Carole Baskin sees herself as the victim in Netflix’s “Tiger King” — but armchair detectives and Twitter conspiracy theorists aren’t buying it.
The runaway hit docuseries centers on the eccentric title character, known as Joe Exotic, plotting to have Baskin, a big-cat conservator, murdered.
Days before the show took social media by storm, Baskin optimistically told The Post, “We’re hoping the film raises awareness.” She was referring to awareness about the mistreatment of lions and tigers.
However, the series raised a different kind of awareness that Baskin, 58, might not have anticipated. The narrative included details about the fact that Baskin’s first husband, Jack “Don” Lewis, disappeared under circumstances that some find to be