Joe Exotic begs Kim Kardashian to get him out of prison in desperate letter

Joe Exotic begs Kim Kardashian to get him out of prison in desperate letter

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Joe Exotic begs Kim Kardashian to get him freed from prison in desperate letter

The former zoo owner, who became a huge star during lockdown thanks to Netflix docu-series Tiger King, penned a letter to Kim out of desperation

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Joe Exotic has begged Kim Kardashian to help get him out of prison.

The former zoo owner, who became a huge star during lockdown thanks to Netflix docu-series Tiger King, penned a letter to Kim out of desperation.

The 57-year-old – real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage – is serving 22 years for plotting to have his rival Carole Baskin murdered, as well as a string of animal cruelty charges.

But Joe, who insists he is innocent, now wants Kim to help contact Donald Trump so that he can overturn his conviction and let him return to life as a free man.

Left out of legal options, Joe has turned to the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star for help.

Aspiring lawyer Kim has been using her legal know-how and celebrity status to help free those she believes no longer deserves to be behind bars.

And it seems as though Joe considers himself to be one of those people.

“I know you have never met me and may never want to however I do believe that you hold the values of our justice system dear to your heart,” Joe wrote in a letter to the mum-of-four.

He went on: “I am writing you this letter not as Joe Exotic but as the person Joseph Maldonado-Passage, asking you to please help me by just taking 10 minutes out of your life and placing a call to President Trump to look at my 257 page pardon it’s all the evidence I’m innocent and ask him to sign my pardon so I can return home to [my husband] Dillon [Passage] and my father.

“I have lost 57 years of work, my zoo, my animals, my mother has died, my dad is dying and I’ve been taken away from my husband who I love dearly.

“Everyone is so busy making movies, getting interviews, selling stuff and dressing up like me that everyone forgot I’m a real live person in prison and kept from even telling my own story for something I didn’t do.”

Joe then asked Kim to give the president a phone call, promising, “No one even has to know you did it.”

It comes as Mr Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr this summer suggested his father should pardon Joe Exotic “just for the meme”.

When asked whether he would consider pardoning the Tiger King star, President Trump said he would “take a look” into the case.

It’s known that Kim was very invested in the series after she posted many tweets about Joe and Carole.

What’s more, she dressed as Carole Baskin for Halloween, with her best friend Jonathan Cheban going as Joe Exotic.

It’s not yet known if Kim has popped the all-important call to Mr Trump.

Mirror Online has contacted Kim’s reps for comment.