Tiger King star Joe Exotic and his husband Dillon Passage filed for divorce Thursday so Exotic could marry a lover whom he met behind bars.
Exotic, legally known as Joseph Maldonado-Passage, is hoping his third marriage will be with a new man he met in prison, lawyer Autumn Blackledge said. Exotic's new boyfriend, John Graham, was released last month after serving 10 years of a 12-year sentence.
"Joe is nearing the end of his cancer treatment and has fallen in love. He has no ill will toward Dillon, but has been trying for a while to reach him to get a divorce settlement," Blackledge told People magazine."My understanding is that both Joe and Dillon have moved on romantically, and they should both have the freedom to love again free from the bonds of marriage.
Exotic married Passage in 2017, two months after the 59-year-old star's first husband, Travis Maldonado, accidentally shot and killed himself."Dillon is pleased to get some finality to the divorce," Duncan said."Previously, his attorneys drafted the necessary paperwork on two separate occasions which were not signed by and then ignored by Joe. Dillon is happy to get some closure and welcomes progress toward his request for divorce to Joseph Maldonado.
Exotic rose to national fame during the COVID-19 pandemic from the Netflix documentary series Tiger King, which followed Exotic's life as the owner of the G.W. Zoo in Oklahoma and his feud with Carole Baskin, the CEO of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa Bay, Florida.He was resentenced in January to 21 years in prison on two murder-for-hire charges and 17 federal animal abuse charges, reducing a previous sentence by one year.
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