The convicted felon hopes he and his fourth husband can ‘each transfer on with their lives and divorce rapidly and amicably.’
Regardless of Joe Unique nonetheless being in jail and nonetheless being married, the star of Netflix’ documentaryTiger King is able to search for a brand new love. The 59-year-old convicted felon filed for divorce from his husband of 4 years, Dillon Passage, on Thursday (March 21), per TMZ. In paperwork obtained the outlet, Joe stated the wedding is “irretrievably damaged.”
The couple have been estranged for nearly a 12 months, as Dillon took to his Instagram in March 2021 to disclose he was within the technique of divorcing Joe. Nevertheless, Joe’s authorized staff stated Dillon by no means adopted by way of on the menace. Dillon has moved on and is relationship somebody new, whereas Joe is looking for one other love match as effectively, in response to the information supply.
Whereas the Tiger King is out on the prowl (from jail), he desires to gather alimony within the type of a lump sum, per the courtroom papers. He’s additionally gearing as much as drop Dillon’s final identify and revert again to Joseph Allen Maldonado. His lawyer says Joe hopes that he and Dillon “can each transfer on with their lives and divorce rapidly and amicably.”
Dillon is Joe’s fourth husband after the late Brian Rhyne, the late Travis Maldonado, and ex John Finlay — who was additionally featured prominently within the Netflix docuseries. Within the Instagram publish final 12 months saying an impending divorce, Dillon wrote, “This wasn’t a simple resolution to make however Joe and I each perceive that this example isn’t honest to both of us. It’s one thing that neither of us had been anticipating however we're going to take it daily.” He additionally detailed how he first met Joe in November of 2017 “throughout a troublesome time” in his life and the pair received married a month later.
In September of 2018, Joe was arrested for trying to rent an undercover FBI agent to homicide his nemesis, Carole Baskin. In Jan. 2020, Joe was discovered responsible on two counts for his murder-for-hire plot in opposition to Carole, eight counts of violating the Lacey Act by falsifying wildlife data, and 9 counts of violating the Endangered Species Act by killing 5 tigers and promoting tigers throughout state strains. He was initially sentenced to 22 to 27 years in jail, however was re-sentenced in July 2021, the place a courtroom lowered the judgement by one 12 months.