Tiger King’s Joe Exotic claims he has been ‘sexually assaulted by jail staff and beaten while tied in a chair’
TIGER King's Joe Exotic has claimed that he has been "sexually assaulted by jail staff and beaten while tied in a chair."
The infamous star has submitted a 257-page case to President , arguing that he should be pardoned from his sentence due to the alleged assault, reported on Tuesday.
He is currently serving 22 years in for attempting to his big cat rival, .
Exotic also wrote a letter to , where he claimed "I have been sexually assaulted by jail staff, beat up and tied in a chair to the point the skin came off my arms."
He then begged "please be my hero … my hands are damaged from the abuse in jail so I'm sorry for the soppy (sic) writing and spelling," and wrote "#TrumpJr.2024."
The federal prison told TMZ that "there was no such assault."
The Tiger King also believes he will die in jail before his 2037 release as he suffers with anemia and common variable immune deficiency.
In a final plea to the president, Exotic implored: "Allow me to make you proud, to make America proud, to make the world proud. Be my hero please."
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Exotic's team is expected to fly to on Wednesday to present to someone at .
Trump was asked at a in April if he had considered pardoning Exotic.
He said he would "take a look" but admitted he had not seen .