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\n Related: <\/span>Tiger King\u2019s Joe Exotic Has New \u2018Prison Romance\u2019 After Filing for Divorce<\/span><\/a>
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Exotic first shared news of his engagement to his fellow prisoner in October last year. \u201cMeet Jorge Marquez \u2026 he is 33. He is so amazing and is from Mexico,\u201d Exotic shared via X<\/a> at the time. \u201cNow, the quest of getting married in prison and getting him asylum or we be leaving America when we both get out. Either way, I wish I would have met him long ago.\u201d<\/p>\nIn an October telephone interview with Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a>, Exotic confirmed the engagement. \u201cWe filed our official papers for the marriage license from the prison yesterday, so we\u2019re just waiting for an approval. He has picked out December 12 as the date we\u2019re hoping to get this approved by,\u201d Exotic said, telling the outlet that their application had to be approved \u201cby the warden and psychiatry and the chaplain\u201d before obtaining a marriage license.<\/p>\n\u201cWe love each other very much, spend every minute of the day together,\u201d Exotic added.<\/p>\n
Exotic was previously married to Travis Maldonado<\/strong>, who died from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound in October 2017 at the age of 23. Exotic married Dillon Passage<\/strong> two months after Maldonado\u2019s death.<\/p>\nExotic and Passage separated in 2020 and Passage announced his intention to divorce the following year. \u201cTo answer the main question the public wants to know, yes, Joe and I are seeking a divorce. This wasn\u2019t an easy decision to make but Joe and I both understand that this situation isn\u2019t fair to either of us. It\u2019s something that neither of us were expecting but we are going to take it day by day,\u201d Passage wrote via Instagram<\/a> in March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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In March 2022, Exotic\u2019s lawyer, Autumn Beck Blackledge<\/strong>, confirmed to People<\/em><\/a> that the incarcerated former zookeeper had filed for divorce.<\/p>\n\n![\"Tiger](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Tiger-King-Dillon-Passage-Reveals-He-Joe-Exotic-Talked-About-Open-Marriage.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Joe Exotic and Dillon Passage in \u2018Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness\u2019.<\/span> Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIn an exclusive interview with Us Weekly<\/em> last November, Exotic said he is still hopeful<\/a> that his conviction will be overturned and he will be freed.<\/p>\n\u201cMy prostate cancer is in remission, [but] they believe I have cancer in my left lung. I have to take it as it comes,\u201d he said. \u201cI still have faith that I\u2019m going to walk out of here \u2014 I just need to live for the next five or six months and hope for the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
In an October telephone interview with Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a>, Exotic confirmed the engagement. \u201cWe filed our official papers for the marriage license from the prison yesterday, so we\u2019re just waiting for an approval. He has picked out December 12 as the date we\u2019re hoping to get this approved by,\u201d Exotic said, telling the outlet that their application had to be approved \u201cby the warden and psychiatry and the chaplain\u201d before obtaining a marriage license.<\/p>\n \u201cWe love each other very much, spend every minute of the day together,\u201d Exotic added.<\/p>\n Exotic was previously married to Travis Maldonado<\/strong>, who died from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound in October 2017 at the age of 23. Exotic married Dillon Passage<\/strong> two months after Maldonado\u2019s death.<\/p>\n Exotic and Passage separated in 2020 and Passage announced his intention to divorce the following year. \u201cTo answer the main question the public wants to know, yes, Joe and I are seeking a divorce. This wasn\u2019t an easy decision to make but Joe and I both understand that this situation isn\u2019t fair to either of us. It\u2019s something that neither of us were expecting but we are going to take it day by day,\u201d Passage wrote via Instagram<\/a> in March 2021.<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n In March 2022, Exotic\u2019s lawyer, Autumn Beck Blackledge<\/strong>, confirmed to People<\/em><\/a> that the incarcerated former zookeeper had filed for divorce.<\/p>\n In an exclusive interview with Us Weekly<\/em> last November, Exotic said he is still hopeful<\/a> that his conviction will be overturned and he will be freed.<\/p>\n \u201cMy prostate cancer is in remission, [but] they believe I have cancer in my left lung. I have to take it as it comes,\u201d he said. \u201cI still have faith that I\u2019m going to walk out of here \u2014 I just need to live for the next five or six months and hope for the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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\n Joe Exotic and Dillon Passage in \u2018Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness\u2019.<\/span> Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n