Imprisoned Tiger King subject Joe Exotic had his official pardon request rejected by the United States Justice Department, and he's filed a lawsuit over the denial. 

CBS 11 News reports that Exotic, who has been vying for a pardon from the Trump administration ever since Netflix's docuseries took the internet by storm earlier this year, has said the rejection of his request shouldn't be valid as it was not presented to Trump directly. The controversial figure was found guilty of a long list of animal cruelty charges, and trying to hire someone to kill fellow Tiger King subject Carole Baskin.