Joe Exotic
American zookeeper and felon
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| 2024 | Joe Exotic is a candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election. |
| November 12 2024 | Exotic declared himself an Independent voter on his Instagram account and asked fans to fill out a form to help him potentially receive a pardon from President-elect Donald Trump. |
| October 2024 | Joe Exotic was quarantined at FMC Fort Worth due to a scabies outbreak in his housing unit. |
| August 2024 | Exotic suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump. |
| September 2023 | Joe Exotic threatened legal action against Florida State Seminoles quarterback Jordan Travis for allegedly infringing on Exotic's trademark of 'Tiger King' |
| April 2023 | Released 'My Best Friends', the first single from his third studio album 'Jungle Rhapsody: A Tiger King Experience', which was partially recorded while he was in federal prison. |
| April 11 2023 | Exotic announced he would run as a Democrat for the 2024 presidential election. |
| March 13 2023 | Exotic announced a bid for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination in the 2024 election, which he will run from prison. His candidacy was criticized by party chair Angela McArdle. |
| January 2023 | Joe Exotic's divorce from Dillon Passage was finalized. |
| 2022 | Joe Exotic expressed interest in running for president with Andrew Tate as his running mate. |
| January 28 2022 | Attended a new sentencing hearing, where Carole Baskin testified about her fears. Exotic was sentenced to 21 years, a reduction of only one year. |
| 2021 | While in jail, Exotic stated that his perspective on animal captivity had changed, believing that 'no animal belongs in a cage'. |
| November 2021 | Transferred from FMC Fort Worth to Federal Medical Center, Butner in North Carolina. |
| November 9 2021 | Released his autobiography 'Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir' while in prison. |
| August 2021 | Joe Exotic stated that his prostate cancer might have spread to his pelvis. |
| July 2021 | A three-judge panel for the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Exotic should serve a shorter sentence. |
| July 15 2021 | A U.S. appeals court rules that the murder attempt convictions were wrongly treated as separate. |
| June 2021 | Launched an NFT auction in collaboration with a cryptocurrency organization, intending to include real-life collectibles such as one of his revolvers. |
| May 2021 | The U.S. Justice Department seizes all remaining big cats from Lowe's attempted new park due to poor animal care history. |
| May 2021 | Launched a cryptocurrency to raise revenue for his defense fund and personal charity incentives. |
| May 14 2021 | Joe Exotic was diagnosed with prostate cancer and approved testing to establish the stage of the disease. |
| April 2021 | Louis Theroux released a new documentary 'Shooting Joe Exotic' on BBC Two, containing unseen footage and new interviews about Exotic's life and legal situation. |
| January 19 2021 | Team Tiger chartered a limousine in Fort Worth in anticipation of a last-minute pardon, but Exotic was not pardoned. |
| 2020 | Joe Exotic was convicted of falsifying wildlife records in violation of the Endangered Species Act. |
| July 2020 | Discovery released the documentary 'Surviving Joe Exotic', featuring interviews with Exotic and former G.W. Zoo employees, including interview scenes filmed four months before his arrest. |
| May 2020 | The United States District Court rules that Exotic fraudulently transferred park ownership to his mother to avoid paying debts, awarding ownership to Carole Baskin and giving Jeff Lowe until October 1 to vacate the premises. |
| May 2020 | Exotic's legal team and 'Team Tiger' delivered a 257-page document to the U.S. Department of Justice requesting a pardon from President Donald Trump. |
| April 2020 | Due to COVID-19 cases in Grady County Jail, Joe Exotic was moved to Federal Medical Center and began a 14-day quarantine. |
| March 2020 | Filed a $94 million lawsuit against those he blamed for his arrest and conviction, which he dropped five months later. |
| March 2020 | Netflix documentary series 'Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness' was released, coinciding with the worldwide COVID-19 lockdown and propelling Exotic to viral fame. |
| January 22 2020 | Sentenced to 22 years in prison and incarcerated at Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth (FMC Fort Worth). |
| 2019 | Following his arrest, the Oklahoma Libertarian Party state convention voted unanimously to revoke Joe Exotic's party membership. |
| April 2019 | Joe Exotic was found guilty by a federal jury on multiple charges, including two counts of hiring someone to murder Carole Baskin, eight counts of violating the Lacey Act, and nine counts of violating the Endangered Species Act. |
| 2018 | Joe Exotic ran in the Libertarian Party primary election for Governor of Oklahoma, receiving 664 votes and finishing last among three candidates. During this campaign, he was officially censured by the Oklahoma Libertarian Party. |
| 2018 | Joe Exotic ran as a candidate in the 2018 United States elections. |
| 2018 | Concluded his period of occasional professional wrestling commentary and hosting wrestling programs at the G.W. Zoo. |
| September 2018 | Exotic is arrested on suspicion of hiring two men to murder Carole Baskin. |
| June 18 2018 | Left the G.W. Zoo, three months before his arrest. |
| 2017 | Chealsi Putman's periodic work at the G.W. Zoo ends, concluding her long-standing association with Joe Exotic's zoo. |
| December 11 2017 | Joe Exotic married Dillon Passage, with Travis Maldonado's mother as one of the witnesses. His legal surname became Maldonado-Passage. |
| October 6 2017 | Travis Maldonado fatally shot himself at the zoo in front of Joshua Dial, Joe Exotic's campaign manager. |
| June 1 2017 | Joe Exotic filed paperwork to run in the 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial election and ended his 2020 presidential campaign to focus on the state-level race. |
| January 13 2017 | Joe Exotic filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for president as a Libertarian in the 2020 presidential primaries. |
| 2016 | During the presidential election, Exotic publicly supported Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton. |
| 2016 | Exotic runs as an independent candidate in the presidential election, gaining attention for his eccentric campaign style. |
| 2016 | Exotic was featured in J.D. Thompson's documentary 'The Life Exotic: Or the Incredible True Story of Joe Schreibvogel'. |
| 2016 | Joe Exotic ran as a candidate in the 2016 United States presidential election. |
| 2015 | Exotic released his second studio album 'Star Struck', continuing his music production efforts alongside his zoo operations. |
| 2015 | Joe Exotic legally wed Travis Maldonado, changing his legal name to Joseph Maldonado. |
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