October 31st 2024.
Joe Exotic, also known as Joseph Maldonado-Passage, has made headlines once again with his third engagement while serving his 21-year prison sentence. The Netflix reality star announced his relationship with Jorge Marquez, whom he met while behind bars, through a post on X. According to Joe, Jorge is an amazing man from Mexico and he hopes to get married in prison or leave America together after their release.
Aside from sharing their love story, Joe also took the opportunity to ask for a pardon from prison and even mentioned President Donald Trump in his post. He expressed his excitement at finding love at the age of 61, but now he faces the challenge of convincing the authorities to let him keep Jorge in America. In a phone call with Entertainment Weekly, Joe confirmed that they have filed for a marriage license and are waiting for approval from the warden, psychiatry officer, and chaplain.
Jorge Marquez is currently serving time for immigration-related issues, as reported by CBS News. This is not the first time Joe has found love in prison; he was previously engaged to John Graham in 2022 but their relationship did not last. He then moved on to Seth Posey, who won his online "Bachelor King" contest in the same year, but their engagement also ended shortly after.
Joe's most recent husband is Dillon Passage, whom he met on a dating app and was featured in Netflix's documentary Tiger King. However, their marriage ended in divorce in 2021. Before Dillon, Joe was married five times, with his first husband Brian Rhyne passing away in 2001 due to HIV complications. He then met JC Hartpence, who helped him create a travelling animal show. John Finlay and Travis Maldonado were Joe's third and fourth husbands, but their relationship ended tragically when Maldonado died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 2017.
In 2019, Joe was sentenced to 21 years in prison for 19 counts of wildlife crimes and two counts of hiring hitmen to kill animal activist Carole Baskin. This was the focus of the Netflix documentary Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, which gained global fame in 2020. The show delved into the controversial world of big cat breeding and the feud between Joe and Baskin, who owned an animal sanctuary in Florida.
Despite maintaining his innocence, prosecutors claimed that Joe had offered $10,000 to an undercover FBI agent to kill Baskin in a recorded meeting. However, Joe argued that he was not being serious. The documentary became a major talking point due to the questionable conditions of the Oklahoma zoo and the intense rivalry between Joe and Baskin. It is still available to watch on Netflix.
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