Somehow, the park was still growing. Our management team will design a customized program that also works to enhance communication and create a true sense of community for your neighborhood. Joe and his staff drove his limousine into town for the odd meal at its lone Mexican restaurant. Lowe and Joes relationship, meanwhile, was in tatters. In a video posted to the JoeExoticTV YouTube channel, Joe invited a clothing store clerk to drop by. They cited Lowe for doing business and handling animals without a license. All of them witnessed animal abuse on an astonishing scale. Joes new life had lasted just 81 days. The cameras are all in the studio., There is no studio! By that time, Joe had found his latest beau, a young Austin man named Dillon Passage. Joe opened the G.W. Joe washed dishes at a pirate-themed restaurant. Wildlife on Easy Street became Big Cat Rescue. You commit more crimes than any of us combined, but you never get in trouble because you pass the buck on to someone else, Lowe shouted at Joe, according to video taken by Lauren. She left home at 15, never finished high school, and paid for gas with pennies, for a $100 Impala she drove between three jobs. Its all BSeverything. What Happened To Paulo, Amanda, & Bruna After 'Love Is Blind: Brazil'? I think he started right then, like, Dude, this is easy. He renamed it the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, to keep the G.W. Joes entrepreneurial instincts spawned branded T-shirts, cotton candy, bullwhips, skincare, underwear, wine, and even condoms. Fish and Wildlife Service and government agents. The day he left, Danny handed him a thousand dollars to get to Wynnewood. Other names that Jeffrey uses includes Jeffery Hartpence, Jeffrey L Hartpence, Jeffrey Charles Hartpence, Jeffery C Hartpence and Jc Hartpence. He was right. Bryant, unaware of Glovers whereabouts, warned Howard and Carole about an imminent threat. They bought window blinds, began carrying pistols, and avoided riding bicycles to work. I promise you that, cause a bunch of people are going to jail. He allowed customers to pet big-cat and bear cubs for a fee. Joe gave up on his deadly plot for a while. A cunning and cuddly persona created an empire. Danny was furious. Videos of the odd couple went viral. Sometimes he snuck tiger cubs into the local hospital to entertain patients. Within a year it held 200 cats from 17 different species. Nobody is that silver-tongued.. And before you bring me down, it is my belief that you will stop breathing.. He was found guilty of the charge in May. The jury took just hours to convict Joe on 21 counts, including two of murder-for-hire, five for the tigers deaths, and more than a dozen counts of illegal animal trafficking and selling. Between his wild actions and the parks unending abuse, most film staff left soon after they arrived, unable to package the horror they witnessed into a family-friendly product. We know that Jeffrey L. Hartpence had been residing in Dallas County, Texas. Park. If he was in Las Vegas or something, I think he wouldve been just another guy on the Strip., But there was more darkness to Joes character than anybody in town imagined. He is now serving a life sentence in a Kansas prison for the first degree felony murder of Curtis Shelton, who was found dead in his home with multiple gunshot wounds in 2014. Everything was zoo-themed. Joe wore the faux pastors outfit from his Here Kitty Kitty video, complete with hat and wraparound shades. Thats what he represents: how silly we can be sometimes.. The animal kingdom hed created over two decades, home to one of the worlds largest collections of big cats, now belonged to a belligerent former business partner. It was the first public fight between Joe and Carole. When I visited Big Cat Rescue just after the verdict, Carole and Howards blinds were open, and sun poured through their office window. He was relieved the pain was over. I dont think Ill ever be the same person, he told me. He threatened Joe: Im the guy that has video that could put your ass in jail and you know it, so dont fuck with me.. He alleged: He was the main person in this entrapment scheme to take my zoo for free. Angela G Wickham, Age 50 - Lives in Altoona, KS, (620) 568 . View Jeffrey M Hartpence results including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. Travis head fell back. 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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Joe Exotic is currently serving 22 years in jail after being found guilty of paying a hitman to kill animal activist Carole Baskin, Exotic fell for Jeffrey Charles 'JC' Hartpence while grieving the death of his first husband Bryan Rhyne in 1991, Exotic on the Netflix show with his husbands Travis Maldonado and John Finlay, Exotic filed a $94 million federal lawsuit against the government for alleged civil rights violations, According to his lawsuit, obtained by PEOPLE, Joe is seeking $73,840,000 for loss of personal property, The Tiger King follows an eccentric animal collector and his bitter rivalry with animal activist Carole Baskin (pictured), Netflix Tiger King trailer tells shocking true story of zookeeper Joe Exotic. He proposed $5,000 upfront and a few thousand more after the deed, to be financed by selling off a rare lion-tiger hybridnot a difficult task for North Americas most notorious big-cat breeder. On Sept. 7, he left their rented home, hoping to get a job at a nearby hospital. Park in May, its squalid conditions were under his and Laurens stewardship. Some, though, canceled. Even though Exotic is in federal prison, he and Passage are still married, writes The Daily Beast. Not knowing that there was a bullet in the chamber, he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. Joe looked off-the-wall, like a comic books gunslinger and unlike anybody John had met in Oklahoma, or Texas, where he was born. However, their relationship was reportedly so violent that Exotic finally found the courage to end their romance after Hartpence held a gun to his head in a drunken rage. According to the suit, Joe demanded $78,840,000 for the loss of his personal property. Joe lost his primary. He believes hes been set up like Terry Thompson from Zanesvillea political prisoner, he told me. Having a daughter helped him focus after his years at the park, he told me, when we met at a cafe in Norman, near Oklahoma City. The trip to the Lowes home would be their honeymoon. He also claimed he was targeted because [he] is an openly gay male with the largest collection of generic tigers and crossbreeds.. His attorneys dropped the $15 million suit. Hed blasted a hole in the television beside him. Joe bought John almost anything he wanted, from belt buckles to trucks. A year later Lowe pleaded guilty to mail fraud, having posed as a domestic-abuse charity to get marked-down goods for his store. Joe was out thousands of dollars, Allen Glover was gone, and Carole Baskin was still alive. He accessorized his Ferrari sports car with a Ferrari-branded baseball cap. The truth, according to many staff with whom Ive spoken, was that Joe was bent on control, abusivesometimes physicallyand sexually as predatory as the animals he loved to breed. PETA filmed an undercover video at the park that year, claiming staff kicked and hit animals with shovels and rifle butts. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. It was a messy breakup. Joes treatment of staff could be cruel bordering on vindictivebut John loved the animals. On August 18, 2014, Finlay attacked Joe in the back parking lot. Special Agent Matt Bryant, with U.S. Who cares? Jeff told me. He met Lauren Dropla, a local many years his junior, in 2013. Joe stood at a lectern, flanked by friends, family, and former lovers. Park a cub mill. Joe told him that Carole liked to walk to work along a leafy path and offered Glover hunting camouflage. What's more, he insisted on seeking an additional $15 million after he accused another former colleague of being an informant before saying his mother Shirley's death is as a result of his imprisonment. Joes relationship with J.C. had already crumbled. TIGER King star Joe Exotic's ex-husband is convicted pedophile Jeffrey Charles 'JC' Hartpence, who is in prison for gun murder. View Public Record Results ✓ Addresses. He made me feel I was his best friend, telling me that, as a British writer, I could stick it to the American press who make everything look horrible. If he thinks youre a potential enemy, everything changes. And Carole was turning her crosshairs directly on Joe. Joe choreographed the day. Inspired by David Copperfield, he donned sequined cowboy shirts and toured as an illusionist at malls and fairs across the country. Garold married, had two kids, and coached soccer in nearby Ardmore, Oklahoma. They were totally in a trance-like state.. He loved bikes, and thought nothing of cycling 300 miles across the state on a $4,000 model his father Danny, a 23-year Marine veteran with a snow-white handlebar mustache, bought him. It looked like Hollywood shit, blood spurting out from everywhere, he told me. Joe liked the idea. Do you have a story for The US Sun team? Park expanded rapidly. In June 2017 he opened Neon Jungle, a cub-petting storefront in a Oklahoma City mall, charging customers $25 to pet each animal. Being a tiger king raked in serious royalties. Joe denies the claim. John was expecting his first child with a woman at the park when he and Joe broke up. Im not changing the way I dress: I refuse to wear a suit. The crime occurred in February 2014 in Kingman County. Animal abuse at the G.W. When I went, it had rained, and tigers sloshed back and forth in ankle-deep slurry. Joe claimed the park swallowed $36,000 a month in food. Public officials accused him of safety violationsJoe often left kids in cages with animalsbut a combination of sharp wit and litigiousness shut them up. Big Cat Rescue sits at the end of a rough, tree-lined track off a busy street in suburban Tampa. Lowe also saw his houseguest as a chance to start anew. His White House run ended in comic failure. Joe hasnt expressed any remorse for his actions. Jeffery Hartpence, 36, admitted to first-degree felony murder in the shooting death of Curtis Shelton, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a news release. Jeffry Hartpence in Oklahoma. The two-day operation was bedlam. Heres the thing with kings, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Green. At the time, 13 states allowed private citizens to own exotics, including Oklahoma. Danny had seen many ashes during his military service. Now hes the one behind bars. Travis wasnt down-and-out, as Joe would later insist. But the tigers enchanted him. Many crew members recalled Joe strung out, or acting like he was high on cocaine. One careless mistake snuffed him out, he said. 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