‘Tiger King’s’ Carole Baskin Closing Down Big Cat Rescue, Consolidating Cats With Arkansas Sanctuary
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January 18, 2023
‘Tiger King’ Star Carole Baskin Says Missing Husband Is ‘Alive and Well’ in Costa Rica
“Tiger King” star Carole Baskin told British media in 2021 that her husband who vanished in 1997 was alive and well in Central America. News of Don Lewis being located came to light during the latest season of Netflix’s series, which Baskin had asked to be removed from. In November 2021, Baskin told ITV’s “This …
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August 29, 2021
Joe Exotic’s Former Animal Park Can’t Be a Zoo for 100 Years After Carole Baskin Sells It With Deed Stipulation
Joe Exotic’s arch enemy Carole Baskin has sold the Tiger King’s former Oklahoma zoo, with stipulations that the property can’t house exotic animals again for 100 years and barring the new owners from any connection with its now jailed former owner. Baskin, who had previously vowed any new owners of the former Greater Wynnewood Exotic …
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November 16, 2020
‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic’s husband arrested for drunk driving: Report
The husband of “Tiger King” breakout star Joe Exotic was reportedly arrested in Texas early Sunday for driving while under the influence. KXAN reported that police pulled over Dillon Passage, 25, in Travis County because Passage’s rear lights were off even though his headlights were on. Passage allegedly admitted to drinking three beers at a …
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September 25, 2020
Carole Baskin: Cadaver dog alerts to possible human remains near Don Lewis’s lake house
A cadaver dog appears to alert to scents while in a boat near a lake house belonging to Don Lewis, the millionaire husband of Carole Baskin who disappeared 23 years ago, in a new special exploring the case. The Daily Mail saw a clip from Discovery’s “Tigers, Lies, and Cover-ups,” set to air Sunday, with …
Court
September 23, 2020
Don Lewis family sues ‘Tiger King’ Carole Baskin for defamation after jokes, comments about her missing husband
The family of Don Lewis, who has been missing since 1997, filed a defamation lawsuit against former wife Carole Baskin after she made crude comments about him and did nothing to defend him against comments made by others. According to TMZ, court documents indicate that Baskin is accused not only of going along with sarcastic …
Unsolved
September 21, 2020
Carole Baskin’s story about missing husband Don Lewis doesn’t match up, lawyer says
The family attorney for Carole Baskin’s missing husband says there is no way the story Baskin told of her husband’s disappearance matches up with what a recent tipster came forward with. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Trish Farr-Payne, whose then-husband Kenny Farr was a handyman for Baskin and Don Lewis, told “48 Hours Suspicion” that Farr “threatened to put …
Podcast
September 17, 2020
Thursday Crime Stories: ‘TIGER KING’ AND ‘DANCING WITH THE STARS’ COLLIDE AS MURDER THEORY EMERGES
Big Cat advocate Carole Baskin’s scores on “Dancing With The Stars” hit rock bottom as the family of Don Lewis take out an ad during the show, asking for help in uncovering what happened in his disappearance. Elsewhere in the “Tiger King” world, Joe Exotic pleads for a presidential pardon after claiming sex abuse behind …
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September 14, 2020
Don Lewis’s family buys commercial time on Carole Baskin’s DWTS premiere
Tiger King nemesis Carole Baskin makes her debut on “Dancing with the Stars” Monday night, and the family of her missing millionaire husband Don Lewis used the opportunity to ask a nationwide TV audience for help finding the man who vanished in 1997. They and their attorney bought air time during the show’s first commercial …
Unsolved
September 4, 2020
Don Lewis: Handyman’s ex-wife says he may have something to do with Carole Baskin’s missing husband: Documentary
The former wife of Carole Baskin’s former handyman says in a CBS documentary that she thinks her ex may have had something to do with the disappearance of Baskin’s then-husband, Don Lewis, in 1997, the Daily Mail reports. Lewis’s disappearance was a key element of the Netflix series Tiger King, in which Joe Exotic claims …
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July 23, 2020
50 Cent got nothin’ to worry about as Tiger King’s Carole Baskin raps
Tiger King’s Carole Baskin and hubby Howard appear in a Cameo video birthday shout-out to someone named Charlotte … doing 50 Cent’s “In Da Club.”
Family Crime
June 3, 2020
‘Tiger King’: Police knew Carole Baskin missing husband’s will was forged, sheriff confirms
Florida authorities already knew that the will of Carole Baskin’s missing husband had been forged, according to a new statement from the Hillsborough County sheriff. Carole Baskin, the centerpiece of the popular Netflix show, “Tiger King,” gained the estate of husband Don Lewis, a multimillionaire whose assets were valued at around $10 million. Lewis’s will …
