Tiger King star Joe Exotic has revealed he has prostate cancer, and is currently awaiting a diagnosis of which stage it is at.
The Netflix icon, who is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence on murder for hire and animal abuse convictions, has asked to be released to get proper medical care.
Taking to Twitter, the 58-year-old wrote: “John Phillips has received my medical records from FMC Fort Worth and my PSA count came back very high for prostate cancer.
“The prison has approved testing to verify what stage it is in.
“My body is tired, I have lost a tremendous amount of weight, the mouth sores are out of control, I throw up more than I eat.”
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He went on: “I don’t want anyone’s pity, what I need is when John Phillips gets the evidence he is working on, I need the world to help him get President Biden, VP Harris and the Attorney General to listen to the evidence and see that it’s not just city cops out of control with corruption, but his very own Department of Justice and make this right and sign that pardon that Trump left behind so I can go home and get proper medical care and proper food.”
Joe thanked his fans “from all over the world, and finished his tweets with “wish me luck” and the hashtag “justice for Joe Exotic”.
The television star – whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage – is currently due for release in 2037.
He was sent down after being found guilty of two counts of hiring someone to hire big cat rival Carole Baskin, eight counts of falsifying wildlife records and on nine counts of violating the Endangered Species Act by killing five together, and selling others across state lines.
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His latest tweets aren’t the first time he’s asked to be released early.
Joe sought clemency from former US president Donald Trump, however he was ignored.
And earlier this year he claimed in leaked audio that he was the victim of a “conspiracy” and that he’s been “kidnapped” for a political agenda to “end [the keeping of] big cats in America”.
In the audio, which was obtained by The Sun, Joe asked President Joe Biden to pardon him.
He said he intended to use his “new platform to speak for justice and prison reform and speak for the thousands of men and women in this country who have been wrongfully convicted or over sentenced in this country for simply no reason other than for profit”.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
