Joe Exotic has not contracted the novel coronavirus, according to his husband Dillon Passage. The star of Netflix breakout docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness was moved to Fort Worth in Texas after inmates at his county jail displayed symptoms of the potentially fatal virus.
Passage confirmed the news that Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was not ill when speaking to Entertainment Tonight.
Exotic, 57, had been sentenced to 22 years in prison for plotting to murder his nemesis, animal rights activist Carole Baskin, as well as a variety of animal abuse charges.
Joe has always maintained his innocence despite being convicted. Passage said: "He does not have COVID-19 but at the previous facility he was at,