‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic announces prison engagement: ‘So amazing’

The true crime star Joe Exoticcurrently serving prison time in Florida for animal abuse and attempted murder, is engaged to an “amazing” fellow inmate and they plan to marry before Christmas. The central figure of Netflix King Tigerreal name Joseph Allen Maldonado, confirmed her pending wedding to Jorge Marquez, 33, in a prison phone call. TO Entertainment Weekly. “We submitted our official papers for the marriage license from the prison yesterday, so we’re just waiting for an approval,” he told the magazine. “He chose December 12 as the date we hope to get approval.” In a tweet earlier this week, Exotic, 61, said her new boyfriend is “so amazing and he’s from Mexico,” adding that she’s working to “get asylum or leave America when we get out both of you”. He addedin a subsequent post that appears to predict the outcome of next week’s presidential election, “now I have come to convince trump card to let me keep him in America.”

Meet Jorge Marquez, he is 33 years old. It’s so amazing and it’s from Mexico.

Now the quest to get married in prison and get asylum or we leave America when we both get out.

Anyway, I wish I had met him a long time ago. pic.twitter.com/MYRVPcy97Y

— Joe Exotic (@joe_exotic) October 29, 2024

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