He also claimed he was targeted because [he] is an openly gay male with the largest collection of generic tigers and crossbreeds.. Jeffrey Hartpence is 45 years old and was born on 03/24/1977. There was no room for grab-ass or kissing.. 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. Hartpence pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in March in the death of Curtis Shelton. Garold dumpster-dove for Pet Safaris materials and welded cages. John lived with a girlfriend in Pauls Valley, near the park. Some of them have met tragic ends. Joe continued touring despite Caroles efforts. A trapper attacked her in a parking lot after a court hearing. It was the animal kingdom Joe had sought in Arlington. But the tigers enchanted him. She launched the website 911AnimalAbuse.com and became a pied piper against roadside zoos, drawing fandom through daily video logs in which she still sported cat-print clothing. His grandfather founded a circus and worked with Ringling Brothers, and one of Lowes first high-profile jobs was managing daredevil motorcyclist Robbie Knievel, son of Evel (who has since called Lowe a fraud, fake, and a loser). Hes as bad as Joe, if not worse, John spat. Joe shot into walls, and near employees, who ate the meat Joe pooled from Oklahoma Wal-Marts. The smell was appalling. In the smash hit docuseries, Exotic's complicated love life is explored, including his polyamorous marriage to John Finlay and Travis Maldonado. To make room, Joe shot five older tigersCuddles, Delilah, Lauren, Samson, and Trinitythrough the head with his shotgun. Soon the park was festooned with memorial plaques and posters begging for cash. In March, a second defendant, Jeffrey Hartpence, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in connection with this crime. Carole is a fucking fruit cake, he told me. But I am supposed to be nice? Jeffrey Charles 'JC' Hartpence was Joe's second husband. In 2000 the American Zoological Association, an industry body, refused accreditation for Wildlife on Easy Street. Joes relationship with J.C. had already crumbled. Park is one of around 80 U.S. facilities that allow cub-petting. He originally was charged with. He likes to brag.. A year after they wed, Don and Carole visited an animal auction in Ohio to buy a pet bobcat. He told others I couldnt be trusted. They met online, and, as is detailed on the show, went out to dinner together, and Passage never went home. In 1997, Lewis, then 60, disappeared without a trace. Sundays, they lazed around at home and watched Westerns on TV," New York writes. 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Rick blamed Joe. They agreed that some of the money from the payout would go toward a new soccer field near G.W.s home. Jeffrey Hartpence lives in Anthony, KS; previous cities include Wichita KS and Freeport KS. He was doing some evil things down there with the animals, he told me. She didnt stick around for the verdict, fearing one of Joes followers would execute her, Jack Ruby-style. When I visited Big Cat Rescue just after the verdict, Carole and Howards blinds were open, and sun poured through their office window. They did almost everything together, as Joe had with Brian, and exchanged loving messages by phone. Allen Glover worked at the zoo after spending years behind bars for a string of attacks beginning at 17. Only Travis older sisters, Ashley and Danielle, were asked to attend. Dillon wouldnt speak to me and Joe wouldnt reveal his location. Jeffrey Charles "J.C." Hartpence After Rhyne's death, Exotic got together with a 20-something events producer named J.C. Hartpence, and their relationship was reportedly a volatile one. There are around 2,400 zoos in the U.S., the vast majority of which are considered roadside zoos like Joes. Some dropped instantly. His father Francis helped dig ponds and fences, and his mother Shirley did the shopping. She claimed the interactions at Easy Street would make visitors think twice about owning a big cat. A man-made lake was neon green and stagnant. As the docuseries details, Maldonado and Finlay both didn't identify as gay. Brian kept the books, and Joe was the stores enigmatic, gun-toting face. The presumption does not improperly shift . Shelton died from multiple gunshot wounds, Man, 46, arrested in Kingman County shooting death, Wichita man shot by gas station employee after fight breaks out near downtown, police say, Wichita teen breaks Jim Ryuns 58-year-old Kansas high school record with fastest U.S. mile, This shop has served Wichita bicyclists for 60 years. Joe washed dishes at a pirate-themed restaurant. In the suit, the reality star accused his former business partner, Jeffrey Lowe, of filing false statements to federal agents. The crime occurred in February 2014 in Kingman County. The three men wore bright pink cowboy shirts, standing in line beside a candle Joe lit for Garold. In 2013 a judge ordered Joe to pay Big Cat Rescue $1 million in damages. After Zanesville, Ohio passed some of the countrys toughest exotic-animal ownership laws. Also not discussed in the documentary, according to Texas Monthly, Hartpence had a background as an event producer and had helped. The lawsuit was filed against the U.S. Department of Interior, the U.S. He spent 56 days in traction in Florida before working at a West Palm Beach store named Pet Circus. Luckily, one was about to stroll right onto his property. He was found guilty of the charge in May. But Brians health worsened. Travis head fell back. As shown in Tiger King, Exotic met a young man named Dillon Passage shortly after Maldonado's death. The family won a $140,000 settlement from the trucking company whose driver caused the wrecknobody was drunk behind the wheel, as Joe repeatedly claims. Park. Some fear Joes power to harm them. Hours of damning footage was played to jurors at a weeklong trial in Oklahoma City this March. Within a year, Joe hooked up with a hard-drinking, drug-using 24-year-old events producer named Jeffrey Charles J.C. Hartpence. I currently got legally married. Lowe told me hes had five consecutive perfect unannounced USDA inspections, spends $4,000 weekly on food, and that the big cats are happy., One employee, Taryn Walker, said the new owners are incompetent, and feed the cats chicken rather than more expensive and nutritious red meat. Travis liked to shoot guns into the ground. He also felt that a lot of the people in the exotic-animal business that he had defended over the years had thrown him under the bus.. I did not believe what he gave me was my sons remains, Danny told me. It houses more than 80 cats whose large cages connect across 67 acres of rolling parkland. Parks LLC, open another in Lowes name, and continue running tours and shows as its entertainment director. Joe was out of food and hadnt paid utilities: Lowe would keep the park alive. The lawsuit was filed against the U.S. Department of Interior, the U.S. The Coleman court stated: "The presumption in K.S.A. Rights groups called the hotel a roadside zoo. Danny needs to let his son rest in peace, he told me. Joe stood in the middle, wearing a black, wide-brimmed hat. When Rick told Joe hed need to calm down for the cameras, Joe told him to fuck off. I am gay. We Found 1 Result For Blake Hartpence In Oklahoma. Everyone knew him as the person to buy and sell animals, James Garretson, an early friend of Joes, told me. Joe argued back feebly, but he was crestfallen, and physically broken. They attended animal auctions with other roadside zoo owners. Joes relationship with Wynnewood began well, too. Lowe was short and stocky, with doughy eyes. Current address 3000 Delp Dr N, Yukon, OK 73099 $1,060: B. She realized that Joe, in a stupid act of retaliation, had used her companys name to promote his show. Joe was out thousands of dollars, Allen Glover was gone, and Carole Baskin was still alive. Joe continued to sell live and dead exotics off the books. Fracking towers and grain silos peppered the flat, blanched horizon. He was relieved the pain was over. Finlay had also been having a relationship with the park's secretary and gotten her pregnant, as is seen in the series. When Taryn reported the park for mistreating its horses, Lowe called her a c-nt on his Facebook page, and reiterated it to me, claiming she tasered tigers: Show your face here again you bitch, I have a rake and shotgun with your name on them.. On breaks he told convenience-store clerks hed emerged from successful surgery. In 2012 the Humane Society called the G.W. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. On Saturdays, they would snort pink-tinged meth and go out to the bars. Cats, gerbils, and rats were fed to snakes and big cats. Mark wasnt a hitman, as James Garretson had told Joe; he was an FBI agent. Hybrids could fetch many times more at sale than a regular cat. Maldonado, a "19-year-old meth addict," as Women's Health reports, started working at the zoo in 2013 and started a polyamorous relationship with Exotic and Finlay. Many crew members recalled Joe strung out, or acting like he was high on cocaine. But as more animals arrived at the park, profits fell. Joes treatment of staff could be cruel bordering on vindictivebut John loved the animals. Joe was also getting rich, and becoming a local celebrity. It was like a con deal from the start, Yarri told me. He told visitors Garold dreamt of seeing exotic animals in Africasomething his siblings deny. She shuddered: Do I need to grab the gas and spray this guy? Within a month of Travis arrival in October 2013, the three men wed in a ceremony at a hall across the street from the G.W. Joe hugged her and said hed care for the creature. Brian looked after the finances, as he had done in Texas. Travis was a blast, man, former crew member Dianna Mazak told me. For other inquiries, Contact Us. The place just eats money. Police arrested Safari Bar staff for dealing meth. Joe didnt know the difference between Republicans, Democrats, and libertarians. Then he watched it crumble, and another man took his throne. Howard, a law grad, helped deal with them behind-the-scenes. Joe smelled success. Whether he knows it or not, he did mentally abuse me and controlled me, he told me. LOVERBOY is a creative force springing forth from the mind of Scottish Creative Director and Designer Charles Jeffrey. Park employee named Ashley Webster left her a voicemail. Hartpence is now serving life in prison in Kansas for first degree felony murder of Curtis Shelton who was found dead in his home with multiple gunshot wounds in 2014. Something went wrong, please try again later. Carole never left her love of animals. He and Joe didnt kiss in front of Francis and Shirley. Even though Exotic is in federal prison, he and Passage are still married, writes The Daily Beast. Joe carped about PETA spies who infiltrated the park. Joe Exotic's husbands are just one of the absolutely wild and shocking story lines that are a part of Tiger King, but Maldonado's death is surely the saddest. They start to believe theyre above the law.. He couldnt do nothing.. Tenpins were scattered about the cages and one monkey enclosure featured a childs kitchen play set. He died four days before Christmas. It was a legal open goal. 02.28.77 is the birth date of J. J's age is 45. The term is contested, but theyre generally private and unregulated, with little or no research function. Five new tigers were arriving. Exotic Animal Memorial Park, named after his late brother, in 1999. But he often shirked the farm tasks foisted on his siblings Tamara, Pamela, Yarri, and Garold Wayne, known by most as G.W.. The first time we spoke via phone, Joe asked if I could pass a message to Donald Trump Jr. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. It looked like Hollywood shit, blood spurting out from everywhere, he told me. Wild people tame wild animals and he ruled them all. The pair thumped along the Coachella Valley dunes in a Jeep. At the drop of a dime, I could go off, he told me. PETA filmed an undercover video at the park that year, claiming staff kicked and hit animals with shovels and rifle butts. 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. He allowed customers to pet big-cat and bear cubs for a fee. The other neighbors were upset there was a camel, one told me. Later Joe added a watering hole called the Safari Bar, just off I-35, and a restaurant called Zooters (he had previously dreamt of calling it Tallywhackersan all-male-staffed version of Hooters). And I think he saw me as his meal ticket.. My job was to make him appealing to the libertarian crowd, even though he wasnt a libertarian, Josh told me. Her email inbox filled with death and rape threats. He alleged: He was the main person in this entrapment scheme to take my zoo for free. Websters voicemail was forwarded by the Baskins attorney to the FBI. At the time, 13 states allowed private citizens to own exotics, including Oklahoma. I believe hes breeding animals for financial gain, one activist, a Tampa sanctuary owner then named Carole Lewis, was quoted as saying of Joe. On August 18, 2014, Finlay attacked Joe in the back parking lot. TIGER King star Joe Exotic's ex-husband is convicted pedophile Jeffrey Charles 'JC' Hartpence, who is in prison for gun murder. Travis and Danny saw Oklahoma as a chance to clean up and work on something fun. The 43-year-old was given a life sentence for Shelton's murder and will be eligible for parole in 2034. We know that Jeffrey L. Hartpence had been residing in Dallas County, Texas. Around 1995 Joe and Brian traveled to Palm Springs, California. What Happened To Paulo, Amanda, & Bruna After 'Love Is Blind: Brazil'? John was expecting his first child with a woman at the park when he and Joe broke up. It was the first time Carole genuinely believed that he would pay somebody. The staff. Lowe joined calls between Joe and Howard, and continued to breed and sell big cats. There is this thing that is bigger than all of us, Carole told me when I visited, channeling her feline obsession, and its personified [in the cats].. PETA called the G.W. Peoples lives depend on me making them follow rules. Park. (He is serving a prison term in Kansas for murder and child molestation.). 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. A month later he and Lauren wed at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. According to TMZ, Joe alleged he was "discriminated against because he is the only person charged with this statute because [he] is an openly gay male with the largest collection of generic tigers and crossbreeds.". The trailers were dumps, and some employees slept on insect-covered floors. Joe often posted ads on Craigslist for young men to join him and John for weekenders in Pauls Valley or Oklahoma City motels. But what happened to Exotic's husbands? Travis had a roll-call of girlfriends and a job at American Tire that hed gotten after ditching high school at 18. He, Joe, and John continued to spend long weekends at motels, and invite other men into their relationship. Same-sex marriage was decades away, but Joe and Brian soon wed anyway, in an unofficial ceremony. A. Travis wasnt down-and-out, as Joe would later insist. Tiger King star Joe Exotic' fell for Jeffrey Charles 'JC' Hartpence in 1991, years before he was convicted of his crimes. Joe told her Travis death had changed his perspective. James Garretson had recently returned to Joes life: He wanted tips on opening a tiger B&B much like Wildlife on East Street. Another said he witnessed Joe run over emus in a four-wheeler so he could sell their bones to the Museum of Osteology, in Oklahoma City. Finlay is one of three husbands featured in the docuseries Tiger King. He needed them: Food for the parks 200-or-so big cats could tally over half a million dollars yearlynot counting the other thousand animals. He would breed anything he could get his hands on.. Rick saw Joe shoot one tiger during his year at the park. Joe used J.C.s equipment to take his animal show on the road. He was right. It was 30 years to the day since Garolds death. In 2017 he set his sights on the upcoming Oklahoma gubernatorial election. Years after the pair parted ways, Hartpence was convicted for "aggravated indecent liberties with a child under the age of 14" and put on the sex offenders register. Ive had some kinky sex. At many parks, cubs are caged, sold, or shot when they time out.. Celeb obsessed? TIGER King star Joe Exotic's ex-husband is convicted pedophile Jeffrey Charles 'JC' Hartpence, who is in prison for gun murder. 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