Tiger King's Joe Exotic has reportedly been hospitalised after contracting coronavirus while in prison. The 57-year-old former big cat owner was behind bars in Texas.
He was serving a 22-year sentence for 17 charges of animal abuse and two counts of murder for hire. The tiger enthusiast was put behind bars in 2019 after he was found guilty of paying a hitman $3,000 to kill h animal rights activist, Carole Baskin.
Joe, who is in the Netflix documentary 'Tiger King' is said to have tested positive for Covid-19 and has been rushed to hospital as a result.
The prison report said he caught the virus after self-isolating when cases arose at the jail. Texomashompage.com confirmed that he tested positive for the virus and has been transferred to