News about Carole Baskin

Carole Baskin of the Tiger King has entered a plea with Florida Supreme Court to prohibit her former assistant from suing her for defamation based on her embezzlement accusation

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 6, 2024
Carol Baskin had been sued for defamation by her ex-husband Don Lewis' former assistant Anne McQueen. McQueen said she had been disgraced after Baskin revealed that the secretary embezzled money from her and her then-husband's YouTube videos and on a website. The Tiger King star soon argued against the lawsuit and claimed it was without merit since she was protected by free speech provisions

Tiger King's Joe Exotic pleads with Kourtney Kardashian to have sister Kim get him out of 'hell hole' prison

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 3, 2024
Under one of her older sister Kourtney's new Instagram photos, Tiger King's Joe Exotic entered a plea for Kim Kardashian's help getting him out of prison. Through social media earlier this week, the former zookeeper, who was sentenced to 22 years in jail for attempting to kill two separate men to murder his nemesis Carole Baskin, tried to reach out to the reality star, who has been studying law since 2018. 'Please have your sister help me get out of this hell hole,' the convicted felon, whose ascension and fall was chronicled on Netflix's documentary Tiger King, asked Kourtney. The blog received more than 10,495 likes and hundreds of comments within five days.

After buying endangered lion cubs in Virginia, Tiger King actor Doc Antle was fined $10,000 and barred from owning exotic animals

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 4, 2023
Since purchasing the animals, Antle, real name Bhagavan Antle, 63, was found guilty of two counts of wildlife trafficking and two counts of conspiracy to trafficking after a jury in June dismissed them. A Frederick County judge sentenced Antle to two years in jail with time suspended for each charge, allowing the two counts to run concurrently on Tuesday. He has been ordered to pay $2,500 per conviction. 'Today, my office's multi-year probe and prosecution has come to an end.' If dealing with violent repeat offenders, large pharma, hackers, and scammers, or wildlife traffickers,' the DA said in a statement, we maintain the rule of law in Virginia without exception.'

Joe Burrow, the Bengals' quarterback, has been charged with $20,000 to assist him in getting out of federal jail.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 18, 2023
Joe Exotic, a former zookeeper, has written a letter to Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow asking for his help in getting out of jail due to their shared nickname. Since being found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot against rival Carole Baskin, the Netflix star, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, is now serving a 21-year prison term. However, he seems to believe that Burrow owes him a helping hand because some fans refer to the Cincinnati signal caller as 'The King,' which also happens to be Exotic's name. In a letter sent to Burrow and posted on Twitter, Exotic founder Bernard Exotic declared that the 'Tiger King is my trademark and intellectual property.'

Carole Baskin has sent a warning to British people that a large cat seen in the countryside is a leopard

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 18, 2023
Carol Baskin (pictured), Netflix's most popular cat expert, has pleaded with Britons not to run if they happen to meet the big cat face to face. The Beast of Smallthorne,' according to the animal rights campaigner, is also a black leopard. This comes just days after documentary photographers find the 'clearest picture ever' of the frightened creature. After being on Netflix's hit-show Tiger King, the CEO of Big Cat Rescue soared to infamy. Baskin said in a Jeremy Kyle Live interview that while the enigmatical creature may have a lot of importance not to flee if you find yourself in its presence, it's also vital not to escape. "If you were to come face to face with a cat, don't run, because then you're going to look like prey," she said.

How Brian Cox and Lennox Lewis are among the celebrities on Cameo making thousands

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 5, 2023
Cameo is a smartphone that allows fans to hear a letter from their favorite celebrity but at a price. Tony Hawk, a skateboarding legend, and James Buckley of The Inbetweeners are among those who have used the service, which is owned by Baron App Inc. People aren't just using Cameo to post positive birthday messages, but also to break up with their spouses or even quit their jobs by a celebrity tweet, according to new Wall Street Journal articles. Even celebrities have a side hustle, with Brian Baumgartner of the US The Office earning more than $1 million (£700,000) per week in 2022 and Tiger King actor Carole Baskin earning $120,000 (£94,655) per week.

Revealed: YouTube pranksters who turned the table on Just Stop Oil protesters have also fooled Carole Baskin, royal experts, anti-vaxxers, Molly Mae Hague and Tommy Fury

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 21, 2023
The YouTubers (left) behind the entertaining kettling stunt on Just Stop Oil (right) have targeted some of the world's most popular celebrities. After a group of counter demonstrators branded themselves Just Stop P***ing Everyone Offset, a celebration was held on Thursday where JSO got a taste of their own medicine. In amusing scenes, JSPEO coerced them to sit cross-legged on the ground.

BBC game show spin-off 'AXED after tanking in the ratings'

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 19, 2023
With over 5 million viewers, the main series has been a huge hit on the BBC.

Carole Baskin targeted by investigator who will use CADAVER DOGS to search for missing husband

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 15, 2023
Carole Baskin (left) of Tiger King (left) is being targeted by a private investigator (Jim Rathmann) who plans to search her former Florida animal sanctuary in the hopes of finding information about Jack 'Don' Lewis (right). Baskin, 61, who confirmed this month that she would not close her Big Cat Rescue center, was rightly accused by Joe Exotic (bottom inset) of murdering her ex-husband Lewis - who mysteriously disappeared in 1997 - and throwing his body through a meat grinder. Since then, she has protested her innocence. Don Lewis was last seen in August 1997. At the time of his disappearance, he had obtained a restraining order against Baskin and told police that his wife told him she was going to murder him. In 2002, he was declared legally dead.

Carole Baskin, a Tiger King fan, is CLOSING her Big Cat Sanctuary

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 1, 2023
Carol Baskin and her husband Howard have announced that they are'more to save big cats in the wild.' The cats will be relocated to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas, where they will continue to fund their care for the remainder of their lives," Baskin's husband Howard said in a tweet.

Joe Exotic has announced his candidacy in 2024 and is urging the public to'get over' his tiger killings in the recent past

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 15, 2023
In his first campaign tweet, Jailed Joe Exotic has declared that he will run for President of the United States in 2024, criticizing Carole Baskin. Fans are encouraged to consider the fact that he is "incarcerated and gay" after being found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot against rival Baskin.

The medical staff at Joe Exotic's think prostate cancer has spread to his bladder.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 24, 2023
According to Joe Exotic's medical staff, his prostate cancer has spread to his bladder, but the imprisoned Tiger King actor is refusing surgery, according to TMZ. In a letter obtained by the publication, the 59-year-old, who is currently serving a 21-year prison term for being found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot against competitor Carole Baskin, reported that he recently had a lot of blood in his urine and bled a lot during his cancer treatment.

After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, Joe Exotic was left 'everything' to his fiancé in a new will

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 5, 2023
In a new will, Tiger King actor Joe Exotic has left 'everything' to his fiancé. After being found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot against rival Carole Baskin and finalizing his divorce from Dillon Passage in January, the 59-year-old reality star has reunited with former flame Seth last June and has confirmed that he does not want him to have anything when he dies. "I'm so sick of everything's going on over there, with people trying to hurt me and trying to write off my name and everything else.'

The missing husband's of Carole Baskin's is forged' due to a puzzling 'disappearance' clause

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 29, 2023
The man's will was 'forged,' according to the lawyer representing Carole Baskin's missing husband, who is confident due to a peculiar 'disappearance' clause. Joe Fritz, Don Lewis' lawyer, knew the paper was faked after he came across the unexpected disappearance clause, which gave Baskin complete responsibility over his $5 million estate in the case of 'disability or disappearance.' Lewis, 59, went missing in August 1997 after reportedly informing Baskin that he was going to Costa Rica on his private jet. The man vanished without a trace, and his truck was discovered 40 miles away from the house he shared with his wife outside of Tampa, Florida. In 2002, he was declared legally dead.

Amanza Smith, a Sunset product, discusses why she waited to come forward with her sexual harassment tale

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 25, 2023
After being compared to the troubled Tiger King actor Carole Baskin, selling Sunset stars Amanza Smith has admitted she waited to go pubic with the sexual assault she suffered as a child. Smith came to fame as a leading actress on Netflix in 2019, where fans got to know her as she balanced raising two children with balancing two jobs in the aftermath of their father's disappearance. ex-husband Ralph Brown was a celebrity on the Netflix show in 2019. Smith said she waited to report she had been sexually assaulted as a child by two family members after trolls compared her to Carole, whose husband mysteriously disappeared in 1997.

Carole Baskin's ex-husband's family chastised her for claiming that he is still alive in Costa Rica

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 20, 2023
The family of Carole Baskin's legally dead husband informs DailyMail.com that they looked into the allegations that he was 'alive and well' in Costa Rica in 1997, but that the 'witness' had debunked their assertion. This week, a televised interview that Baskin gave to Good Morning, England in November 2021 resurfaced, in which she said she discovered Don Lewis in Central America during the filming of the second season of Tiger King. Baskin said in her appearance that she found out about the sighting during Netflix's filming. Don Lewis was last seen in August 1997. He had lodged a restraining order against Baskin and told investigators that his wife had warned him that she was going to murder him at the time of his disappearance. In 2002, he was declared legally deceased. Lewis' family members said in a letter to DailyMail.com that Baskin's 2021 assertions are "simply not true" and that she is merely presenting "a false picture." Baskin has never denied any involvement in Lewis' disappearance.

Carole Baskin's claim her ex-husband is alive is refuted by sheriff

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 19, 2023
Don Lewis, the long-assumed ex-husband of Tiger King Carole Baskin, is now deceased, was a shocking revelation, particularly to the Florida sheriff's office, where he is still looking for him. Baskin, who was declared legally dead in 2002 but spent years before, is still alive in a televised interview from months ago. The assertion that he is 'alive and well in Costa Rica' has been put into question by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, which is still in charge of the hunt for Lewis and has an open missing person lawsuit against him.

Carole Baskin, a Tiger King actress, claims that her missing husband is still alive

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 19, 2023
Carole Baskin, a 2021 actress who appeared in Tiger King, said on television that her deceased husband was discovered alive in Costa Rica, but that the allegation is only now going viral.

Carole Baskin, a Tiger King actress, said one year ago that her 'dead' husband is alive

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 19, 2023
On UK television in 2021, Carole Baskin, who appeared in the Netflix film Tiger King, announced that her allegedly dead husband had been discovered alive in Costa Rica, but the accusation is only now viral. Baskin, 61, was infamously accused by Tiger King, Joe Exotic, of murdering her ex-husband Don Lewis, who mysteriously disappeared in 1997. Since then, she has protested her innocence. Baskin referred to a Department of Homeland Security paper in a recent episode that allegedly established her innocence in 2021, which seems to have happened back in 2021.

Joe Exotic Is Pissed About Brittney Griner Prison Exchange & Wants Joe Biden To Pardon Him!

perezhilton.com, December 10, 2022
Joe Exotic is pissed that Brittney Griner was able to walk free from a Russian prison… and now he wants his own deal from Joe Biden!! Of course, the former Tiger King actor is serving two decades in federal jail after being found guilty of a murder-for-hire lawsuit directed at his ex-costar Carole Baskin. Even though another federal judge recently sentenced Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, to one less year in jail, the Netflix star still needs to get out ASAP.

Joe Exotic, a Tiger King of Georgia, laments living in Atlanta federal jail

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 4, 2022
Joe Exotic, the Tiger King, has said he is 'in the bottom of hell' as he complained about suspected violent living conditions inside a federal jail in Atlanta. On 17 federal charges of animal cruelty and two counts of attempted murder for hire involving his nemesis Carole Baskin, a 59-year-old exotic with the real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage was found guilty and sentenced to 22 years in jail.

Joe Exotic is working with a 90 Day Fiancé star to secure a presidential pardon from Joe Biden

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 10, 2022
Joe Exotic is hoping that his new friendship with 90 Day Fiancé's Jesse Meester could bring him one step closer to President Biden's granting him clemency. The 59-year-old jailer who rose to fame on Netflix's hit show Tiger King, 'Amazing dear friend,' shared a shirtless snapshot of the reality star in his most recent Instagram post.' 'You'll see him on my blogs as he continues to assist me in getting a voice to the White House for President Biden before he's to sign my pardon before November of this year.'