'Tiger King' Joe Exotic has begged to be released from prison after being diagnosed with an 'aggressive' cancer. The Netflix star, who appeared in the 2020 documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, is currently serving a 22-year prison term in Fort Worth, Texas, after he was convicted of a string of animal cruelty offences.
The former Oklahoma zookeeper, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was also found guilty of a failed murder-for-hire plot targeting Carole Baskin, who runs a rescue sanctuary for big cats in Florida.
In a letter, Exotic told fans he was announcing "with a sad face" that he had been diagnosed with cancer. "The doctors called me in today to break the news that my prostate biopsies came back with
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