Jeff Lowe, who appeared in the Netflix documentary series “Tiger King,” just spoke out to blast Joe Exotic after he tried to get a pardon from President Donald Trump.
“He is not going to get pardoned. Donald Trump is not gonna pardon this guy,” Lowe told Fox News.
This comes weeks after Exotic’s legal team made headlines when they drove around in a tour bus with a sign that read, “President Trump Please Pardon Joe Exotic.”
Exotic, whose real last name is Maldonado-Passage, is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for his involvement in a murder-for-hire plot against his nemesis Carole Baskin.
Lowe said that he was not surprised at all by Exotic’s attempts at getting a pardon.
“Joe has that diva personality. Most narcissists do. So of course he’s gonna go and take it to where the buck stops, and that’s at the White House,” Lowe said.
“Nothing that Donald Trump does surprises me anymore but if he were to pardon Joe Exotic that would be the icing on the cake. It would show that the president has really lost his marbles.”
Lowe went on to call Exotic a “horrible, horrible person” who likely has “50 or 60 more federal charges pending for campaign finance fraud and income tax evasion.”
He also said that regardless of Exotic’s attempts to get out of prison, he deserves to be behind bars.
“Even though he knows damn well that he was planning to kill Carole, he still wants to say that he was framed,” Lowe said.
Lowe took control of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma after Exotic went to prison, but he will not be running it much longer, as a judge recently granted control of the property to Baskin.
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Lowe said that this ruling was actually a blessing in disguise, however, as he will be heading to a new zoo in Thackerville with his animals.
Exotic responded to the judge’s ruling in a statement released by his legal team.
“While we again acknowledge it is truly time to pray for justice for George Floyd’s family as well as an end to systemic racism in America, we must address Carol [sic] Baskin’s treachery before it goes unchecked,” the statement read, according to the U.K. Independent.
“As hard as this news is, we refuse to accept defeat. Even as we type this message, Joe’s legal team is filing appeals and his social media/PR team are rallying public support.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.
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