Foe of ‘Tiger King’ Zookeeper Granted Oklahoma Property
A federal judge granted Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue control Monday of imprisoned reality TV star Joe Exotic’s former zoo properties in Oklahoma, finding they were fraudulently transferred to avoid paying her under a $1 million trademark judgment.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (CN) — A federal judge granted Carole Baskin's Big Cat Rescue control Monday of imprisoned reality TV star Joe Exotic's former zoo properties in Oklahoma, finding they were fraudulently transferred to avoid paying her under a $1 million trademark judgment.
U.S. District Judge Scott L. Palk in Oklahoma City ruled the Tampa-based Big Cat Rescue "has sufficiently traced funds to allow for the imposition of a constructive trust" under state law regarding the 16.4-acre Wynnewood property formerly owned by Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage aka Exotic .
"Big Cat Rescue's constructive trust and equitable lien in and to the buildings shall survive any physical or title transfer of the building and shall follow any proceeds, except as to a good faith purchased for value," the 11-page order states.
Big Cat Rescue sued Exotic's mother Shirley M. Schreibvogel in 2016, claiming fraudulent transfer of the property featured in Netflix's "Tiger King" docuseries.