Here’s where the story gets weirdly relatable, like that time you fudged a few numbers on your taxes and got a scary letter. Joe Exotic was convicted for two counts of murder-for-hire, but also eight counts of falsifying wildlife records and two counts of killing endangered tigers. This isn’t a joke. He sold tiger cubs for profit, didn’t keep proper paperwork, and shot five tigers because they were too old to attract paying visitors.
Joe Exotic of 'Tiger King' fame resentenced to 21 years | 9news.com
Oh, and he sold guns to a convicted felon. It’s like he played a game of “How Many Laws Can I Break Before Lunch?” and won a prize he didn’t want. The judge sentenced him to 22 years, and he’s sitting in a Texas prison named after a mountain range—which is poetic, considering he spent his life naming his tigers after mountains.
