A legal team defending Joe Exotic is asking President Donald Trump to pardon the infamous Tiger King. LOS ANGELES - Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as “Joe Exotic,”a former zookeeper who was sentenced to 22 years in prison in a murder-for-hire plot and the focus of the wildly popular Netflix documentary “Tiger King,” has reportedly rallied together a legal team “the size of Texas” that is asking President Donald Trump for a pardon, according to TMZ.
A video obtained by the outlet features a montage of Maldonado-Passage with tigers before his arrest as well as shots of a giant tour bus with lettering on the side that reads, “PRESIDENT TRUMP Please Pardon JOE EXOTIC.” Maldonado-Passage, has maintained his innocence ever since a jury