lawsuit: ‘This lawsuit has been filed in the name of Justice, The Trump Administration must be made aware of the Overreach, perjury, abuse of power and the failure to uphold the Oath of their position which is truth and Justice for all.’