his account tweeted on Nov. 3, referring to fellow "Tiger King" star Carole Baskin.Joe Exotic is a pseudonym for Joseph Maldonado-Passage.
He was sentenced in January 2020 to 22 years in federal prison for violating federal wildlife laws and for his role in a failed murder-for-hire plot targeting Baskin — his chief rival who runs a rescue sanctuary for big cats in Florida.
Baskin was not harmed.In July of this year, a federal appeals court ruled that he should get a shorter sentence. Maldonado-Passage has maintained his innocence since being convicted in April of 2019."What I need is the world to be my voice to be released.