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First Name: Howard Middle Name: Gene Last Name: Baskin Date of Birth: 5/13/1950 Location: Tampa, Florida Spouse: Carole Anne Baskin Occupation: CFO of Big Cat Rescue Corp. |
Assaulting A Young Female Animal Trainer?
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A couple of years ago my family and I were working at a fair in Florida. All the sudden we heard someone yell and we saw a guy running from behind our trailers and trucks were no one is supposed to be. We yelled for the man to stop but he knew he had been spotted and kept on running. He threw a chair down to block our path when we took off running after him.
We screamed for security and they also yelled at the man to stop. He not only refused to stop but was running as if he had stole something or had just vandalized the trucks he was spotted behind. He kept throwing down chairs as he ran, trying to block the way as my dad and security continued in pursuit. I managed to cut him off in the building and stood in front of him with my arms outstretched, blocking him for security, but he kept coming towards me and forcibly shoved me in my chest. Then my dad jumped in front of him and he shoved my dad into the wall so my dad shoved him back. The man then called 911. During all of this and while on the phone to 911 the man kept yelling, "help me the tiger trainers are beating me"! The man continued running to the parking lot after shoving me and my dad out of his way even though the police were also now screaming for him to stop. When he refused the police orders to stop and tried to get away they then brought in the swat team. |
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The vehicle the man ran to was not his own so he was unable to open the door. The police caught up with him and made him go to his vehicle where he had covered the license plate with a towel. He was dressed in a CVS pharmacy outfit and we had no idea who he was until the police questioned him to get his side of the story.
He attempted to lie and say that we had beat him up and referenced his 911 call, but he had made the mistake of shoving both me and my father in front of witnesses, one of these being an off duty police officer. The police were going back and forth between my dad and the man trying to get information when one of them mistakenly called my dad Mr. Baskin. When they said the name my dad was not familiar with it but I heard the name and knew: the fleeing man who shoved me and my dad and who refused to stop on orders from the police and who had attempted to escape in a car with a concealed license plate.... was Howard Baskin, husband of Carole Baskin.
The police knocked the towel off Howard's license plate and sure enough, it said "Big Cat Rescue". They also made him take off his hat and I realized it really was Howard, even though prior to the fair starting, Howard and Carole had both been told they were not welcome on fair property.
The fair management and their attorneys wanted to handle pressing charges against Howard so I don't know how far they went with it. What I do know is that Howard Baskin was attempting to play the victim when several people, including a law enforcement officer, saw him lay his hands on both me and my dad.
Felicia Frisco
Nov 30, 2015
He attempted to lie and say that we had beat him up and referenced his 911 call, but he had made the mistake of shoving both me and my father in front of witnesses, one of these being an off duty police officer. The police were going back and forth between my dad and the man trying to get information when one of them mistakenly called my dad Mr. Baskin. When they said the name my dad was not familiar with it but I heard the name and knew: the fleeing man who shoved me and my dad and who refused to stop on orders from the police and who had attempted to escape in a car with a concealed license plate.... was Howard Baskin, husband of Carole Baskin.
The police knocked the towel off Howard's license plate and sure enough, it said "Big Cat Rescue". They also made him take off his hat and I realized it really was Howard, even though prior to the fair starting, Howard and Carole had both been told they were not welcome on fair property.
The fair management and their attorneys wanted to handle pressing charges against Howard so I don't know how far they went with it. What I do know is that Howard Baskin was attempting to play the victim when several people, including a law enforcement officer, saw him lay his hands on both me and my dad.
Felicia Frisco
Nov 30, 2015
