On Monday, a federal judge in Oklahoma scheduled a resentencing date for “Tiger King” star Joe Exotic, who received a 22- to 27-year sentence for violating federal wildlife laws and devising a murder-for-hire plot targeting controversial animal activist Carole Baskin. KOCO reported that resentencing for Exotic, 58, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, is scheduled …
The cause of death for “Tiger King” zookeeper Erik Cowie has been released, a little over a month after his death. Officials with the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner stated that Cowie, a zookeeper at the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Oklahoma, passed away on September 3 while at a friend’s apartment …
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 …
A federal appeals court ordered a lower court to resentence Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka “Tiger King” Joe Exotic, for his conviction in a murder for hire plot and violating federal wildlife laws. Maldonado-Passage was sentenced to 22 years in prison in in January 2020 when he was convicted of hiring two different hitmen to kill his …
“Tiger King” breakout star Joe Exotic has reportedly hired a limo and a glam squad as President Donald Trump is expected to issue pardons before his departure from office tomorrow. Eric Love, who is part of Exotic’s legal team, told KOCO that he is “absolutely confident” he will be pardoned. A 257-page application was reportedly …
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 …
A wild animal trainer featured in the Netflix docuseries “Tiger King” was charged with wildlife trafficking and animal cruelty, federal prosecutors in Virginia announced Friday. As WBBT reports, Attorney General Mark R. Herring said Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was criminally charged following a monthslong investigation into his dealings with Keith A. Wilson, owner of Wilson’s Wild …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
