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Daily Mail
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Joe Exotic details 'emotional' final moments with prison husband before he was deported to Mexico
Joe Exotic is opening up about his devastating forced separation from his husband after he was deported to Mexico. Joe (real name: Joseph Allen Maldonado) told TMZ on Thursday that he was feeling 'pretty emotional' after his husband Jorge Marquez Flores was removed from the country. Jorge was picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers shortly after he was released from the same prison where his husband is currently serving a 21-year sentence for attempted murder after trying to hire a hitman to kill his rival Carole Baskin. His big mistake was offering $10,000 to an undercover FBI agent to kill Baskin. Joe rose to fame from the 2020 Netflix series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness that followed his life as he looked after exotic big cats at his G.W. Zoo in Oklahoma. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Joe, 62, said he and Jorge were both 'bawling so hard' when they said their goodbyes on Friday morning ahead of Jorge's release. He admitted that the two 'expected' that Jorge would have trouble with immigration officials, but Joe complained that he 'spent all this money on some of the best immigration lawyers America had to offer' in order to get relief from deportation proceedings for his husband. According to him, Jorge was supposed to have a hearing about his attempts to seek asylum in the US, but he was whisked away by ICE agents before that could happen once he was released from the Federal Medical Center Fort Worth, where he and Joe had been incarcerated. Asylum applicants are typically permitted to remain in the US while their request proceeds, but it's unclear where Jorge was in the process, and his criminal status may have made it easier for ICE to deport him. According to Joe, Jorge was taken to Mexico so quickly that his attorneys didn't even have a chance to see him before he was out of the country. Jorge was imprisoned in 2024 for 'unlawfully reentering the US from Mexico after previously being deported,' according to The Sun. In October, after announcing their engagement, Joe said he was working on 'getting asylum or we'll be leaving America when we both get out.' He doubled down on that claim in answering a comment on social media wishing him luck in his appeal. Exotic wrote that he has 'no problem going to Mexico' with his husband when released. Jorge also spoke with TMZ via phone from a friend's house in Mexico and said he hadn't had a chance to speak with his husband since his deportation. However, he said he had already written multiple letters to the Tiger King star, which he hoped he would be able to read soon. Jorge also gave a glimpse into their relationship in prison, reportedly saying he and Joe regularly spent time together at the prison library and gym. The two had different native tongues, but practicing their English and Spanish together was also a bonding experience for them. Joe also shared some dispiriting updates on his health and the cancer he has been afflicted with. Though it had previously been in remission, he confirmed that the cancer had begun growing again and it had since spread to his left lung. He was surprisingly casual about his illness, telling the publication that he wasn't willing to undergo more treatments after he was overwhelmed by the side effects of a year of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. 'I just can't do it again,' he admitted. 'Honestly, I would rather go visit my parents and my two dead husband and my brother in heaven,' than be 'in a concrete room puking again,' he added. Joe said he was feeling well for the time being, and he was trying to stay fit and eat well, so he feared the treatments would just make him feel worse. 'If I die tomorrow, I've had the happiest 10 months of my life,' he declared. Joe shocked fans last month when he announced he'd married a fellow prisoner. Speaking to Sydney, Austrailia's 2DayFM's Jimmy & Nath Show, Joe revealed whether the couple had consummated the marriage. Sharing a photoshopped snap of the couple wearing suits for the big day, he quipped: 'Never been more proud of someone. Meet my husband Jorge Flores Maldonado.' Joe shared the news of their engagement back in October, as he told fans: 'Meet Jorge Marquez. He is so amazing and is from Mexico.' He added: 'Now, the quest of getting married in prison and getting him asylum or we be leaving America when we both get out. 'Either way, I wish I would have met him long ago.'
The Guardian
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Tiger King Joe Exotic pleads for Trump pardon after husband deported
Joe Exotic – star of the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary Tiger King – is publicly pleading for Donald Trump to pardon him from federal prison after his husband was deported to Mexico. 'It's really past time to have one of your people watch Tiger King Season 2, where they all admitted to perjury and a plot to kill me on world television and let me out,' Exotic, whose name is Joseph Allen Maldonado, wrote late on Sunday on social media to the president whom he has politically supported. 'I know that you are not fond of my lifestyle, but I supported you just allow me go to Mexico with my husband.' Exotic's husband, Jorge Marquez Flores, had been jailed in Texas over immigration issues. He was released on Friday – but then deported to Mexico. Referring to members of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Exotic's post to Trump said, 'The Ice agents didn't understand why he got sent back so fast. He had a hearing scheduled for tomorrow.' Exotic's post urged Trump, 'Just let me go to Mexico and you can keep Carole Baskin,' with whom Exotic feuded on the Netflix show that vaulted him to fame. Sign up to Headlines US Get the most important US headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning after newsletter promotion Exotic, 62, is currently serving a 21-year prison sentence in Oklahoma after being convicted in a murder-for-hire plot against Baskin, an activist and big cat rescuer. He was sentenced in January 2020. He had initially been given 22 years, but the punishment was reduced in 2022 by a year in response to his pleas for leniency as he began early-stage prostate cancer treatment. The cancer reportedly went in remission in July 2022 but had come back earlier this year. Exotic wed Marquez, 33, in October after the pair met in prison. It was Exotic's fifth marriage. He had posted earlier this year on social media that his husband would self-deport and he would go to Mexico if Trump fulfilled Exotic's pleas for a pardon. When asked in April 2020 during his first presidency whether he would pardon Exotic, Trump replied: 'I'll take a look.'
The Irish Sun
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Tiger King Joe Exotic's prison husband arrested by ICE in immigration crackdown as Netflix star begs Trump for pardon
JOE Exotic has revealed his husband Jorge Marquez Flores has been taken to an ICE detention Center. The Tiger King star, 4 Joe Exotic posted this image on his Instagram account Credit: Instagram / @joe_exotic 4 Tiger King star Joe Exotic married fellow inmate Jorge Marquez Flores several weeks ago, who is his fourth husband 4 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? " 4 He first shared their engagement back in October, calling Jorge "so amazing" and revealing he's from Mexico
The Sun
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Tiger King Joe Exotic's prison husband arrested by ICE in immigration crackdown as Netflix star begs Trump for pardon
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. 4 4 4 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?" 4
Scottish Sun
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Tiger King Joe Exotic's prison husband arrested by ICE in immigration crackdown as Netflix star begs Trump for pardon
JOE'S PLEA Tiger King Joe Exotic's prison husband arrested by ICE in immigration crackdown as Netflix star begs Trump for pardon Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) 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. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 Joe Exotic posted this image on his Instagram account Credit: Instagram / @joe_exotic 4 Tiger King star Joe Exotic married fellow inmate Jorge Marquez Flores several weeks ago, who is his fourth husband 4 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?"
