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Tiger King Joe Exotic says ‘I’m going to die of cancer in jail – the docs don’t give a s**t and just wheel out the dead’
TIGER King star Joe Exotic says he fears he will die in jail of cancer and accused prison doctors of "not giving a s**t".
In an explosive interview with SunOnline, the former zookeeper slammed Fort Worth Medical Center alleging he has seen an "outrageous" number of "dead people wheeled out" of the facility.
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He said jail doctors are "rude and don’t give a sh**", even though he needs specialist blood transfusions and even claimed they "just let you die".
Exotic revealed earlier this year he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and begged to be freed in order to get “proper medical care".
The Netflix star - who is serving 22 years for a plot to hire a hitman to kill rival zookeeper Carole Baskin - has branded his medical treatment "pathetic" and says he wants to out the "truth".
He told The Sun: "This is crazy how they put people in here and just let you die.
"The things that I’ve seen and the dead people I’ve seen wheeled out of here is outrageous and it’s time that our president and our politicians hear the truth.”
His powerful words come days after it was announced his term would be re-sentenced following a "trial error".
"The things that I’ve seen and the dead people I’ve seen wheeled out of here is outrageous and it’s time that our president and our politicians hear the truth.
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The star of the was jailed in 2019 for paying ''hitman'' Allen Glover $3,000 to kill big cat rival .
He was also convicted of 17 federal charges of animal abuse such as killing tigers to make room for more big cats at his exotic animal park.
Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, has always maintained his innocence and Team Tiger, a group of lawyers and supporters, has been working behind the scenes for his release.
Just days after it was announced Exotic is due to be resentenced, he revealed motions can be filed for "ineffective counsel, and new evidence, and a new trial, and start over".
"My hope is to be able to show enough that the government is not even going to be able to try me again, because their witnesses have since then signed affidavits and went on camera and everything else, admitting to perjury and covering up evidence," he added.
Exotic is optimistic he may even be allowed to serve a sentence at home away from prison, but has given up hope on saving his marriage to husband Dillon Passage.
The Netflix sensation wants to "stay positive" that he's going home", as he has "someone who loves me very much waiting on me to get home, and I’m not talking about my husband".
'EXPOSE THE TRUTH'
But the reality star has no plans to stay silent if he gets any kind of release, vowing to "be on every talk show in the world and expose the corruption of the justice system and shoot for prison reform".
Exotic's impassioned interview also revealed his anger with Netflix, who won acclaim and huge audiences for Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness.
He has still not seen the Emmy nominated series but is livid the show "tried to portray me as some kind of a meth head and somebody who is addicted to the attention and the fame."
"I’ve got some things to say of my own to expose the truth," he said.
"I’m very disappointed that they turned this all about sex, drugs, and mayhem. But we have a lot to expose and we have a lot to talk about and I want the truth to come out and I would finally like to be able to tell my story."
Exotic could not help bringing up his turbulent relations with Carole Baskin, insisting they are now on friendly terms - even asserting the feud between them "was fabricated for TV".
He also expects to raise hell in Washington as he claims politicians should be "extremely ashamed of themselves" for what he claims is going on inside such prisons.
"This is nothing more than legalized human trafficking, kidnapping, and extortion," Exotic added.
President Biden and Vice President Harris, I’ve got one message for you: systemic racism in this country will never go away, because you breed it inside these prisons.
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He also plans to take his mission to the top
"President Biden and Vice President Harris, I’ve got one message for you: systemic racism in this country will never go away, because you breed it inside these prisons," he said.
"They have the gangs that run these prisons. The prison wardens don’t run these prisons. The gangs run these prisons.
"You can’t put somebody in prison for 20 years and be as racist in here and then let them out and expect them to like everyone.
"It’s never going to happen until you stop the racism in here and try and rehabilitate people".
It comes after Exotic claimed he had been "kidnapped" as he demanded his release from prison in audio obtained by The Sun.
In the clip, the star pleaded for a presidential pardon and detailed his plans to become a die-hard civil rights activist.
"To all of the people in the streets of America trying to end racism; slavery is very much alive in America, folks," he said.
"It is camouflaged by prison walls. The colored and the poor cannot afford a defense and are being kidnapped to work for nine dollars a month for political gain.
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"Please ask President Biden to make history and sign every pardon on his desk and every compassionate release at the beginning of his term, not at the end."
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The Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness series, released last year, followed Exotic's whirlwind of layered drama from his allegations of animal abuse to his plot to murder fellow big cat-obsessive Carole Baskin.
The seven-part series drew in in just 10 days and Exotic has since become a global phenomenon.
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Furious Joe Exotic claims he's been 'KIDNAPPED' as he demands he's released from prison in new audio
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