Joe Exotic seeking pardon from Donald Trump

Levi McCathern, Joe Exotic’s attorney, disputes the validity of his client’s case.


    • ‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic is asking for a pardon from president-elect Donald Trump.

    • Joe Exotic , whose real name is Joseph Maldonado, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.

    • He was convicted on two counts of murder for hire, trafficking animals and violating the Endangers Species Act.

  • ‘Tiger King’ star Joe Exotic is asking for a pardon from president-elect Donald Trump.

  • Joe Exotic , whose real name is Joseph Maldonado, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.

  • He was convicted on two counts of murder for hire, trafficking animals and violating the Endangers Species Act.

DallasJoseph Maldonado’s lawyer, also known as Joe Exotic, has resumed appeals for the documentary star’s release from prison and is requesting that President-elect Donald Trump pardon him.

Currently incarcerated at the Fort Worth Medical Center is Maldonado, the star of the Netflix series Tiger King and a former exotic animal wrangler.

Joe Exotic’s lawyer reveals new evidence at news conference

There will be “inconsistencies” in the evidence against Joe Exotic, said to attorney Levi McCathern, who argues that the convictions against his client shouldn’t be reversed.

Joe Exotic was found guilty on two charges of murder-for-hire in 2020 for attempting to assassinate animal activist Carole Baskin, a critic of Maldonado’s animal park, and was given a 22-year prison sentence.

‘Joe Exotic’ (right) and Carole Baskin (left)

In addition, he was found guilty on nine counts of Endangered Species Act violations and eight charges of breaching the Lacey Act by manipulating wildlife data. Attorneys said that in October 2017, Maldonado shot and killed five tigers himself.

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According to McCathern, several important witnesses in Exotic’s case, including alleged hitman Allen Glover, have confessed to perjury.

According to McCathern, “Joe Exotic did not hire anyone to murder anybody.” “There is an issue with his conviction for murder-for-hire. Except for Joe, no one was ever charged, no one was killed, and no one received payment.

Maldonado is urging Donald Trump, the incoming president, to pardon him.

Maldonado hired a limo to fetch him up from the Fort Worth Medical Center in 2021, hoping that Trump would pardon him at the end of his first term.

Joe Exotic is scheduled to pick himself up from a Tarrant County prison on Tuesday if President Donald Trump pardons him, according to SKY4.

Maldonado was not pardoned by Trump.

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In 2022, the Tiger King’s sentence was lowered from 22 years to 21 years.

Joe Exotic Release Date

On March 18, 2036, Joe Exotic is expected to be released from prison.

Maldonado’s health has declined while his incarceration.

According to his agents, the 61-year-old was diagnosed with scabies and prostate cancer.

Tiger King Success

The backstory

When the original Tiger King series debuted on Netflix in March 2020, individuals were obliged to stay at home due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions.

According to the corporation, it received 64 million household viewers in its first month and received six prime-time Emmy nominations.

The conflict between Baskin and Maldonado-Passage on the care of tigers, lions, and other large animals at an Oklahoma zoo he once ran has occupied a significant portion of the series.

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In 2021, a follow-up to the series was released.

The Associated Press, Levi McCathern’s office, and the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma are the sources of the information in this article.

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