Carole Baskin

The Tiger King star's arch nemesis, Joe Exotic, always reckoned Baskin killed Don Lewis. Then she said she had evidence he was alive - and we all missed it.

“They said my husband, Don Lewis, is alive and well in Costa Rica,” she told the hosts. Yes, Baskin went on This Morning, and made these claims, over a year ago. He was declared legally dead in 2002, five years after he disappeared. Lewis went missing in 1997, six years after he and Baskin married. And fed him to her tigers. [Tiger King's Carole Baskin responds to claim that husband Don Lewis may be alive](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/bravo/news/127066340/tiger-kings-carole-baskin-responds-to-claim-that-husband-don-lewis-may-be-alive?rm=a)

“Hey all you cool cats and kittens,” Carole Baskin's husband isn't actually six feet under, reports New York Post. Don Lewis, the Tiger King star's ...

Baskin went on to share her surprise at the news, adding: “I didn’t think he was capable of supporting himself. The pair were married at the time of his disappearance, however she claimed she never heard from Lewis again, according to CBS News. “I believe their actions are just a publicity stunt,” the Netflix star said in an email to CNN, “but if it helps us find Don, then that will be a huge relief.” Baskin was so traumatised by the allegation that she joined a “secret” celebrity support group. “Do you know who did this or if Carole Baskin was involved?” family lawyer John Phillips asked in the televised commercial. During the show, Baskin revealed that her ex-husband, Don Lewis, had mysteriously disappeared in 1997. The Netflix star is now remarried, tying the knot with husband Howard Baskin in 2004. Someone wrote on Twitter, “Was I the only one that didn’t know they found Carole Baskin’s husband living his best life in Costa Rica?!” As for what happened to the large amount of money, Baskin said she tried to recover the sum, only to find there was a mere $80,000 (NZ$124,000) left “because the investments he had made were so bad.” The popular Netflix docu-series shot to fame in 2020 at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. “One of the really exciting things that came out of Tiger King 2 is that they produced a letter from Homeland Security and it says that a special agent in charge with the FBI at Homeland Security reached out to the sheriff’s detective George [Jorge] Fernandez, which means this had to have happened after 2002, because Homeland Security wasn’t even around until 2002,” Baskin told the show. The Big Cat Rescue star claimed that the Department of Homeland Security had been in contact with her former lover.

Carole Baskin, who starred in Tiger King, said on television in 2021 that her dead husband had been found alive in Costa Rica - but the claim is only now ...

'They said my husband, Don Lewis, is alive and well in Costa Rica. This investigation will be closed' Jack 'Don' Lewis, was 59-years-old when he was last seen in 1997. Carole and Howard Baskin said in a 2021 blog post that the second season of Tiger King had some redeeming features in that it revealed that Lewis was routinely flying small aircraft to Costa Rica and could have reached the country undetected In the undated and unverified Homeland Security document that appears briefly in the show an FBI agent allegedly wrote: 'Don Lewis is currently alive and well in Costa Rica' Since then, she has protested her innocence.

According to a 2021 interview, Don Lewis, the "dead" spouse of "Tiger King's" Carole Baskin, was purportedly discovered alive in Costa Rica years ago. So.

"So I don't know how it is that Homeland Security says he's alive and well in Costa Rica but I'm glad to hear it." And they said that my husband, Don Lewis, is alive and well in Costa Rica." "One of the really exciting things that came out of Tiger King 2 is that they produced a letter from Homeland Security and it says that a special agent in charge with the FBI at Homeland Security reached out to the sheriff's detective George Fernandez, which means this had to have happened after 2002, because Homeland Security wasn't even around until 2002.

Carole Baskin's husband Don Lewis, the man Tiger King fans accused her of murdering, was (allegedly) found alive in Costa Rica years ago.

[shared a screenshot](https://bigcatrescue.org/tk2/) of the letter from Tiger King 2 that she referenced and I am stunned. And now, if the letter is legit, she’s right. Lewis, for his part, has not released any statements proving that he is alive. They claimed she either a) pushed him into a meat grinder, b) fed him to the big cats in her animal sanctuary, or c) hid his body in a septic tank. He frequently visited Costa Rica where he owns a 200-acre park and, like the letter states, he also visited women who he allegedly cheated on Baskin with. alive and well in Costa Rica.

The "Tiger King" star said that Don Lewis was "alive and well in Costa Rica" during a recently resurfaced interview.

[statement](https://bigcatrescue.org/tk2/) on Baskin's website concerning Tiger King 2 includes an image purportedly of the letter in question. [Department of Homeland Security](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security) (DHS) that claimed Don Lewis was found abroad "alive and well" as of 2002. Other than the purported letter, there does not appear to be any evidence to corroborate the claim that Lewis is still alive. "During the filming of Tiger King, detailed efforts were made to find Don Lewis," Philips said. Baskin was not involved in the making of the sequel series. The currently imprisoned "Tiger King" himself, Joseph "Joe Exotic" Maldonado, has made similar allegations.

The feds finding Carole Baskin's first husband alive is all the buzz on the internet -- but that would be news to local authorities, who tell TMZ they ...

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office -- which is in charge of Don's missing person's case -- tells TMZ its had no communication with federal officials to suggest they've located Don Lewis. [already spoke about it](https://www.tmz.com/2021/11/23/carole-baskin-done-everything-possible-to-find-husband-don-lewis/), and we reported on it too ... adding the doc was floated as having veracity, when it doesn't at all. She's always maintained she had nothing to do with his disappearance, or possible death. Here's the deal ... Twitter users started chirping Wednesday when a lot of them discovered -- for the first time, apparently -- a 2021 interview with Carole about an alleged report the Dept.

Controversial conservationist previously alleged former partner Don Lewis was still living in Costa Rica.

The story of the Tiger King is filled with lies, set up and misdirection. Lewis, who disappeared in 1997 at the age of 59, would be 84 if alive today. He has also not made any public statements about his status, whereabouts and does not appear to have returned to America. The series reveals the events leading up to Exotic’s conviction and imprisonment for attempting to murder Baskin through a paid hitman. During the show, Lewis’s relatives questioned whether Baskin was involved with his disappearance, some suggested she may have fed his remains to her tigers. “And yet all of this drama has been made about me having something to do with his disappearance, when Homeland Security has known where he is."

"Tiger King" star Carole Baskin's ex-husband, Don Lewis, has been found alive in Costa Rica, but the discovery is just now going viral — over a year later.

In the lawsuit, she alleged that her scenes in the trailer were not an accurate representation of what happened. [something to do](https://nypost.com/2022/03/24/carole-baskin-dances-to-tiktok-song-that-claims-she-killed-husband/) with her [ex’s disappearance](https://nypost.com/2020/08/10/family-of-carole-baskins-ex-husband-offering-100k-for-info/). At the time of his disappearance, the two were married, and she claimed that she never heard from him again, according to The story of the Tiger King is filled with lies, set up and misdirection. [Another person wrote](https://twitter.com/rmlundyjr/status/1615786135317532672), “Hold on, I’m seeing people saying that Carole Baskin’s husband was found ALIVE???” While they have purposely redacted the SAC’s name and date, we do know that there wasn’t a Homeland Security until November 2002 which was 5 years after Don Lewis left home in Tampa, FL.” The lies and set up are spelled out in his Motion for New Trial. “I don’t know how it is that Homeland Security says he’s alive and well in Costa Rica but I’m glad to hear it,” Baskin told ITV. The work is done.” “They said my husband, Don Lewis, is alive and well in Costa Rica,” she revealed. “Why is this just appearing?” He took about a million dollars down to Costa Rica, I had agreed to let him do that so he could prove to himself that he could make a living.”

'They said my husband, Don Lewis, is alive and well in Costa Rica'

“I didn’t think he was capable of supporting himself. Ms Baskin was not a part of the second season of “Tiger King” and has spoken out against the narrative that she had something to do with Lewis’s disappearance. [Baskin](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/carole-baskin) and [her husband sued Netflix for including footage](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/carole-baskin-sues-tiger-king-2-b1949597.html) of the couple in the trailer for [Tiger King](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/tiger-king) 2. Speaking to ITV, Ms Baskin said: “I don’t know how it is that Homeland Security says he’s alive and well in Costa Rica but I’m glad to hear it. “They said my husband, Don Lewis, is alive and well in Costa Rica,” she added. “One of the really exciting things that came out of ‘Tiger King 2’ is that they produced a letter from Homeland Security and it says that a special agent in charge with the FBI at Homeland Security reached out to the sheriff’s detective George [Jorge] Fernandez, which means this had to have happened after 2002, because Homeland Security wasn’t even around until 2002,” Ms Baskin was quoted as saying to

Jack Donald Lewis was a Tampa millionaire who vanished in 1997, leaving Baskin with dozens of big cats at their animal sanctuary. “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem ...

The animal rights activist, who became an internet sensation along with now-imprisoned Joe Exotic thanks to the Netflix true-crime documentary, was appearing on ...

Season two was clearly just as eye-opening as the first, which proved to be a lockdown smash in 2020. There was also speculation that he was able to change his identity, but these claims have not been proven. "I didn't think that he was capable of supporting himself," she told Phillip Schofield and Josie Gibson at the time. So I don't know how it is that Homeland Security says he's alive and well in Costa Rica, but I'm glad to hear it." Don's attorney, Joseph Fritz, revealed a detective had informed him of Don living in Costa Rica. And now the former interview has resurfaced after going viral online.

Carole Baskin's “dead husband” Jack 'Don' Lewis, who vanished in 1997 has been found alive in Costa Rica – but no one noticed for over a year.

Stream 25+ news channels in 1 place. Try 1 month free. Star of the wildly popular Netflix series Tiger King, Carole Baskin revealed over a year ago that her dead husband who vanished in 1997 had been discovered alive in Costa Rica, but the news went over all of our heads until now.

Here's what we know about "Tiger King" star Carole Baskin's husband Don Lewis after he disappeared in 1997. DHS says he's alive and well in Costa Rica.

“They want to know what happened to their loved one and they cooperate wherever possible.” He added that not gaining access to the Big Cat Rescue property was “frustrating” but Baskin was certainly not the only suspect. You’ll get answers to questions of where his now-famous mullet came from, what his favorite animal is and perhaps most poignantly, what he thinks about keeping animals in cages now that he’s in a cage himself. “When he disappeared, I did everything I could to assist the police. He added that several attempts to contact Baskin for interviews were denied and she was generally uncooperative with investigators and that was suspicious in and of itself. I’m amazed that people would even think such a thing.” She speculated at the time that, because Lewis had often flown to Costa Rica without a pilot’s license, he may have crashed in the Gulf of Mexico. In response to this, Baskin (who was Carole Lewis at the time) “My tigers eat meat; they don’t eat people,” she said. “I think this was the most likely scenario.” “We were upset that the cops didn’t test the DNA on the meat grinder.” “They said that my husband, Don Lewis, is alive and well in Costa Rica,” Baskin said. During an interview in 2021 on ITV’s This Morning, Baskin revealed Tiger King season two “produced” a letter from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that claimed Don Lewis was found “alive and well”, at least as of 2002. Does a recently unearthed interview with Baskin from 2021 hold the answer to if Carole Baskin’s husband is still alive? Jack Donald “Don” Lewis left his home on August 18, 1997 and was never seen or heard from again.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – Carole Baskin of Tampa's Big Cat Rescue has weighed in on renewed press coverage of claims that her former husband is “alive and ...

The sheriff's office in charge of the search for Don Lewis still lists his missing person case as active on its website.

Baskin's comments to Nexstar's CBS 42 came after a New York Post article rehashing claims about the whereabouts of her ex-husband, Jack Don Lewis, who went ...

“For the cats,” Baskin signed her response – then, below her signature, a quote attributed to Franklin D. “This aired back in Nov. Roosevelt: “I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.” The document, which could not be authenticated by CBS 42, claims that investigators found Lewis “alive and well” in Costa Rica. At one point in Netflix’s “Tiger King 2,” a document purportedly produced by the Department of Homeland Security showed information related to Lewis’ case. [WIAT](http://cbs42.com)) – Carole Baskin of Tampa’s Big Cat Rescue has weighed in on renewed press coverage of claims that her former husband is “alive and well” in Costa Rica.