Carole Baskin Dead Husband Don Lewis

Woman comes forward with new details joseph maldonado passage also known as joe exotic right was convicted in an unsuccessful murder for hire plot.

Carole baskin dead husband don lewis. In january 1981 lewis met carole murdock née stairs jones on nebraska avenue in tampa on a night when she fled her house after being attacked by her abusive first husband michael murdock. Tiger king carole baskin s dead husband. Carole baskin sued for defamation by missing husband don lewis family tiger king star carole baskin is being sued by the family of don lewis her ex husband who is missing presumed dead. He would give her a fake name bob martin and they d begin an affair.

Rob bailey millado new york post september 24 2020 8 33am. When 19 year old carole stairs was escaping from her abusive husband one night in 1981 she met 42 year old don lewis. The husband of tiger king star carole baskin was allegedly strangled and tossed from plane according to his lawyer. She had a daughter jamie veronica murdock with him.

Carole baskin and big cat rescue became household names following the 2020 release of the netflix docuseries tiger king which documents the feud between joe joe exotic schreibvogel and carole. Joseph fritz the lawyer of the late don lewis is adamant that there was foul play involved in the mysterious death of his client 23 years ago. Don disappeared a day before a scheduled trip to costa rica and was declared legally dead in 2002. If you believe this story kenny says don s gone he s disappeared but carol says she saw him the next day and so that s impossible phillips explained.

Carole baskin was first married to a man named mike murdock when she was 17. The former couple who started an animal sanctuary together in tampa florida were married at. Murdock and lewis began having an affair while both were still married. As a reminder don was is the first husband of big cat rescue s carole baskin and he mysteriously went missing over 20 years ago.

Carole s various rivals including joe exotic are convinced.