- During a March 2019 criminal trial, NEW YORK Magazine reported that Joe Exotic was convicted by jury for "two counts of murder for hire and 17 counts of exotic-animal abuse, including the killing of five tigers." Joe remains incarcerated while he awaits final sentencing .
- Although he claims to have been married five times, only two of his marriages were legal. He was unofficially married to Brian Rhyne from 1988 to 2001, JC Hartpence from 2002 to 2003, and John Finlay from 2003 to 2014.
- Exotic is currently seeking a combined $94 million from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and is asking President Trump to pardon his conviction for orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot on a rival and violating the Endangered Species Act.
- Over many years, Joe Exotic maintained a fierce rivalry with Carole Baskin, another owner of wild animals. They battled over the morality of breeding wild animals, using them in pop-up petting zoos, and profiting by charging customers to hold or pet animals. They battled in the courtroom, through Internet websites, spying, trademark infringement, and eventually Joe's plot to have Carole killed by a hit-man.
- Worked as a police officer and a pet shop owner in Texas.
- Name legally changed to Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage.
- Was a Pro Wrestling Commentator.
- Joe Exotic established the Garold Wayne Exotic Animal Memorial Park in Wynewood, Oklahoma, where he kept and bred tigers, lions, and other animals.
- Filed for divorce from Dillon Passage July 2021 and became engaged to Seth Posey August 2021.
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