The claws are out for Tiger King 2.
Carole Baskin, founder of the nonprofit organization Big Cat Rescue, is suing streaming giant Netflix and Royal Goode Productions to stop them from using interviews and footage involving her in the upcoming sequel. The lawsuit, filed Nov. 1 in Tampa, Florida, said she and her husband were led to believe their footage would only be used in a single documentary, according to the Associated Press.
“The Baskins believed that any sequel, though odious, would not include any of their footage,” the lawsuit reads. “Tiger King I was particularly harsh and unfair in its depictions of the Baskins and Big Cat Rescue.”
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Netflix objected to the lawsuit, saying the Baskins explicitly agreed in written releases that all their interviews and footage could be used in future projects. The Baskins “have no claim at all, much less one that can evade defendants’ First Amendment protections.”
The Baskins are suing Netflix and Real Goode Productions for $100,000 in damages, according to the New York Daily News.
The Tiger King sequel was first announced on Sept. 23. The projected release date is Nov. 17.
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The lawsuit comes a week after Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic, announced he has “aggressive cancer.” The former zookeeper, made famous from his feud with Baskin, as seen in Tiger King, revealed the news on social media, asking for prayer and his supporters to push for his release from prison.
Maldonado-Passage was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison after being convicted of violating federal wildlife laws and being involved in a failed murder-for-hire plot to kill Baskin.
Netflix did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
