But Carole says the signatures were authenticated back in 1997 and are real. She spoke about it in a 2018 interview with CBS affiliate WTSP. And that I don't know. April 17, 2020 Updated: April 17, 2020 Durable Power of Attorney from Don Lewis to Carole Baskin by Rarick & Beskin Share Tweet Share Share Select link below to view PDF DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FROM DON LEWIS TO CAROLE BASKIN dated November 21, 1996. The housekeeper told Smith the witnesses, Susan E. Aronoff and Doug W. Edwards, were part-time workers at the Big Cat Rescue and usually on weekend duty. Carole Lewis became Carole Baskin. Credit: Internet Unknown. Trish Farr-Payne: Kenny had threatened to put me in a grinder. Gladys Lewis Cross: M-O-N-E-Y [spells out word]. Carole Baskin began getting all that attention when she was trying to shut down Joe Exotic's private zoo in Oklahoma. Joe made that music video with a woman who was supposed to be a Carole Baskin look-alike –pushing that unsubstantiated theory that she fed her husband Don to the tigers. THE LATE-NIGHT MILK RUN. That just meant he didn't fly legally.
If all the attention is hard on Carole, she's made the most of it. People are searching for details of today's hearing in the family of Don Lewis and Anne McQueen versus Carole Baskin and others. "So that's what I assume happened, that he got lured up to the Pilot Country Estates to look at an airplane. Gladys Lewis Cross: If you're talkin' about the whole 34 years I was married to him — possibly 25. Wittkopp's application to renew the notary came in Nov. 16, 1996… In addition, the application for renewal of Wittkopp's notary application shows that her notary stamp was mailed, not to her address, but to Baskin's address, 12802 Easy St. in Tampa, where Big Cat Rescue is today. While hopeful the mystery surrounding what happened to Don will eventually be cracked, he doesn't envision that day arriving any time soon. Baskin didn't immediately return a request for comment. The people involved lied and made appeals to the family to help find the killers. Don's ex-wife has her doubts about that story.
JOE EXOTIC [Joe Exotic TV YouTube page]: I'm already so goddamn poor, I use a file cabinet for my dresser drawers. She says she never threatened Don, and he only sought a restraining order to stop her from throwing out mountains of stuff he had accumulated. Baskin said she last saw him the morning of August 18, 1997, but Farr allegedly told his wife that Lewis was gone the night before. It — something wasn't right. Clarion-Ledger newspaper claims that the notary identified on the will and power of attorney does not recall authenticating the documents.
Richard Schlesinger: Was there any sense when he met her that she was different than the other 24 or some odd women? Baskin confirmed the visit to Fritz's office in a statement to The U. Like so many Florida stories, their story begins like a pulp fiction novel any reputable publisher would reject. Kenny Farr wouldn't talk with "48 Hours" on camera, but told us Trish's story is, as he put it, "[an] outlandish lie. 'She has motive anyway, but this ups the stakes, ' Steffey added, pointing out that Baskin was given 'total control' of Lewis' affairs and said 'it ties a bow on what could be her scheme to get him out of the picture.
CAROLE BASKIN [WTSP news report]: The only place I still haven't looked that I feel somewhat hopeful of being able to find him alive is gonna be Mexico, and I don't know how hard or how long that'll take. "When he disappeared, I did everything I could to assist the police. But the more bizarre theories about what happened are too much even for a lawman in Florida. Nancy Kramer is the executive story editor. Chronister noted that the statute of limitations had expired, so criminal charges could not be filed against anybody for a fraudulent will. Carole gave an interview to the television show "Hard Copy, " suggesting Don might have had some kind of dementia: CAROLE BASKIN [in tears on "Hard Copy"]: Maybe he doesn't know who he is. Richard Schlesinger: What do you think of her?
And along the way, he met Anne McQueen. CAROLE BASKIN "[Hollywood Raw"]: I really feel like this is going to be just another horrible year of people having the wrong idea of who I am and what I'm trying to do. "They called in some experts to say that the will was a forgery and I had already told them that two months ago, " Chronister stated. But it turned out there were more signs of trouble. "First of all, it's a goddamn lie that [federal authorities] will say anything to anybody, " he said.