'Tiger King' star Carole Baskin is clearly hiding the truth about missing ex-husband, claims body language expert
Netflix's true-crime documentary 'Tiger King' has made headlines ever since it released last month.
The documentary looks at the longtime feud between Big Cat Owners, Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin. Joe Exotic was the former owner of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park and is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for hiring someone to kill Baskin.
Joe is adamant that Baskin is responsible for the disappearance of her former husband Don Lewis. Lewis went missing in 1997 and was declared dead though his body was ever found.
This led to Baskin's rival Joe Exotic claiming that Lewis was killed by her. Baskin has always maintained that she is innocent and had no involvement in her husband's disappearance.
However, according to a psychologist and body language expert, Bruce Durham, Baskin's reaction to being quizzed on Lewis' disappearance gave away a chilling slip. Durham shared that he never goes into a situation to look for guilt.
"When I come from any position I make myself believe that she's innocent and that I'm her lawyer and I'm looking for her body language does that I wouldn't want the prosecution to see," Durham said.
In episode three of the docu-series is where Baskin reportedly slipped up, as per him, reports the Mirror.
"When she was asked about threatening him before his disappearance, she compresses her lips. This is a universal sign that at that particular moment there's a narrative going on inside your head - there's something not being said here," he added.
"It's like she wants to say something but stops herself. We don't know what she wants to say but I would have noticed that and would have been questioning her about it," she continued. Baskin was also asked about a formal memorial for her missing husband when Durham notices that something is off.
"There's no looking down, when we're searching for emotion, we look down and we search for memories - but she looks straight ahead at the interviewer. Then she gives an interesting comment about staring at the death letter when it arrived in the morning and when she came around it was night - but doesn't tell us why and there's no emotion there, so what else was she thinking about?" he asked.
The police have not found any evidence that links Baskin to the death or disappearance of Lewis. Durham maintains that he cannot conclude whether she is actually guilty or not and is only operating from what he saw in the documentary.
Baskin currently lives with her second husband Howard Baskin and has slammed claims that she was involved in Lewis' death, calling it the "most ludicrous of all the lies and idiotic." She took to her Big Cat Rescue website and shared how disappointed she is.
"There are not words for how disappointing it is to see that the series not only does not do any of that, but has had the sole goal of being as salacious and sensational as possible to draw viewers. As part of that, it has a segment devoted to suggesting, with lies and innuendos from people who are not credible, that I had a role in the disappearance of my husband Don in 1997," Baskin wrote.
"The series presents this without any regard for the truth or in most cases even giving me an opportunity before publication to rebut the absurd claims. They did not care about truth. The unsavory lies are better for getting viewers," she added.