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While still dating John Finlay, Joe Exotic met a young man named Paul who, according to NY Magazine, asked to withhold his last name. Paul was quiet and shy and, like John Finlay and J.C. Hartpence, didn’t identify as gay. Joe reportedly slept between the two men in their shared bed.
When Paul left, Joe met another young man named Travis Maldonado, who was from California. Maldonado wound up working at Joe’s zoo, thinking it would give him a “chance to clean up” his life, per The Daily Beast.
Joe later married Maldonado and Finlay in an unofficial three-way ceremony. However, the polygamous marriage soon disintegrated, as Finlay believed Joe was becoming increasingly controlling. Then in August 2014, Finlay attacked Joe in the parking lot behind the zoo, and he was charged with assault and battery, per Texas Monthly. Finlay ultimately left Joe and Maldonado, marrying a woman who also worked at the zoo, and they have a child together.
FYI: Maldonado and Joe Exotic obtained their marriage license in 2015, as reported by Oxygen, and court records indicate the zookeeper was never legally married to Finlay.
Written by: Nicki
