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Tiger King Joe Exotic's prison husband arrested by ICE in immigration crackdown as Netflix star begs Trump for pardon

Tiger King Joe Exotic's prison husband arrested by ICE in immigration crackdown as Netflix star begs Trump for pardon

Scottish Sun18-05-2025

JOE'S PLEA Tiger King Joe Exotic's prison husband arrested by ICE in immigration crackdown as Netflix star begs Trump for pardon
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JOE Exotic has revealed his husband Jorge Marquez Flores has been taken to an ICE detention Center.
The Tiger King star, Joe Exotic, 62, whose real name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage begged US President Donald Trump to take pity on him, saying that he's already suffered enough.
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Joe Exotic posted this image on his Instagram account
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Tiger King star Joe Exotic married fellow inmate Jorge Marquez Flores several weeks ago, who is his fourth husband
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Exotic claimed their marriage license needed approval from the warden, psychiatrist and chaplain
The star posted a picture of himself with his husband on Instagram on Saturday, with the caption: "They have officially taken him to an ICE detention Center for his hearing to either stay in America or go back to Mexico.
"@potus @stephenm don't you think between losing my life's work.
"My parents and now this that I've suffered enough and it's time to watch season 2 of Tiger King and see they admitted on world television the committed perjury and let me go?"

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