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Publishing date: Apr 22, 2021  â¢Â 8 hours ago  â¢Â 3 minute read  â¢Â This undated file photo courtesy of Netflix shows Joseph Joe Exotic Maldonado-Passage with one of his tigers. Photo by - /Netflix US/AFP via Getty Images
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As the Grateful Dead once sang, âA friend of the Devil is a friend of mine.â
Tiger King star Joe Exotic may have to become frenemies with his arch-nemesis Carole Baskin if it means getting out of jail earlier.
Joe Exotic Accepts Carole Baskin and Her Husband s Offer for Early Prison Release
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Carole s husband Howard says they are willing to support Joe s early release if he will put his support behind the Big Cat Public Safety Act and stop breeding tigers. Apr 22, 2021
Carole Baskin and her husband lend a hand to him. Upon learning that his nemesis and Howard Baskin would help reduce his time in prison if he supports the Big Cat Public Safety Act, the It is time for Carole and Howard to put up or shut the hell up because I m accepting their offer, the 58-year-old told Entertainment Tonight. And I m gonna take it one step further than that, OK? It is time to get on the phone to President Biden or whoever they need to that they ve got in their little financial pocket and say, Hey, Joe is willing to support a big cat bill to help protect cats in America from being exploited.
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Tiger King subject Joe Exotic recently got an offer from longtime rival Carole Baskin to help reduce his time in prison on one condition, and now he’s responded.
In a recent interview with the
Mirror, Baskin’s husband Howard said the couple is willing to offer their support to Exotic if he’ll put his support behind the Big Cat Public Safety Act and stop breeding tigers.
“If he were to do that, it might position him in a positive way for a pardon. And frankly, I might be willing to go and urge at least a reduction in his sentence, said Howard. In further comments, Carole suggested Joe could “take all of this fame and become a hero who could save the tiger from extinction.”
Exotic is currently serving 22 years in prison on two counts of hiring someone to murder Baskin–the owner of Big Cat Rescue with whom he has a years-old feud–plus eight counts of violating the Lacey Act and nine counts of violating the Endangered Species Act after he killed five tigers and sold others across state lines. Exotic, who is now 58, suggested he’d be willing to accept their help, but he did so in his own, particularly Joe Exotic way. It is time for Carole and Howard to put up or shut the hell up because I m accepting their offer, Exotic told
In a new interview, the titular
Tiger King star, 58, says he will accept the Big Cat Rescue CEO s offer to advocate for his early release from prison. It is time for Carole and Howard to put up or shut the hell up because I m accepting their offer, Exotic told
Entertainment Tonight. And I m gonna take it one step further than that, OK? It is time to get on the phone to President Biden or whoever they need to that they ve got in their little financial pocket and say, Hey, Joe is willing to support a big cat bill to help protect cats in America from being exploited. But we need to keep our end of the deal and get Joe a pardon because this wasn t really about murder for hire or shooting five tigers this was about exploiting Joe to support Carole s agenda. So, there s the offer on the table, all right?