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- Joe Exotic has revealed that he has prostate cancer.
- The "Tiger King" star is asking President Joe Biden to pardon him so that he can get "proper medical care."
- He previously failed to receive clemency from former President Donald Trump despite lobbying efforts
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Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, has revealed that he has prostate cancer.
The 58-year-old "Tiger King" star shared his cancer diagnosis with his Twitter followers on Friday and once again begged for a presidential pardon.
Maldonado-Passage previously failed to receive clemency from former President Donald Trump despite persistent lobbying efforts by his legal team, Insider's Zac Ntim reported in January.
He is serving a 22-year jail sentence for plotting to kill his rival Carole Baskin and for 17 federal charges of animal abuse but is now seeking compassionate release.
Maldonado-Passage is calling on President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to sign a pardon so that he can "go home and get proper medical care and food," he wrote on Twitter.
Maldonado-Passage said that his "PSA count came back very high for prostate cancer." PSA, or prostate-specific antigens, is often elevated in men with prostate cancer.
-Joe Exotic (@joe_exotic) May 14, 2021
"My body is tired. I have lost a tremendous amount of weight, the mouth sores are out of control, I throw up more than I eat," he wrote.
Maldonado-Passage said that he does not want "pity" but instead needs "the world" to help his attorney, John Philips, to get the president and vice president to grant him clemency.
-Joe Exotic (@joe_exotic) May 14, 2021
Maldonado-Passage has claimed that his previous plea for clemency was rejected because he was "too innocent and too GAY," Insider reported in January.
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