Joe Exotic’s father dies of Covid-19 as Tiger King star bids for pardon from Donald Trump

Joe Exotic is hoping to receive a pardon from President Donald Trump.

Lawyers for former zookeeper Joe Exotic are calling for the subject of an explosive Netflix documentary series to be pardoned so he can attend the funeral of his father, who died of Covid-19.

The Tiger King star, whose full name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, is serving a 22-year prison sentence for animal abuse as well as for his part in a plot to murder big cats rights activist Carole Baskin. He was arrested in 2018.