THE hitman Joe Exotic hired to murder Carole Baskin admitted he never had any intention of killing her. Joe, 57, hired Allen Glover and paid him $3,000 but instead the hitman kept the money and "partied, bought drugs, alcohol and women with the money".
Joe's wild life running a private zoo became fodder for the Netflix documentary Tiger King and made him an international sensation.
Much of the documentary focused on Joe's hatred of Big Cat Animal Rescue's Carole Baskin, an animal rights activist who had tried to get Joe's zoo closed.
He paid Allen, 51, the money to travel to Tampa, Florida where Carole lived to assassinate her. But Allen had no intention of following through with that plan because he "hated" Joe.
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