Don Lewis Household Triggered, Distressed by Resurfaced Report He lives

Don Lewis‘ household states they’re being re-traumatized merely due to the fact that somebody simply found an almost 18-month-old, unverified report declaring Carole Baskin‘s missing out on initially spouse lives and chillin’ on a beach.

Jack Smith, representative for the Lewis household, informs TMZ … Don’s children strongly think he’s dead, and it’s been very setting off for them to handle the fallout of the resurfaced report, which they state is phony.

We’re informed Don’s children are being flooded with calls from complete strangers and even member of the family congratulating them on discovering their daddy … which revives bad memories.

Social network began buzzing Wednesday over a 2021 interview with Carole about a supposed report the Dept. of Homeland Security discovered Don residing in Costa Rica. As we reported– at that time and now– that supposed report was included in the 2nd season of ‘Tiger King,’ so Don’s household has actually currently been down this roadway.

Don’s children inform TMZ … “While we would definitely invite fortunately of our Father being discovered alive, it’s just merely not real.”

The Lewis household states in late 1997, after Don went missing out on, the Hillsborough County Constable’s Workplace– which supervises of Don’s missing out on individual’s case– informed them a report existed from U.S. Customs specifying Don had actually been seen in Costa Rica.

The household states that triggered Don’s earliest child, Donna, and her spouse to take a trip to Costa Rica in November 1997, however they never ever discovered him.

We’re informed the Customs report is the exact same one displayed in ‘Tiger King’– the household thinks it was doctored to reference DHS rather of Custom-mades in order to support an incorrect story about what took place to Don.

As we formerly reported … Don’s still noted as a missing out on individual on a nationwide database, and, as a legal matter, has actually been presumed dead because 2002.