Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka "Joe Exotic," is opening up about his new romance amid his divorce filing from estranged husband Dillon Passage.
In a letter from prison obtained by TMZ reportedly provided by the Tiger King star's attorney Autumn Beck Blackledge, Joe, 59, says he has been involved with John Graham, whom he met in prison, for over a year, and that the two got engaged in August 2021.
"If you ever watched Twilight, it's as close as that," Joe writes of their relationship, which he claims started with "a fast attraction" after they "were housed in the same unit."
Graham has reportedly since left prison, but Joe says they write to each other multiple times a week and "talk on the phone 3 times a day."
"John talks like he is from 400 years ago," Joe writes. "He is a practicing witch and is extremely romantic and caring. The love we share is like no other I've ever experienced."
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Joe, who has prostate cancer, filed for divorce from Dillon, 25, on March 31 in Santa Rosa County, Florida, one year after Dillon announced that they had split following four years of marriage.
Joe's lawyer claimed that while the couple broke up last year, Dillon allegedly "failed to serve his husband and did not follow through with obtaining a divorce through the legal system." Joe then allegedly tried...
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