Carole Baskin husband alive

In a November 2021 interview on ITV, Tiger King's Carole Baskin told the hosts of This Morning that her missing husband, Don Lewis, was actually found alive ...

Bosses Detail Hopes, Who It Could Follow](https://www.tvinsider.com/1077503/new-amsterdam-series-finale-spinoff-seasons-movie-max-geneva-adult-luna/) “They said that my husband Don Lewis is alive and well in Costa Rica. She also noted the improbability of him actually being alive considering he would have no access to any of his money. “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. [January 18, 2023] Not one single source has come through in the 14 months since the interview aired to confirm her claims are accurate, but the internet is just catching on.

The “Tiger King” star's missing ex-husband, Don Lewis, was reportedly found alive in Costa Rica, but the discovery is just now making headlines a year later.

“They said my husband, Don Lewis, is alive and well in Costa Rica,” she revealed. Baskin denied the allegations made against her, which notably included that she had fed Lewis’ body to her animals. “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 outlet at the time.

One example of the wild plot progression of the hit Netflix series "Tiger King" was the fact that Carole Baskin's ex-husband, Don Lewis, was declared ...

While Baskin maintains that the American government is aware Lewis is alive and living in Costa Rica, he's reportedly still legally documented as deceased. "I didn’t think he was capable of supporting himself," Baskin continued. At the time, Baskin reportedly told ITV: “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.”

There was the wild rumor that she killed Don herself, and fed him to the tigers at her Big Cat Rescue park. I know, it sounds insane, but Carole Baskin is ...

And on top of that, she said that he’s been hanging out in Costa Rica: She said that the Department of Homeland Security has been in touch with Lewis since the show: I know, it sounds insane, but Carole Baskin is absolutely nuts herself so nothing was too far fetched.

The internet is losing its mind over the revelation that Carole Baskin's former husband is alive and well, which the 'Tiger King' subject stated on the ...

[released a statement](https://twitter.com/JohnPhillips/status/1615822216809127936) on the convicted felon’s behalf: “During the filming of Tiger King, detailed efforts were made to find Don Lewis. [a blog post](https://bigcatrescue.org/tk2/) on Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue website, published in November 2021. [left behind over $5 million](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carole-baskin-husband-don-lewis-missing-millionaire-tiger-king-mystery-48-hours/) in assets. The lies are spelled out in his Motion for New Trial. “And yet all of this hay has been made about me having something to do with his disappearance, when Homeland Security has known where he is at least since back then.” Baskin became the target of online abuse with many speculating that she was involved in the disappearance of her ex-husband.

Carole Baskin found fame on 'Netflix' show about rival tiger sanctuaries which debuted during peak of pandemic and featured archenemy Joe Exotic.

[Lewis and Baskin](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tiger-king-carole-baskin-refuses-talk-about-missing-husband-detective) had been married for six years before he went missing in 1997. "I want to know what that says because part of it was redacted, and I don't know who the people involved were. [Big Cats Rescue](https://bigcatrescue.org/tk2/) organization which showed a screenshot of paperwork from the episode. In 1997, Lewis went missing and was declared dead by authorities. then I reached out to the FBI and said I want a copy of that letter," she said. [Carole's story](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/tiger-king-carole-baskin-husband-don-lewis-witness-handyman-implicates) once again and have dialed in on the documents she seemed to provide from the popular Netflix series.

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.

'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 ...