News about Don Lewis

'Tiger' King Joe Exotic makes shock revelations from prison - including fascinating new development with Carole Baskin

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 30, 2024
The 55-year-old told NBC's News Channel 8 he is still hoping for a new trial, on a phone from a Florida Panhandle prison. The zookeeper said he has prostate cancer and possibly cancer of the lung as well, and is also pining for a presidential pardon. His alleged mark, anti big cat owner activist Carole Baskin , was not interviewed, but her third and current husband, Howard Baskin, was. Exotic has accused Baskin of killing her second husband, Don Lewis, and feeding him to her own tigers - accusations he maintained Tuesday in his filmed phone call.

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

Netflix viewers praise the recent 'completely wild' crime film as the nearest thing to Tiger King

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 29, 2023
Thomas Tancred's two-part film, which was released on Netflix on Friday, is an Australian-based American crime documentary. It comes after a resident of Larrimah, which is located in Northern Territory, Australia, vanishes in 2017. Paddy Moriarty's disappearance meant that every other resident of the town was now a suspect, despite the fact that the population was just 47 people at the time. The documentary was originally published on max.com by HBO on October 20th.

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.

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.

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, 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.