Tiger King’s Joe Exotic moved to medical centre after cancer diagnosis – lawyer

Joseph Maldonado-Passage, also known as Joe Exotic, at the zoo he used to run in Oklahoma (Sue Ogrocki/AP)

The former Oklahoma zookeeper known as Tiger King, who gained fame in a Netflix documentary series, has been transferred to a medical facility for federal inmates after a cancer diagnosis, according to his lawyer.

Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was flown by plane to be transferred from a federal medical centre in the US state of Texas, to a federal medical centre in North Carolina, late on Tuesday or early Wednesday, defence lawyer John Phillips said in a statement.