Carole Baskin

"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.”

“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.

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."

'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

The big-cat activist claimed documents from the Department of Homeland Security revealed her ex-husband's whereabouts.

The show centered on [Joseph "Joe Exotic" Maldonado-Passage](https://people.com/tv/everything-to-know-about-joe-exotic-the-eccentric-zookeeper-chronicled-in-netflixs-tiger-king/), a breeder and former zoo owner who is now in prison, and his longtime feud with Baskin — which eventually turned criminal. Baskin also told This Morning in 2021: "When [Tiger King 2 producers] presented a letter that looks to be from Homeland Security saying that Don was alive and well five years after I saw him the last time … I was not aware of the Homeland Security document saying Don was alive and well in Costa Rica until TK2 aired In Nov 2021." Don Lewis," Fentress Fountain, public information officer for the sheriff's department, told the Post. 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 2](https://people.com/tv/tiger-king-2-sequel-coming-to-netflix-2021/).

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 ...