Joe Exotic, the eccentric and convicted murderer-for-hire subject of the much-discussed Netflix docuseries Tiger King, has been placed into COVID-19 quarantine in a hospital after three fellow prisoners contracted the virus The big cat enthusiast, 57, is currently serving out a 22-year sentence at a federal prison in Texas.
He was found guilty of 17 charges of animal abuse and two counts of murder for hire. Related: EXCLUSIVE: Co-director Rebecca Chailkin spills on the chaos of ‘Tiger King’ Dil