Carole Baskin Ex-Husband: Meet Don Lewis

Carole Baskin was married to Don Lewis. According to Baskin, in 1981, when she was 19, she threw a potato at Murdock, her ex-husband as he attempted to attack her.

She and Lewis engaged in an affair while both were still married. She became one of Lewis’s many girlfriends and substantially grew his wealth by helping him buy and sell real estate in 1984. The pair divorced their respective spouses and subsequently married in 1991.

Baskin claimed that Lewis obsessed with sex and would frequently fly to Costa Rica, where he had substantial real estate holdings, to have affairs – timing the trips for whenever she was menstruating.

Lewis disappeared in August 1997 and was declared legally dead in 2002. A dispute ensued between Baskin and the children of Lewis over his estate, with Baskin prevailing as the primary beneficiary.