Tiger King begs for release after diagnosis

The 58-year-old begged to be freed from prison in order to get “proper medical care.”Joe tweeted on Friday: “John Phillips has received my medical records from FMC Fort Worth and my PSA count came back very high for prostate cancer. “The prison has approved testing to verify what stage it is in. “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.”The former zoo operator is currently in prison after being found guilty in 2019 for a murder-for-hire plot against his big cat rival, Carole Baskin.RELATED: Carole Baskin to help Tiger King Joe Exotic get out of jailHe continued: “I don’t want anyone’s pity, what I need is when John Phillips gets the evidence he is working on, I need the world to help him get President Biden, VP Harris and the Attorney General to listen to the evidence. “And see that it’s not just city cops out of control with corruption, but his very own Department of Justice and make this right and sign that pardon that Trump left behind so I can go home and get proper medical care and proper food. “Thank you for all the love and support from all over the world. I love you all. Wish me luck…#JusticeForJoeExotic.”He later updated followers with what was happening with the investigations into his health.“I have an appointment on the 27th with the oncologist and June 1 with the urologist. Now they report a biopsy will also be scheduled on a tumor on my right side below my ribs. Also scheduling a colonoscopy and endoscopy to find everything,” he tweeted.Last month, Joe claimed he’s been “kidnapped” and demanded his release from prison in exclusive audio obtained by The Sun.The jailed star of the hit Netflix show Joe Exotic is pleading for a presidential pardon and detailed his plans to become a die-hard civil rights activist.He was found guilty in 2019 for paying “hitman’”Allen Glover $US3,000 to kill Baskin and for killing tigers to make room for more big cats at his exotic animal park. RELATED: Carole Baskin launches Big Cat CoinHe has always maintained his innocence and Team Tiger, a group of lawyers and supporters, is working behind the scenes for his release.Speaking from Fort Worth Medical Center, Texas, where he’s being held, the reality star labelled his own 22-year sentence in the murder-for-hire plot of Carole Baskin as “a black cloud over our entire justice system in America.”The former zookeeper adds that his conviction should make leaders feel “ashamed” for “kidnapping me for a political agenda to only end (the keeping of) big cats in America.”Joe recorded his rant for The Social Media Superstar Awards (SMSA) after his Netflix show won an award in the Entertainment Category.He branded his conviction a “conspiracy” and an “obstruction of justice” and something only President Joe Biden can make right.This story was originally published on The Sun and is reproduced here with permission