Nov. 21 2025, Published 6:40 p.m. ET A cocky Jeffrey Epstein was sure his friend and pal Donald Trump would grant him a pardon from his sex crimes and set him free, RadarOnline.com can reveal. When he didn’t, the pedophile became enraged, and allegedly “threatened” some of his past victims. Epstein and Trump were once good friends. The two ran in elite Manhattan social circles from the 80s into the 2000s. The sex offender’s home in Palm Beach was also a short drive from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, where he was a frequent guest. A resurfaced video from 1992 shows the two men at the club, laughing and pointing out women on the dance floor. So when Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on sex-trafficking charges, investigative reporter and biographer Andrew Lownie said the financier was confident his buddy Trump would use his presidential power as a “get out of jail free” card. “The two had been pretty close; they hadn’t totally parted company,” Lownie shared. “Whether Epstein was justified in thinking this… he kind of thought that he had everyone sewn up, and that Trump would pardon him.” Conflicting Breakup Stories But after the arrest, Trump quickly cut ties with Epstein, telling reporters at the time, “I was not a fan. I had a falling out with him a long time ago.” This came as a shock to the wealthy businessman, who was known to splash large amounts of money on lavish dinner parties for his friends – sometimes with allegedly nefarious outcomes. Lownie said Epstein wasn’t used to being told “no.” “He’d always been able to get out of any of the problems he faced, with smart lawyers and a bit of money and his connections,” Lownie argued, adding that Epstein did not take the rejection well. “When he was told that wouldn’t happen, I was told he made all sorts of threats,” Lownie claimed. “He threatened some of the victims. He threatened Sarah Ferguson. “He could be pretty intimidating.” Epstein Dumped Trump Author Michael Wolff, who exposed Trump in his book Fire and Fury, said Epstein and Trump were practically the same, until they weren’t. “Epstein knew him, really, I think, better than most,” Wolff stated. “I mean, this was a true BFF situation: two playboys very much styling themselves as playboys in that (Hugh) Hefner sense, who palled around for the better part of 15 years.” However, Wolff reports the friendship fell apart in 2004, after the future president “went around Epstein’s back and bid $40million” for the Maison de L’Amitie, an estate neighboring Mar-a-Lago, when he knew the sex creep had eyes on the property. “He was really, really, really pissed,” Wolff claimed Epstein had expressed to him. Trump’s Version of Events Trump has a different memory of events, insisting he was the one to cut ties. Earlier this year, Trump claimed he had Epstein booted from Mar-a-Lago after learning his employees were being “stolen” from his spa. He explained: “People that work in the spa, I have a great spa, one of the best spas in the world at Mar-a-Lago, and people were taken out of the spa, hired by (Epstein). In other words, gone. And other people would come and complain, ‘This guy is taking people from the spa.’ I didn’t know that.” The politician continued: “And then when I heard about it, I told him. I said, ‘Listen, we don’t want you taking our people.’ Whether it was a spa or not a spa, I don’t want him taking people. And he was fine. “Then, not too long after that, he did it again, and I said, ‘out of here.'”
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EXCLUSIVE: Joe Exotic Rages Over Trump Listening to ‘Good Looking Savannah Chrisley’ Plea for Parents’ Pardon… as Prez Ignores Jailed Reality Star Living in ‘Hellish’ Environment
**Joe Exotic Furious Over Trump’s Cold Shoulder as President Pardons Others**
*Published Oct. 27, 2025, 2:00 p.m. ET*
Joe Exotic is fuming over Donald Trump giving him the cold shoulder while the president continues to pardon his loyal supporters left and right, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The Netflix star, real name Joseph Allen Maldonado, is currently serving a 21-year sentence behind bars after he was convicted of a murder-for-hire plot against his rival, animal rights activist Carole Baskin.
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### What Did Joe Exotic Think of George Santos Being Released From Prison?
Trump commuted the sentence of disgraced former GOP representative George Santos on October 17, months after also releasing reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley from prison.
Maldonado exclusively told RadarOnline.com that he is losing his patience.
“Am I disappointed that all three got out before I did? Who wouldn’t be?” Maldonado said.
“… I am truly disappointed that George Santos has not gone public to help bring my case more attention since his release, because we talked on his podcast and phone before he went to prison.”
“He lived 27 some days in hell. I spent 2 years and 8 months in that hell, and you have the bloody photos,” the Tiger King star added, referring to Santos sending Trump a letter from prison describing his brutal living conditions.
Maldonado, 63, also called out the Chrisleys’ daughter, Savannah, who received a call from Trump to let her know the news of her parents’ release.
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### Joe Exotic’s Desperate Plea
The reality star raged, “I don’t have a good-looking daughter like Savannah Chrisley to get on TV and on a podcast and beg Trump every day, or a spouse like Brittney Griner did to be in the news every day to get her out of Russia.”
“My parents both have died since being here, and my siblings disowned me in the ’90s for being gay,” Maldonado claimed.
The ex-TV star, who has been battling cancer behind bars, also admitted he may not have much time left.
He told RadarOnline.com, “Anyone can die in here. I pray with my health issues that I don’t. Worst case right now is that I am out in October of 2030. It would be the worst thing for the Republican party for me to die in here because the millions of people who watched Tiger King Season 2, where they admitted to perjury, would hate that Trump let me die in here….”
Maldonado emphasized that he doesn’t necessarily need a full pardon. “I just want Trump to commute my sentence to time served with no probation so I can travel and work, and I will make you so proud of who all I can help with my platform like I used to before I had this platform.”
“Just a second chance like Todd, Julie, and George got is all I am asking for, for Christmas.”
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### Claims of Government Conspiracy
Maldonado has done all he can to see the light of day again, including reaching out to Attorney General Pam Bondi. He claims he is behind bars due to a government conspiracy.
According to Maldonado, the government witnesses who testified against him were involved in fraud, identity theft, bank fraud, sex trafficking, and rape.
“The worst part is that the federal wildlife agents and two FBI agents who led this conspiracy covered up some very heinous crimes in order to get three felons to play their corrupt games, and they entrapped me for two fake murder-for-hire plots,” Maldonado ranted in a letter.
However, the letter went nowhere and didn’t help secure his release.
Despite this, Maldonado remained hopeful at the time, claiming prosecutors were “weighing out their options” regarding his uncertain future. He said, “…to offer me time served or something else if they can keep that conviction because they don’t want to lose that conviction.”
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### Savannah Chrisley Praises Trump for Parents’ Release
Maldonado is hoping to get as lucky as the Chrisleys, who were released from prison following their short stay behind bars for tax evasion and bank fraud.
At the time, Savannah Chrisley gushed: “The president called me personally as I was walking into Sam’s Club and notified me that he was signing paper pardon paperwork for both of my parents. So both my parents are coming home tonight [Tuesday] or tomorrow [Wednesday], and I still don’t believe it’s real. I’m freaking out – the fact that the president called me.”
“I will forever be grateful for President Trump, his administration and everyone along the way, all of my lawyers, the people who put in countless hours and effort and love for my family to make sure that my parents got home,” the 28-year-old added.
“My parents get to start their lives over… President Trump didn’t just commute their sentences; he gave them a full, unconditional pardon. So for that, I am forever grateful.”
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