'Tiger King' Joe Exotic speaks from prison in 1st interview since being resentenced in murder-for-hire plot
ABC News
Joe Exotic was resentenced to 21 years in prison in January 2022.
Joe Exotic, the larger-than-life Netflix star from the hit show "Tiger King: Murder Mayhem and Madness," is speaking out from prison a month after being re-sentenced for a murder-for-hire plot against animal rights activist Carole Baskin and for violating the Lacy Act and Endangered Species Act.
Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was resentenced to 21 years in prison on charges of perpetrating the murder-for-hire scheme and for the killing and selling of tigers.
During his trial, it was alleged he had hired a hit man for $3,000 to travel from Oklahoma to Florida to murder Baskin. Separately, it was alleged he tried again to hire a hit man for $10,000 to murder Baskin in December 2017, but that person was actually an undercover FBI agent.
Exotic has adamantly maintained his innocence and vowed to appeal the conviction.
