By the time the witness decided to speak again, the story had already hardened into a cultural artifact. Joe Exotic was no longer just a man in a federal prison. He was a costume, a punchline, a documentary villain flattened into episodes and catchphrases. The jury had delivered its verdict years earlier. The appeals courts had spoken. The public had mo…
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