Tiger King: Joe Exotic’s husband Dillon Passage says imprisoned star wants Carole Baskin ‘caught for killing her husband’
Baskin has denied any involvement in the disappearance of her ex-husband
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Your support makes all the difference.Joe Exotic’s husband Dillon Passage has said that the imprisoned Tiger King star’s main priority is for Carole Baskin to be “caught for killing her husband”.
Exotic, a prolific big cat breeder, is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for conspiring to kill Baskin, a conservationist and his long-time nemesis. The pair’s feud serves as the backdrop to the Netflix docuseries sensation Tiger King.
Speaking to FUBAR Radio Access All Areas, Passage said that his husband’s priority is for Baskin to be “caught” for killing her husband.
Throughout the series, a number of individuals, including Exotic himself, allege that Baskin killed her ex-husband and fed him to tigers. Jack “Don” Lewis disappeared in 1997. Baskin has denied having any involvement in his disappearance, and she has never been charged in connection to the case.
“Obviously him getting Carole caught for killing her husband is a huge thing to him, which – who knows what happened?” Passage said.
“The investigators could either find something or they couldn’t. It’s really up in the air. If they do, then they do. If they don’t, then I kind of feel for her because everyone’s been saying she’s killed her husband and if she didn’t then that’s gotta really have an impact on her.”
It was confirmed in March that authorities in Florida have made a fresh appeal for leads in the disappearance of Lewis.
A documentary series about his disappearance is also in the works.
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