Three days before Netflix released “Tiger King”, Joe Exotic filed a $94 million federal civil rights lawsuit from prison against his former business partners and government agencies.
According to WTSP, Joe Exotic, real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage, filed the lawsuit against multiple government agencies and former business partners for entrapment. The lawsuit states Big Cat Rescue CEO Carole Baskin, informant James Garretson, former business partner Jeffrey Lowe and a federal wildlife agent planned to have him captured for “two murder for hire schemes.” Exotic is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence after being convicted of hiring a hitman to kill Baskin.
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Exotic also wants $78.8 million for 18 years worth of research, loss of personal property and the care of 200 tigers. He is seeking another $15 million for false arrest, false imprisonment, discrimination, malicious prosecution, selective enforcement and the wrongful death of his mother, Shirley Schreibvogel.
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Court documents further state that Exotic’s “false imprisonment” lead to his mother’s tragic death and Lowe had her cremated before he announced her death, leading him to be the only owner of the zoo along with Exotic’s assets. It also alleged that he is discriminated by all parties due to being an openly gay man who owned a large collection of wild cats and crossbreeds.
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