In a classic case of “you can’t make this stuff up”, the soap opera that is the former reality TV series “Tiger King” continues to unravel.
It’s reported that “Tiger King” star Joe Exotic – who is serving a 21-year federal prison sentence – is engaged to a fellow inmate he hopes to wed behind bars in December.
The cult Netflix star posted to X, saying:
“Meet Jorge Marquez he is 33. He is so amazing and is from Mexico. Now, the quest of getting married in prison and getting him asylum or we be leaving America when we both get out. Either way, I wish I would have met him long ago.”
Meet Jorge Marquez he is 33. He is so amazing and is from Mexico.
Now, the quest of getting married in prison and getting him asylum or we be leaving America when we both get out.
Either way, I wish I would have met him long ago. pic.twitter.com/MYRVPcy97Y
— Joe Exotic (@joe_exotic) October 29, 2024
According to the New York Post, Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, married Dillon Passage in December 2017 just two months after Exotic’s previous husband, Travis Maldonado, died in a self-inflicted, accidental shooting.
The former zookeeper is currently behind bars at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, serving a 21-year sentence for scheming to hire a hitman to murder nemesis Carole Baskin and violating federal wildlife laws.
Exotic gained pop culture-like fame from the Netflix 2020 docuseries “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” which showcased his work and personal life as he looked after exotic big cats at his G.W. Zoo in Wynnewood, Oklahoma.
He was arrested in September 2018, in the midst of filming the popular Netflix show, after federal prosecutors said he offered $10,000 to an undercover FBI agent during a December 2017 meeting to kill the Big Cat Rescue founder.