The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office officially reopened Don Lewis' case in April 2020, shortly after the release of Netflix's, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness, which became a global sensation at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The show even lit a fire under the local sheriff's office. Carole hired her own experts, and the children decided to drop their challenge. One day someone somewhere is going to need a get-out-of-jail-free card and they're going to give up testimony in exchange. Meanwhile, Carole had a new theory on who might be responsible for her ex-husband's disappearance. Don Lewis had made McQueen the executor of his Will and Power of Attorney of his Life Insurance, but after his disappearance, a new Will and Power of Attorney emerged naming his wife Carole Baskin as the executor. We are here if they need anything. Lewis, 59, vanished in August 1997 after allegedly informing Baskin that he intended to go to Costa Rica on his personal aircraft. Carole wanted to keep them and make Easy Street a sanctuary. After all, she was Don's wife. But before long, there was difficulty on Easy Street.
Original Lawsuit / Pure Bill of Discovery: Styled Donna L. Carole Baskin, Susan Bradshaw and Kenneth Wayne Farr, the lawsuit is one in equity (fairness), designed to obtain discovery to get to the bottom of the death and disappearance of Don Lewis. The couple made a lot of money while they were together. The sheriff previously told 10 Tampa Bay that he believes Lewis was "murdered" and did not simply disappear in 1997. Richard Schlesinger: Was there any sense when he met her that she was different than the other 24 or some odd women? Baskin has vigorously denied on her website that she had anything to do with the disappearance of her second husband, an eccentric millionaire with whom she shared a love of exotic animals. 'Somebody sat at my office and had the pictures and was able to lay one over the other on their cellphone and they are a perfect match, ' he continued, citing that typically a person's signature shows at least some variation. Don Lewis' longtime executive assistant, Anne McQueen, told police that the only Will and Power of Attorney she knew about was under her desk. Moise Garcia: She does a lot of interviews … where she says sheriff's office has not even approached her. And was like a caveman.
Richard Schlesinger: I'd like to. Joe Solan has flown hundreds of hours in one type of plane that Don Lewis liked to fly: a Piper Arrow 3. Joe fought back and tried to take the name of Carole's organization and make it his own. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Amanda Granit confirmed to that the department previously investigated the allegations of forgery in 2011. Lewis' daughter, Donna Pettis, told the Ledger her family opted not to contest the handwriting analysis any further on the advice of their legal counsel. Leonora LaPeter Anton: He was basically his — a jack-of-all-trades, his right-hand man.
"Don was not easy to live with and like most couples, we had our moments. After Don disappeared, Carole produced what she said was Don's will and power of attorney leaving her in charge of everything. Motion To Determine Qualifications of Counsel for Kenny Farr: Our office has been contacted my a person who was previously threatened with a defamation action on behalf of Big Cat Rescue Defendants and/or the Baskin Defendants. The notary listed on the will and power of attorney remembers nothing about authenticating them. So that says a lot right there. It leaves me to believe that a non-lawyer did that, " Fritz insisted, adding, "Who the f--- thinks they're going to disappear? Gladys Lewis Cross: He told me then, he said, "I want you to know right now, don't you or the girls or any of the grandkids or anybody be left in the room with her alone. The power of attorney document was unusual in that it gave Baskin power over Lewis's affairs if he became disabled or disappeared. You would think this would make Carole the "good guy" in the story, but things are not that simple. He didn't — like the way she spent money. JOE EXOTIC [Joe Exotic TV YouTube page]: I'm already so goddamn poor, I use a file cabinet for my dresser drawers. 'I'm pretty confident, she says that she felt to prove her allegiance to Carol that she felt pressured into saying that she witnessed those signatures.
Carole Baskin runs Big Cat Rescue in Florida. A handwriting expert also weighed in and said that Lewis' signature on both documents matched too closely to be authentic and concluded they were likely traced from the couple's marriage license. Vastrick also believes Lewis' signature for both documents were traced from his marriage record, noting that the witnesses signatures and the notary on both documents are also 'identical', suggesting that at least one — and possibly both — of the documents may have been forged. While hopeful the mystery surrounding what happened to Don will eventually be cracked, he doesn't envision that day arriving any time soon. "When I told that to the sheriff's department, they said they had heard that same story. If he did refuel, no one seems to know about it. I mean, there's usually a simpler explanation of things. Joe Fritz: Absolutely none. Mrs. Baskin even admitted these lies in 1998, apologizing for them in a written statement. They bought a bunch of big cats and put them on exhibit at a place called Wildlife on Easy Street. He doesn't want to say much because his investigation is still going on. It's not a nonstop flight.
Alex Spiro: I have seen no credible evidence that the Lewis family has anything to do with Don Lewis's disappearance. "But, it certainly cast another shadow of suspicion, by all means. Lewis vanished in August 1997 after allegedly telling Baskin he was going to Costa Rica on his personal plane. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. After carrying on an affair for many years, Carole and Don both divorced their then spouses, and wed each other. You'd have to keep it open, and you'd have to somehow wrestle the body out of here without interfering with the flight controls. "The will had already been executed at that point, " Chronister told Brightside anchor Rob Finnerty.
… It's just a feeling … that he is OK, that he will just walk back in the gate. Gladys Lewis Cross: I would love to tell you, but I better not. "When he disappeared, I did everything I could to assist the police.
She claimed in the first series of Tiger King that Lewis signed the documents and handed them to her for safekeeping "in case" anything happened to him. Moise Garcia: Carole is considered a suspect and a person of interest. Produced by Chuck Stevenson and Stephanie Slifer. Don had owned several planes and he loved to fly. Alex Spiro: Uh, yes., an attorney and former prosecutor, is working for Lewis' daughters to help investigate what happened to their father. Gladys Lewis Cross: Well, when I would find out, I would tell him I was leaving, and he would say, "There'll be no more. Richard Schlesinger: Money? She was onand she's just come out with a new documentary on the streaming channel Discovery Plus, called "Carol Baskin's Cage Fight. And I can definitively state that that somebody is lying about it. This story previously aired on January 1. Just months before he disappeared, Don tried unsuccessfully to get a restraining order against Carole, telling the judge: "… Carole has gotten angry enough to threaten to kill me. But the Tampa state attorney's office declined to pursue the case.
Baskin said the discovery was made by Homeland Security and documented in a letter, which she was only made aware of after the airing of Tiger King 2 on Netflix. Joe Exotic was the star of Tiger King. About two months before vanishing, Lewis applied for a protective order against Baskin, claiming she had threatened to kill him twice and gave it to his best friend and secretary, Anne McQueen. Baskin, through her attorney, has rebuffed at least three interview requests by detectives, Garcia said. Three weeks after …. Carole claims it was love at first sight. He represented the families of 131 children who were abused by their pediatric dentist, Howard S. Schneider, dubbed "the worst dentist in America, " which resulted in closing his practice, revocation of his license, arrest and a record civil settlement.
The Lewis family's new attorney Alex Spiro says that's nonsense. According to Chronister, the problem was that the statute of limitations had expired for any crime related to the will. And that only added more fuel to their feud. He got the radiator cap off, put water in it.
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