He’s famously known for the hit Netflix show, and he’s been in the Santa Rosa County Jail for a copyright infringement lawsuit he filed there. He was extradited from Texas where he’s serving 22 years for two murder-for-hire convictions involving another big cat lover and rival Carole Baskin, as well as 17 animal charges.“We’re out here today to bring awareness to Joe’s plight,” said JT Barnett, Exotic’s manager. “We need President Biden to pardon Joe Exotic.
“He’s exotic, what else can you really say about him? I think it’s been about six years now, so he deserves to be out to show what good he could do for the community still.”“He’s done a lot of good,” said Shannon Hoffman. “Yeah, everybody makes mistakes, but I don’t feel he deserves to be locked up anymore. I don’t feel he should have been locked up. Carole is fine. Nothing happened to her.”“I will forever be the Tiger King,” he said.