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  • Carole Baskin sues Netflix for using footage of her in ‘Tiger King 2’

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: American big cat rights activist Carole Baskin is suing Netflix for using footage of her in the upcoming ‘Tiger King 2’ series.

    Baskin and her husband, Howard Baskin, filed suit in Tampa, Florida on Monday against the streamer and production company Royal Goode Productions.

    According to the documents, obtained by Variety, Baskin alleged that Royal Goode Productions has breached the contract by continuing to use footage of her and her husband in ‘Tiger King 2′ since they only signed appearance release forms for the first documentary. Netflix declined to comment on the matter.

    “Understanding that the Appearance Releases limited Royal Goode Productions’ use of the footage of the Baskins and Big Cat Rescue to the single, initial documentary motion picture, the Baskins believed that any sequel – though odious – would not include any of their footage,” the document read, also stating that the Baskins were surprised to see that footage of them was used in the trailer for ‘Tiger King 2′.

    “The Appearance Releases limited Royal Goode Productions’ right to use film footage of the Baskins to ‘a documentary motion picture’. Throughout the Appearance Releases there is only reference to and mention of ‘the Picture’. No mention is made of granting Royal Goode Production sequel rights, rights to create derivative works from ‘the Picture’ or additional seasons or episodes,” the lawsuit stated.

    “By utilizing the film footage of the Baskins and Big Cat Rescue secured by Royal Goode Productions under the Appearance Releases in ‘sizzle reels’ and promotional trailers for the sequel entitled ‘Tiger King 2,’ the Defendants are in breach of the terms of the Appearance Releases,” the lawsuit continued.

    Therefore, according to the documents, the Baskins are demanding that Netflix and Royal Goode Productions remove any and all footage of them from ‘Tiger King 2’, and seek to take the case in front of a jury.

    Baskin has been vocal about her disdain for ‘Tiger King 2’, telling Variety shortly after the sequel series was announced: “I wouldn’t call Eric Goode or Rebecca Chaiklin true documentarians. I mean that was just a reality show dumpster fire.”

    In the lawsuit, Baskin also listed out her qualms about the docuseries, alleging that the project was originally described to her as being “an expose of the big cat breeding and cub petting trade akin to the documentary feature film entitled ‘Blackfish’,” instead of centring on Joe Exotic and his animal park.

    “‘Tiger King 1’ was particularly harsh and unfair in its depiction of the Baskins and Big Cat Rescue. The ‘Tiger King 1’ series wrongly attempted to suggest that Big Cat Rescue abused its animals by keeping them in very small cages while not making clear that the animals actually reside in expansive enclosures,” the lawsuit continued.

    “Also, ‘Tiger King 1’ incorrectly suggests an equivalency between Big Cat Rescue and Joe Exotic’s roadside zoo, and more broadly that there is no difference between roadside zoos that exploit and mistreat animals and accredited sanctuaries that rescue and provide excellent lifetime care to the animals. Perhaps most pernicious is the overarching implication in ‘Tiger King 1’ that Carole Baskin was involved in the disappearance of her first husband in 1997,” the lawsuit stated.

    Baskin has repeatedly denied any involvement in the disappearance of her first husband, Don Lewis. ‘Tiger King 2’ is set to premiere on Netflix on November 17.

  • Carole Baskin denies being part of second season of Netflix drama ‘Tiger King’

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: American big rights cat activist Carole Baskin recently revealed that she will not be back for the second season of the popular Netflix show ‘Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.’

    According to Page Six, the 59-year-old star Baskin said she was asked to participate in a follow-up to the smash-hit Netflix show but turned the producers down.

    “I told them to lose my number. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me,” the owner of Big Cat Rescue told the outlet.

    Baskin claimed after it had aired the producers had made her believe that she’d be the heroine of the show, then delved into rumours that she had murdered her first husband, Don Lewis, and fed his body to her tigers. Allegations she strenuously denies.

    As reported by Page Six, Baskin- who channelled her controversial story on the show into an appearance on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and various projects like a cellphone game and novelty cryptocurrency, will next be speaking at a ‘Virtual Influencer Summit’ to talk about cyberbullying.

    “The first three months [after ‘Tiger King’ aired] my phone rang incessantly with people screaming obscenities. After that, it slowed down. I didn’t take it personally. But, it really affected my husband [Howard Baskin] and daughter. If someone said something about someone you love, you would want to protect them,” she told Page Six.

    Lewis and Baskin were married in 1991. He mysteriously disappeared in 1997. According to TMZ, his family has hired famed attorney Alex Spiro to investigate. The family also ran an ad during Baskin’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’ debut asking for tips about his disappearance.

    Baskin has been reading from her journals on YouTube in order to “prove” she did not kill her first husband. She told Page Six, it’s all a rumour used by her competition in the big cat business to let her down.

    “Once they tell the media, ‘She killed her husband and fed him to the tigers,’ it worked for these animal abusers to say these things publicly. But it’s not true and all you have to do is look into it and know it’s not true,” she claims.

    Baskin also thinks timing had a lot to do with skyrocketing her to infamy.

    She shared, “Tiger King came out when lockdown happened, you had Joe Exotic saying ‘Carole Baskin was responsible for everything wrong.’ People needed someone to blame. It was a perfect storm.”

    Baskin added, “Had it aired right now, it would have been a different experience…it was still cleverly edited and had things that weren’t true, but I don’t think there would have been a global vitriol and outpouring because people were so scared at the time.”