Tiger King star Joe Exotic begs Donald Trump for pardon from 21-year prison sentence
Tiger King star Joe Exotic has made a plea to President Donald Trump to pardon him for his role in a murder-for-hire plot against his rival Carole Baskin. Photo / Netflix
Joe Exotic believes he is more deserving of a pardon than the newly-freed rioters.
The Tiger King star – who is currently serving a 21-year prison sentence after being found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot against rival Carole Baskin – has been campaigning for early release and thinks it is hugely unfair he is still behind bars when one of President Donald Trumpโs first actions when returning to office last week was to set free those who were involved in violent protests at the Capitol after he lost the 2020 election.
He told Entertainment Weekly: โI plead to President Trump. Iโm not begging, but Iโm asking that he take five minutes and look at the evidence.
โBeing in prison with the evidence that I have is wrong, especially when theyโre releasing people that have murdered people.
โI donโt hold anything against the January 6 people, but some of them people really hurt some police officers and theyโre free because they were hostages. Hell, Iโm a hostage, Iโm a political prisoner in America, and Iโm asking President Donald J. Trump to put an end to this and let me go home.โ