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'Tiger King' transferred out of Fort Worth to medical facility in North Carolina; doctors say he has prostate cancer

Joe Exotic
Joe Exotic
© Nate Billings/The Oklahoman via the USA TODAY Network via Imagn Content Services, LLC

The federal prisoner known as either the "Tiger King" or Joe Exotic has been flown from the federal medical center in Fort Worth to a medical facility in North Carolina. Joseph Maldonado-Passage's lawyer says he has prostate cancer.

In a statement released on his Twitter page, Maldonado-Passage's lawyer John M. Phillips said: "The last few years has taken everything from Joe Exotic- his property, his freedom, his husband sold his clothes, his parents have passed away and now he faces cancer. Please keep Joe in your thoughts and prayers."


Maldonado-Passage became notorious in the Netflix documentary series "Tiger King". He was sentenced to 22 years in a murder-for-hire scheme but in July, a federal appeals court ruled that he should get a shorter sentence.

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