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Joe Exotic’s legal team will ask Trump to forgive the convicted zoo keeper as they prepare the case to demonstrate that the Netflix star was ‘wrongfully convicted’
Joe Exotic’s attorneys are preparing to send his case to President Trump in an attempt to pardon the doomed zookeeper.
Netflix docuseries star Tiger King is currently behind bars in Fort Worth, Texas, serving a 22-year sentence for a murder-for-hire plot.
And now his legal team is preparing a case file alleging that Exotic was wrongfully convicted, according to TMZ.
Appeal to be free: Lawyers working for Joe Exotic, who is currently in prison serving a 22-year sentence for a murder-for-hire plot, are about to send their case to President Trump to ask for the pardon of the Netflix star
Joe has many supporters behind his cause, as an image obtained by the website showed some of his team raised by an open top coach wrapped in graphics that read ‘President Trump, please forgive Joe Exotic’ and ‘Team Tiger ‘.
Last month, Trump said he would take a look at the pardon for Joe Exotic after Donald Trump Jr. spoke on SiriusXM and called Exotic’s phrase “aggressive” after watching the documentary series in two sessions.
Now, I don’t even know exactly what he was accused of … I saw the show, but it was like, I don’t know exactly what he was guilty of or not, ” said Trump Jr. ‘It doesn’t seem like he was totally innocent of anything. But when they say, “We are locking this guy up for 30 years,” I say he seems somewhat aggressive. “
He has the power: Exotic is his legal team that is preparing a case file to send to the White House alleging that Exotic was mistakenly convicted, according to TMZ
When a White House journalist mentioned his son’s comments, Trump commented: ‘What son? Must be Don. I had a feeling it was Don, ‘said the President.
The show follows three main zoo owners, including Exotic and Carole Baskin, the female owner of Tampa, Big Cat Rescue in Florida.
It was Baskin that Exotic was allegedly planning to kill.
She had become a thorn in his side by pressuring lawmakers to vote in favor of the Big Cat Public Safety Act, making it difficult for people to own tigers and lions and ending cub petting, which it was a business model used by Exotic.
Exotic was put behind bars for a murder-for-hire plot involving Carole Baskin (pictured), owner of a tiger and lion sanctuary in Tampa, Florida
Accused of animal cruelty: In April 2019, Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, was convicted of two counts of murder for hire, eight violations of the Lacey Act and nine violations of the Endangered Species Act of extinction
In April 2019, Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, was convicted of two counts of murder for hire, eight violations of the Lacey Act and nine violations of the Endangered Species Act.
“I don’t know anything about it,” Trump admitted, asking the reporter who asked the question, Steven Nelson of the New York Post, to describe the Exotic crimes.
Trump then said he would take a look.
Ever since ‘Tiger King’ became a hit, Exotic and Baskin have become household names.
The show also details how Baskin’s first husband disappeared, a case that has been reopened by authorities since the episodes aired.
Exotica, on the show, claimed that Baskin fed her husband a tiger.
Last month, Trump told reporters that he had not seen Netflix’s hit ‘Tiger King’ but would seek forgiveness from the main character, zoo keeper Joe Exotic.
