Fact Check: Is Tiger King Positive for Coronavirus? Did he contract the virus in prison?

Claim: 'Tiger King' Joe Exotic contracted Coronavirus in prison.

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What is rumour about?

• 57-year-old Joe Exotic, who is famous for his Netflix documentary called  Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, was rumoured to have contracted COVID-19 in prison. 
• He was sentenced to a 22 years life imprisonment a year ago for several felonies

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Who started rumour?

• A reputed daily published an article on April 2, 2020, stating that Netflix documentary fame Joe Exotic is suffering from Coronavirus infection. 
• Even Joe Exotic's husband had said that Joe was isolated due to COVID-19 infection. 

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After an analysis of Google Trends with respect to joe exotic being coronavirus positive in prison, one can see that people have been hugely interested to kw wher Joe Exotic contracted Coronavirus infection in U.S. prison. People have been searching for same from April 2 to April 5, 2020. 

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Rating: False

Republic World did a fact check on "Joe Exotic being coronavirus positive in prison" 

• Republic World did a fact check on wher Joe Exotic of Tiger King fame had contracted coronavirus in prison and claims were found to be False, according to current reports. 
• article that was originally published in reputed daily was edited so that ir claims could be less definitive. Earlier, reports stated that he had contracted infection, which y later changed to "could have" contracted virus. 
• Joe Exotic was actually moved to an isolated facility in Fort Worth Federal Medical Center. Joe Exotic's husband, Dillon Pass, told Andy Cohen on a radio show that Joe's former jail had several cases of people getting affected by COVID-19 and that is why Joe was being put into isolation at new facility. 
• Even Dillon Pass didn't state clearly wher Joe was himself affected, he only mentioned that Joe Exotic is currently in quarantine at ar facility after his former prison mates contracted infection. 

• Netflix documentary called Tiger King focused on Joseph Allen Maldonado-Pass (aka Joe Exotic), his zoo, and his feud with Big Cat Rescue CEO Carole Baskin.  In 2019, he was convicted on 17 charges including animal abuse and murder for hire as well as for plotting to kill Big Cat Rescue CEO. Joe Exotic is a former zoo operator of  Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma. 

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