Joe Exotic, 58, will serve one less year in prison. The Tiger King star was resentenced to 21 years in prison by a federal judge on Friday (Jan.
28) for conspiring to murder his nemesis, Carole Baskin, reports say. Joe, whose full legal name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was originally sentenced to 22 years in prison, and was reportedly seeking more leniency from the judge at Friday’s court hearing as he begins treatment for prostate cancer. “Please don’t make me die in prison waiting for a chance to be free,” he reportedly told the judge in court.
Carole and her husband Howard were at the hearing, according to The Hollywood Reporter. HollywoodLife has reached out to Joe’s lawyer for comment.
Joe was arrested on Sept. 7, 2018 for the murder-for-hire plot against Carole, 60, who owns Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida.
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