Joe Exotic's husband has been deported from the US to Mexico, but before his departure from the same prison that the notorious influencer is held in, he left him a shocking gift.
The Tiger King, whose real name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, is currently serving a 21-year prison sentence after he was arrested and convicted in 2020 of two murder-to-hire counts of Big Cat Rescue CEO Carole Baskin, and multiple wildlife violations.
He was initially due to serve 22 years behind bars, but in 2022 he was re-sentenced to 21 years, as he begged the judge: "Please don’t make me die in prison waiting for a chance to be free."
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However, his incarceration hasn't prevented him from finding love - and he's been engaged twice from the confines of a Texas federal prison, with one resulting in marriage.
The first was cell sweetheart John Graham, who called off their engagement after he was released from prison in 2022.
In October 2024, Exotic took to Twitter to share the news that he and Jorge Marquez had gotten engaged.
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"Meet Jorge Marquez he is 33. He is so amazing and is from Mexico," his post read.
"Now, the quest of getting married in prison and getting him asylum or we be leaving America when we both get out. Either way, I wish I would have met him long ago."
The pair tied the knot from behind bars last month, but only a month into married life Marquez was deported back to his home country - but not before leaving him a gift.
Sharing a picture of a notepad with some markings on it, that appear to have been made from, ahem, inking a private part before sitting on the paper, Exotic captioned it: "Guys!! I forgot to show you what Jorge left me To remember him."
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The present came from Marquez, and many thought this 'art' was definitely very NSFW, but others claimed it could be very innocent. I'll let you take a look below and have a guess...
Upon Joe Exotic posting this, followers of the convicted criminal rushed to the comments to clarify exactly what they saw.
One user joked: "Those are gorgeous dandelions."
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"And they say chivalry is dead," another quipped.
While a third thought they what they had just seen was something entirely different: "Lol, people thinking this is buttholes. It’s psilocybin mushroom spore prints. They took a mushroom cap, placed it on paper. You can use this to grow more mushrooms. There, you learned something."
To which Exotic replied: "Like we have mushrooms in prison."
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It comes as a report federal court documents seen by the US Sun, alleges that Marquez was serving jail time after being caught driving six other undocumented immigrants across the US-Mexico border.
He has subsequently been deported back to Mexico by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials upon his release from prison.
Taking to Instagram, he pleaded with President Donald Trump to exonerate him and allow him to move to Mexico with his lover.
"@realdonaldtrump @potus it's really past time to have one of your people watch Tiger King Season 2, where they all admitted to perjury and a plot to kill me on world television and let me out," he posted.
"I know that you are not fond of my lifestyle, but I supported you just allow me go to Mexico with my husband. 8 years for nothing is long enough. Thank you."
Topics: Joe Exotic, Tiger King, US News
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