Tiger King star Joe Exotic caged in quarantine as coronavirus roars - Washington Examiner

Tiger King star Joe Exotic caged in quarantine as coronavirus roars - Washington Examiner

Joe Exotic, the star of Netflix's new hit show Tiger King, earned a cage of his own after potentially contracting the coronavirus.

The zookeeper, who rose to fame for his eccentric love of big cats and the plotting of a murder-for-hire plot against a Florida woman, has been quarantined in prison over fears that he could be infected with the coronavirus, according to his husband, Dillon Passage.

Passage told talk show host Andy Cohen this week that Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was placed into isolation at the FMC Fort Worth federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, after he was moved from a prison where several inmates tested positive for the infectious disease.

“We speak three to five times every day,” Passage said. “But since he's been moved to this new facility, they are putting him on a COVID-19 isolation because of the previous jail he was at — there were cases. So, I have yet to speak to him since he's been moved."

Exotic has become a household name as many people binge-watched the series while being stuck at home due to "shelter-in-place" orders meant to stem to spread of the COVID-19 virus. According to statistics compiled by Google, Exotic's name trended higher than Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden in the past week.

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Exotic is serving 22 years for in prison after he was found guilty on April 2, 2019, on two counts of murder-for-hire, nine violations of the Endangered Species Act, and eight violations of the Lacey Act, which prohibits the sale and transfer of species and plants that have been illegally obtained.

The breeder maintained his innocence in a January Facebook post and said his attorneys were filing an appeal.

Tiger King, released on March 20, followed his contentious relationship with Carol Baskin, an animal rights activist who repeatedly attempted to shut down Exotic's Oklahoma big cat zoo.

2020-04-02 15:34:00Z
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