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. What's more, Smith provided a sworn court document showing Aronoff, now named Susan Bradshaw, admitting she also didn't sign the will or power of attorney, as according to the short-lived lawsuit filed by Lewis' family against Baskin in 2020, she stated, "…Someone placed my name as witness on those documents, and in doing so, made me as much a victim as any of the plaintiffs. Gladys Lewis Cross: He was until I would get a call and say he's seein' someone. Carole Baskin's 'dead' ex-husband's lawyer thinks will was 'forged due to red flag'; Carole Baskin gained complete control of first husband Don Lewis' huge $5million estate due to a 'disappearance' clause in the will, which is attorney believes is troubling. His only lifeline to reach you? Anne McQueen: I started shakin'. "Which means this had to have happened after 2002 because Homeland Security wasn't even around until 2002, and they said that my husband Don Lewis is alive and well in Costa Rica. Richard Schlesinger: Do you consider Trish Farr-Payne credible? But he will say there's been some progress.
After meeting with the family, justice to them is primarily defined by answers to what happened to Mr. Lewis, but also includes a full and open criminal investigation and the taking of statements under oath. Anne McQueen: I finally — reached Carole… I kinda asked her if she knew where her husband was. We have done so on behalf of Anne McQueen, Don Lewis's longtime assistant. He said: "In conducting the examination of the durable family power of attorney and the will, both of which were created on Nov. 21 in 1996, I was struck by the uncanny similarity between each set of signatures... the two witness signatures and the notary signatures. Lynda Sanchez: Well, to us it's very odd.
She wasn't goin' to go buy milk. Moise Garcia | Hillsborough County, Fla: We re-interviewed everybody and have looked at new evidence and continue to investigate. Leonora LaPeter Anton had four handwriting experts examine Don's signature on the power of attorney. The Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting is providing updates on the case, and doing some sleuthing of its own. I hope something pans out. I would call it an obsession.
Alex Spiro: There have been, yes. She sued him for a million dollars, but Gladys lost. Trish Farr-Payne: I was afraid for my kids. Did Carole Baskin forge Don Lewis' will? Visit our listing on Advertisecast to learn more: ---. Richard Schlesinger: May I be a little impolite and ask you if you know roughly how many women he was seeing besides you? She says he made that one threat that was especially frightening and bizarre … and maybe revealing. Police found no signs of a struggle or blood inside — nor did they find proof that Lewis ever left the country.
'I don't know who is a murderer and who is not a murderer, ' he said. As reported, the signature on the will belonging to her missing ex-husband, Don Lewis — who was allegedly spotted in Costa Rica — is presumed to be forged, and OK! And I can definitively state that that somebody is lying about it. But his daughters never knew about that other love of Don's: women — and not just their mother Gladys.
Case presented to Tampa state attorney's office. She was a 19-year-old girl with blond hair walking barefoot down the road in the middle of the night, and he, a 40-something guy driving around with a loaded gun, happened by. Joe is serving 21 years in a Texas federal prison after he was convicted of a murder-for-hire plot to kill Baskin. But you'd never know it. She later changed her story. Typically a person's signature would show some variation, but his signature on both documents proved to be a perfect match, according to Fritz and the two experts, Willa Smith and Thomas Vastrick. Joe Fritz said the disappearance clause made him suspicious immediately. All issues were worked out so there was no hearing. I was afraid for them. Carole Baskin has denied the allegation vigorously and repeatedly. The couple also reportedly fought about what to do with the animals.
Credit: Internet Unknown. Richard Schlesinger who would you like to interview most? After we shot that now-famous commercial, I dropped her off at her house and kissed her on the cheek and said, it is an honor to know you Anne McQueen. Earlier this week, Baskin won control of Joe Exotic's former 16-acre zoo in Oklahoma as part of her lawsuit settlement against the imprisoned Tiger King star. Baskin has previously admitted to authoring the legal documents, claiming she did so because Don wanted to save money on lawyer fees. This may be inevitable, given the ongoing defamation. They bought a bunch of big cats and put them on exhibit at a place called Wildlife on Easy Street. And — she didn't have enough ingredients for the milk. There's no evidence of some accident. He said, "Listen, I — I'm — I'm hangin' on to these right now for Carole. "
But the limo left empty;. Now, attorney Alex Spiro says he's found some new witnesses. Weeks later Lewis' family attorney, Alex Spiro, interviewed him in Orlando, Florida, as Smith observed. "They probably have enough probable cause right not to make arrests - they do - but they don't have it beyond a reasonable doubt and until they do they're not going to do anything.
She says she was too afraid to ask Kenny, but it was hard to ignore some very strange things. Richard Schlesinger: Have you met these witnesses? Non Responsive Filing filed by Susan Bradshaw: Motion to Dismiss filed by Kenny Farr: Motion to Dismiss filed by Carole Baskin: As expected, Ms. Baskin's lawyers filed a Motion to Dismiss. "So the notary stamp wasn't even sent to the housekeeper's home. Leonora LaPeter Anton: Two of them said they felt it was traced from the 1991 marriage license between Don and Carole. "But then you have the criminal side of it, it's unable to be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations. Richard Schlesinger: Is Joe Exotic one of those angels (laughs)? I knew then for sure. Fritz thinks someone with knowledge of the law added the clause to the document, but doesn't believe it was drafted by an proper lawyer. Don's family began to think the worst — that Don was dead, and that Carole played a role in his death. "They had two experts deem it 100 percent a forgery. Gladys Lewis Cross: I would love to tell you, but I better not.
I'd like to get on that property and look around a little bit. The new witness reportedly told detectives that about a year after Lewis was reported missing, the former handyman showed up at a camping trip and drunkenly told the group he got rid of Lewis' body by using a wood chipper. Her ex-husband denies her story.