Joe Exotic, aka the ‘Tiger King,’ back in Santa Rosa County Jail

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A man famous for his part on the Netflix television series “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” has been booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail.

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61-year-old Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, known as Joe Exotic, is being held in the Santa Rosa County Jail, News 5 has learned.

According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, Exotic is only being housed in their jail for a “federal court date.”

The former zoo keeper was previously sentenced to 22 years in prison after he was convicted in a case involving animal welfare activist Carole Baskin. Prosecutors at the time said Exotic paid someone $3,000 to travel from Oklahoma to Florida to kill Baskin, according to previous reports.

According to previous reporting, Exotic was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2018 on two counts of murder-for-hire. He was also indicted on 19 counts of wildlife charges, which included the violation of the Endangered Species Act and Lacey Act.

Allegedly, Exotic shot and killed five tigers in October 2017 to make room in cages “for other big cats.” He also allegedly sold tiger cubs to raise money. Exotic was ordered to pay $183,000 to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals organization.

After the hit Netflix series aired, Exotic announced his presidential bid for the 2024 election.

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