On another, somebody attached wires to make it seem like the mailbox was rigged with a bomb. Days later John found Joe in his garage, with a cellphone in one hand and a gun in the other. 02.28.77 is the birth date of J. J's age is 45. Kansas Attorney General's Website. According to his family tree , he married Linda K. (Vanhook) Hartpence on June 4, 1973 in Texas. Joe stood at a lectern, flanked by friends, family, and former lovers. He opened a dialogue with Britanny Peet from PETA, hoping to bring down Lowe and others. The laws of man werent nearly as easy to master. Fish and Wildlife Service and government agents. Carole Baskin at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida. Also not discussed in the documentary, according to Texas Monthly, Hartpence had a background as an event producer and had helped. Among the many roadside zoos I visited reporting this story, Joes old park was the worst. In 2003, a stocky 19-year-old named John Finlay answered an ad. Media lapped up Joes liesa drunk driver killed his brother, he rescued a meth addict who became his husbandkeen to buy into his quirky, animal-loving character. . He told others I couldnt be trusted. Being a tiger king raked in serious royalties. You wanna know why Carole Baskin better never ever ever see me face-to-face? he asked, before shooting a blond-wigged doll live on camera. If I knew it was this easy, Id just blast them all, he told Cowie. Savannah says goodbye to Today colleague in emotional live moment, Kardashian fans shocked after Cardi B spills plastic surgery 'secret' about Kim, Kylie Jenner busts out of tiniest thong bikini ever for racy new photos, Kim Kardashian calls out sister Kylie Jenner for snubbing her in sexy new photos, 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Joe Exotic is currently serving 22 years in jail after being found guilty of paying a hitman to kill animal activist Carole Baskin, Exotic fell for Jeffrey Charles 'JC' Hartpence while grieving the death of his first husband Bryan Rhyne in 1991, Exotic on the Netflix show with his husbands Travis Maldonado and John Finlay, Exotic filed a $94 million federal lawsuit against the government for alleged civil rights violations, According to his lawsuit, obtained by PEOPLE, Joe is seeking $73,840,000 for loss of personal property, The Tiger King follows an eccentric animal collector and his bitter rivalry with animal activist Carole Baskin (pictured), Netflix Tiger King trailer tells shocking true story of zookeeper Joe Exotic. In 1989 they bought a pet store called Pet Safari, in Arlington, with G.W., with whom Joe shared a love of animals. It was a legal open goal. He says this includes "18 years of research and care of 200 generic tigers and cross-breeds for 365 days a year, at a boarding rate of $60/day per animal". Wildlife on Easy Street became Big Cat Rescue. A week after he was airlifted to a hospital, the family took Garold off life support (Joe claims he pulled the switch; others deny it). During a stint in Wyoming, Joe hitched a flashing light to his old Buick and pretended to be a cop. Jeffrey Charles 'JC' Hartpence was Joe's second husband. Most ignored them and let Joe continue. Exotic and Maldonado eventually re-married as a couple and got an official marriage license in 2015, Oxygen reports. Am I going to take the fall (for stuff) that everyone did wrong? He asked. I got caught with exotic animals in a city that bans exotics. He couldnt do nothing.. The lawsuit was filed against the U.S. Department of Interior, the U.S. A month later he and Lauren wed at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. He felt he was wasting his life, Peet said. She shuddered: Do I need to grab the gas and spray this guy? News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Get Even More From Bustle Sign Up For The Newsletter, By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. Joe had a creative solution for that. On Sept. 7, he left their rented home, hoping to get a job at a nearby hospital. Ive tried drugs through the younger years of my life. Ive had some kinky sex. Its a municipal court ticket just like jaywalking.. Zoo in 2003 and, according to the in-depth New York piece, "[he] was a cute little redneck boy who hid his teeth when he smiled; he later grew long rattail-style hair, began taking steroids at Joes behest, and became prone to attacks of rage. He and Joe didnt kiss in front of Francis and Shirley. Joe continued to sell live and dead exotics off the books. Nothing personal, he said. The trailers were dumps, and some employees slept on insect-covered floors. I did not believe what he gave me was my sons remains, Danny told me. Angela G Wickham, Age 50 - Lives in Altoona, KS, (620) 568 . After they split Joe began dating John Finley, who starred in Tiger King with him. The family won a $140,000 settlement from the trucking company whose driver caused the wrecknobody was drunk behind the wheel, as Joe repeatedly claims. Hes charming and an engaging speaker. One night, a month after John began work at Wynnewood, he sent Joe a text message: Come save me. When Joe arrived, Johns girlfriend was throwing his belongings out onto the street. Another day, an old lady brought a horse to the park and told Joe she couldnt look after it any more. His children suggested Carole may even have fed him to the tigers. Only Travis older sisters, Ashley and Danielle, were asked to attend. Meanwhile, Joe had begun filming at the park, hoping footage would propel him to Hollywood. Dillon was a cheerleading faggot, Lowe added. Joes entrepreneurial instincts spawned branded T-shirts, cotton candy, bullwhips, skincare, underwear, wine, and even condoms. Locals didnt chat across the fence. The three men wore bright pink cowboy shirts, standing in line beside a candle Joe lit for Garold. He waxed about their relationship, and ended: If we can pull one thing off with this horrible tragedy, it is to continue to bypass the hate and the judgment that we cast upon each other no matter what we do.. I believe hes breeding animals for financial gain, one activist, a Tampa sanctuary owner then named Carole Lewis, was quoted as saying of Joe. Finlay had seen enough and was ready to leave. Exotic fell for Jeffrey Charles 'JC' Hartpence while grieving the death of his first husband Bryan Rhyne in 1991, before Hartpence's convictions. He will reportedly be eligible for parole in 2034. Brian kept the books, and Joe was the stores enigmatic, gun-toting face. We know that Jeffrey L. Hartpence had been residing in Dallas County, Texas. Exotic Park signs along I-35. Jeffrey Hartpence lives in Anthony, KS; previous cities include Wichita KS and Freeport KS. But behind the feud story are several other stranger plots, one of the most interesting of which is how Exotic met and married his many husbands. Caroles crusade against Joe and his cohort crescendoed slowly after 2004. The relationship came to an end when Hartpence held a gun to Joe's head in a drunken rage, New York Magazine reported. My job was to make him appealing to the libertarian crowd, even though he wasnt a libertarian, Josh told me. Get a daily dose of showbiz gossip direct to your inbox. Years after the pair parted ways, Hartpence was convicted for "aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14" and put on the sex offenders register. One day she opened her mailbox to find it full of snakes. He switched the parks ownership, changed its name, filed for bankruptcy and hid assets. Park employee named Ashley Webster left her a voicemail. Hed blasted a hole in the television beside him. Birds trampled other birds to death. 16 records for J Hartpence's Phone Number, Email, Address . Super Pet thrived despite complaints about dirty cages. Some might have sniffed out trouble. It was the 1980s, and gay marriage wasn't even close to being legal. He also felt that a lot of the people in the exotic-animal business that he had defended over the years had thrown him under the bus.. When she left, Joe told Rick to turn his camera on. Rick blamed Joe. Its all BSeverything. Thank God its finally legal in America. He says this includes "18 years of research and care of 200 generic tigers and cross-breeds for 365 days a year, at a boarding rate of $60/day per animal". He grew his hair into a mullet, dyed it blond, and began covering his wiry frame in tattoos. In February 2017, a G.W. Hes a goddamn, what do you call it, a Charles Manson, Yarri told me. According to the family, Joe then manipulated his parents with tales of Garolds love for animals. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Jeff wore a black do-rag. Joe told her Travis death had changed his perspective. If he was in Las Vegas or something, I think he wouldve been just another guy on the Strip., But there was more darkness to Joes character than anybody in town imagined. A murder plot brought it crashing down. The hut that was once Brians hospice was ashes. According to Lauren, he sweetened the deal with an additional $100,000. Johns steroid and meth addiction worsened throughout the year. All of them witnessed animal abuse on an astonishing scale. Exotic, born Joe Schreibvogel, is currently serving 22 years in jail after being found guilty of paying a hitman to kill animal activist Carole Baskin, and of killing tigers to make room for more cats in his animal park. Joe continued touring despite Caroles efforts. Hartpence pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in March in the death of Curtis Shelton. Nevertheless, the three were married as a "throuple" in a ceremony seen in Tiger King. He saw the Ferraris and the Porsches and all the exotic vehicles, Lowe told me of Joe. But what happened to Exotic's husbands? Im not a charity, Joe replied. Joe bought John almost anything he wanted, from belt buckles to trucks. It houses more than 80 cats whose large cages connect across 67 acres of rolling parkland. Police carted J.C. away, never to return. He originally was charged with second-degree intentional murder, according to district court records. Her email inbox filled with death and rape threats. He even told friends he wanted to reintroduce the saber-toothed tiger to America, an animal unrelated to modern cats, which died out around 10,000 years ago. He thought he was having the chance of a lifetime, Sherry Peck, Dannys girlfriend, told me. Meanwhile, threats arrived from Lowe. Some of which passed away under truly tragic circumstances that add a heartbreaking layer to Tiger King. Animal abuse at the G.W. There was already an investigation underway at the G.W. Park in May, its squalid conditions were under his and Laurens stewardship. In typically conspiratorial style, Joe warned that the government agency would pull some strings out of the air to kill the cat and frame him. Lauren was slim and glamorous, with silken red hair. Lowe said Joe asked him to bring up Google Earth on his computer (my monitor is huge) Joe and Travis mapped out places to kill Carole. When Taryn reported the park for mistreating its horses, Lowe called her a c-nt on his Facebook page, and reiterated it to me, claiming she tasered tigers: Show your face here again you bitch, I have a rake and shotgun with your name on them.. Within a year it held 200 cats from 17 different species. In 2009 Joe received alligators from Michael Jacksons Neverland Ranch, upon the pop stars death, and housed them in the building Brian had lived in at the depth of his illness. Francis was a spindly Korean War vet who smoked heavily and spoke little of war. Danny wasnt invited. Their conditions are poor even to untrained eyes. Joseph Allen Maldonado (n Schreibvogel; born March 5, 1963), known professionally as Joe Exotic and nicknamed "The Tiger King," is an American media personality, businessman, and convicted felon who operated the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (also known as the G.W. In 2012 the Humane Society called the G.W. We worked with animals that kill people, Joe told me. Some who did said theyd escaped a cult. Garold dumpster-dove for Pet Safaris materials and welded cages. On one occasion, he threw Joe into a wall hard enough to send him to the hospital.". Another said he witnessed Joe run over emus in a four-wheeler so he could sell their bones to the Museum of Osteology, in Oklahoma City. Here are all of Exotic's husbands and what happened to them, both on and off the show. Years after the pair parted ways, Hartpence was convicted for "aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14" and put on the sex offenders register. Kuo Wei Lee, a Plano real-estate developer, bought dozens of the birds in 1995 when marketers promised riches from their lean meat and oila sort of red-meat alternative la pork. When I went, it had rained, and tigers sloshed back and forth in ankle-deep slurry. He broke bones in his back, neck, and right leg. TIGER King star Joe Exotic's ex-husband is convicted pedophile Jeffrey Charles 'JC' Hartpence, who is in prison for gun murder. It was a messy breakup. But he was possessive, and kept his young boyfriend high on drugs. Joe told him that Carole liked to walk to work along a leafy path and offered Glover hunting camouflage. Zoo featured in Tiger King, and when Joe started collecting his big cats. Thats what he represents: how silly we can be sometimes.. He needed cash with Carole owed the $1 million from her lawsuit. Whether he knows it or not, he did mentally abuse me and controlled me, he told me. The most notorious was in Ohios Amish country, where men in Brixton hats sold parrots, bobcats, and kangaroos as if they were old keepsakes. Everyone knew him as the person to buy and sell animals, James Garretson, an early friend of Joes, told me. Now hes the one behind bars. He wore spurs on his boots, even when shopping for groceries. PETA filmed an undercover video at the park that year, claiming staff kicked and hit animals with shovels and rifle butts. According to TMZ, Joe alleged he was "discriminated against because he is the only person charged with this statute because [he] is an openly gay male with the largest collection of generic tigers and crossbreeds.". One manager was filmed saying hed beat the fuck out of a white tiger, while another admitted he didnt like Joes breeding process. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. As it turns out, Exotic actually had five husbands, although only three of them are featured in the Tiger King docuseries. What Happened To Paulo, Amanda, & Bruna After 'Love Is Blind: Brazil'? Many felt they could never leave. Having saved over a hundred, Joe and his associate, tired, approached several more slowly, then fired at them with shotguns. Videos of the odd couple went viral. Celeb obsessed? Francis and Shirley are frail and may never see their youngest son free again. The trip to the Lowes home would be their honeymoon. 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