"48 Hours" "Tiger King" mystery: Famed attorney claims new witnesses in millionaire's disappearance
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Celebrity attorney Alex Spiro is entering the world of Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin. The former New York City prosecutor turned lawyer to stars such as Jay-Z and Mick Jagger has been hired by Don Lewis' daughters to help solve the Tampa millionaire's 1997 disappearance. He tells the latest in that investigation — including, he claims, the existence of new witnesses — to "48 Hours" correspondent Richard Schlesinger in "The Missing Millionaire: A 'Tiger King' Mystery," airing Saturday, January 1, 2022 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
Lewis was reported missing by Carole Baskin, who was married to him at the time. She's a big cat owner and animal rights activist made famous for her ongoing feud with Joseph Maldonado-Passage — better known as Joe Exotic — in Netflix's wildly popular "Tiger King" series, now in its second season. Baskin succeeded in shutting down Joe Exotic's Oklahoma big cat zoo, and he was convicted for a murder-for hire plot targeting her.
Even from federal prison, he claims Baskin is the real killer responsible for her husband's death. He's fanned the fires of elaborate theories — such as Lewis being fed to tigers. Another popular rumor is that Lewis was dropped out of a plane into the Gulf of Mexico. Spiro says he's trying to cut through the noise and speculation in attempt to finally learn the truth in this nearly 25-year-old mystery.
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