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Casey Anthony during her murder tiral in Orlando, Fla.
Lilia Luciano, NBC News correspondent
MIAMI -- Lies and imaginary friends permeated Casey Anthony’s first-degree murder trial this summer. Now that it’s over and Anthony roams free, the fantasies are coming back to haunt her.
A hearing is set to begin Friday morning in Orlando in which Judge Belvin Perry will put a price tag on her lies. He’ll decide how much, if anything, Anthony should reimburse the state of Florida and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office for the fruitless chases by investigators as they followed her made-up leads about the whereabouts of her daughter, Caylee, who was later found dead.
"Imaginary" people are also seeking damages.
A woman named Zenaida Gonzalez filed a defamation lawsuit claiming Casey Anthony stained her name when she used it to identify "Zanny the Nanny," whom she claimed kidnapped Caylee in 2008.
Anthony’s civil attorney. Charles Greene, claims the suit is unfounded since the name Casey Anthony gave officers back in 2008 was "Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez" and the plaintiff is named simply "Zenaida Gonzalez."
A common misconception when it comes to Hispanic names is that when faced with three names, many assume "the name in the middle" is a "middle name"… Wrong. In the case of "pretend-nanny" Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez, "Fernandez" would be her last name, her father’s name -- if, of course, she had been a real person. Gonzalez would have been her mother’s name.
Gonzalez "does not call herself Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez because that’s not her name … nor does she have a good claim for defamation being that she can’t point to any particular statement about her," Green says, adding that he’s confident the case won’t reach court.
For Gonzalez’s attorneys, the key is is the source of the name. They claim Casey snatched that name from a visitor log their client signed at the Sawgrass apartments in Orlando, the same place Anthony told police she had last seen Caylee alive, placing Gonzalez at what was then suspected to be a crime scene.
A judge ruled Thursday that Anthony must show her face Oct. 8 to give a deposition in the lawsuit. She’ll do so from an undisclosed location via videoconference, and her testimony will remain sealed for a month.
Anthony was acquitted of murder, but she was found guilty of providing false information to law enforcement; among those lies: the nanny tale. Now Anthony is appealing those charges, and her attorney says she’ll likely wield her Fifth Amendment right to avoid giving any statement on her video deposition.
If the lawsuit fails, as Anthony’s attorneys expect, we may never know just how much imagination went into Casey Anthony’s initial defense. If it goes to trial, actress Juliette Lewis, a name Anthony used for a make-believe co-worker, may also have a shot at cashing in on this unfortunate story.
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Casey Anthony is one lucky woman,so many things seem to go her way.This law suit will quite likely go no where.
@PoorPeopleFedUp - I agree with you. Fascinating how many decent people can't catch a break and here she is a prime example of just narrow escape after narrow escape. I just can't wait for her luck to run out. I hope the media covers that.
I'm sure most folks can't wait til she dies, hopefully brutal.
She disgusts me so much !!!!!!!!! How she can live with herself is beyond ANY compacity that I thought a normal human being can be!!!!!! I too hope she does not get one cent for a crime she commited. I am hoping and praying that her parents may have a wrongful death suit against her. I am a single mom who works hard to provide and PROTECT my sons and just the thought of her getting paid to KILL her beautiful daughter would kill part of me!!!!!
What's in a name for her? Well if her name were in the dictionary the definition out from it would be (Cay-see An-tho-knee) A cold,heartless,childish,lying,selfish,self-centered,partying,fame seeking,manipulating, child killing sl*t.
I agree with Warchief#1.....how else could you describe a person of such evil???????
Someone should just make her "disappear." I'm sick of hearing about this twat.
Rumor has it that she will be the headliner on next season's "Dancing With The Stars"
ive watched dancing since the 1st season and theyve had questionable people before but none on that level, if that rumor is found to be true at all, whether next season (as this upcoming season has been announced already) or a future season, i will never watch the show again.
PLEASE tell me you're being sarcastic, Chicago skeptic! Hard to tell on a message board!
I find it absolutely disgusting that anyone would refer to Casey Anthony as a "star". A STAR?! I believe she's a murderer, and at the very least, a lying, manipulative, pathetic excuse for a human being. I don't watch the show, but I would protest against it in a HUGE way if they helped to boost this monster's "fame".
She's proof that the Devil is alive and well on this planet, and she'll get out of the lawsuits too. Just watch. I agree with Utter Disbelief - how sad is it that the average person usually can't catch a break, but this pig gets away with EVERYTHING. However, I also believe that karma is a b!tch, and her day will come. If not in this life, then the next one.
"Skeptic" may have been employing a "bit" of sarcasm in his/her comment, but if such a "rumor" did happen to become fact, it wouldn't surprise me in the least: the public appetite, at least the American appetite, seems to be geared towards glorifying and paying a sick kind of homage to all the useless flotsam and jetsam that pass for "entertainment," including murderers and the cast of Jersey Shore.
Redeeming values such as integrity, honor, truthfulness and a willingness to help and in some way be responsible to society do very little towards titillating the general public's "thirst for knowledge." Give us destruction, murder and mayhem, public self abasement by rock and screen "stars,", illicit sexual liaisons, divorce of the rich and famous, ad nauseam..........THOSE are the "newsworthy" stories the American psyche craves! So, yeah......I could believe Casey Anthony would, at some point, turn up on "DWTS," or even be a guest "star" on Jersey Shore.....she's a bit old to be on the show glorifying the drug using, sleeping around, ever popular, "Teen Mom." But if it she could pull it off, probably half the people in this country who claim to hate her would STILL watch her!
only one name for her c--t
Uh......er....."curt"?
What i"d like to know, is what makes Casey Anthony so special that shes getting special treatment, and the average Joe like you and me would still b in jail for the crimes that she committed and was found guilty of. I am embarrassed as an american that our judiciary system has turned out to b so crooked and put together poorly. I feel like theres no such thing as real justice in our courtrooms anymore. When a defense attorney can push the theory of "beyond a reasonable doubt" over and over and over to the point that the actual facts are forgotten and swept under the jurys rug! Then we have a serious problem fellow Americans.
Delbert,
Your comment:
When a defense attorney can push the theory of "beyond a reasonable doubt" over and over and over to the point that the actual facts are forgotten and swept under the jurys rug! Then we have a serious problem fellow Americans.
Exclamation point, exclamation point, exclamation point!
It wouldn't take an attorney to win on 'reasonable doubt' in that case. The prosecution didn't have the evidence, and brought the charges hoping to win on emotion rather than evidence.
Right there with you Sandra and Delbert!
Case in point: Scott Peterson-pretty much the same type of evidence and less of it! and he was sentenced to death.
PM NYC - EXACTLY what I was thinking. I've been saying that since the trial began - they had less evidence on Scott Peterson, and the jury convicted him, so Casey WILL be found guilty, right?! Wrong. She got away with murder. And she knows it. And most of the world knows it. And I hope she NEVER EVER is allowed to live a "normal" life. Did her baby daughter get to live a normal life?
And again, no evidence was ever presented that she was the one who murdered the girl, It was all speculation. Now if any of you have evidence that shows her to be the on who murdered the child then present it. There is no law that says she can't party her rearend off. Maybe just maybe she thought her child being cared for, who knows the truth other than her and god or possibly someone else who had something to do with it.
Our judicial system has become a joke.
Murderer's walk free due to legalese (remember OJ?) - and a child's murder goes unpunished.
At the very least she should have been found guilty of manslaughter and child abuse.
The fact she walked away a free person while her daughter is dead at the tender age of three - makes me sick to my stomach.
Where is the justice for Caylee?
Our entire country should be ashamed.
What a colossal waste of taxpayer money. She has no resources so even if they say she owes 700,000 it cannot be collected. And how much will they waste of taxpayer's money to get a judgement that is nothing more than a piece of paper.
Why not go after Bush and Cheney for their imaginary WMD's that we launched a war for. They at least have money to that can be paid pack to the US Treasury.
This woman is a nut case and we all need to let God and her conscience take care of her.
What will god do? strike her down with lighting, maybe drop a piano on the biach!
Donald -- I wonder how many talk shows are trying to get her on. There's potential money there. What about a book or movie? Unfortunately, there are people who will watch and read this kind of stuff. As far as her conscience is concerned, obviously, she has none. And I wouldn't bet on God. Assuming there was a god, why would he/she have let this happen in the first place?? Pretty cruel, wouldn't you say?
Susi-Oh, what about a bankruptcy before she decides to do any of the above mentioned. I am sure her attorneys are advising her.
well Donald, the thing is, she will most likely have the money to pay these fines. theres already been a few different publishing companys that have offerred to buy the rights to her story. so not only is she getting away with "it". she will probably make millions on a book deal. How sick and twisted is that! Ijust hope the American public is smart enough not to buy it.
According to this morning's local news Casey Anthony will invoke her 5th amendment right at the deposition for all questions. Looks like another big waste of time for all involved.
@Donald - she may not currently have any resources, but at some point it's likely she will. She'll either write a book, give an interview or approve a movie about her life. Then she'll have money and that's what anyone looking to sue is hoping for. I'm sure the attorneys representing those people will ask that any future wages be set aside for the plaintiffs.
The only way she'll make money off of her story is if people are willing to pay for it. The only way they would be willing to pay for it is if they have reason to believe their customers will shell out their own good money and/or TV viewing time to see it. Whose fault is it ultimately? The citizens of this land of ours. If she writes a book, anyone who buys it is responsible for putting money in her pocket. If she gets paid for an interview, it is thanks to the people who will watch it. If she makes a mint on a movie, you only have the ticket buyers to blame. These people only thrive in the media because WE let them. Ignore her. Tune her out. Make it clear to book publishers, paying media venues and movie makers that they won't get a dime of our hard earned money for her story.
News articles are admittedly not much better -- they run the stories because they know people will buy their newspapers or watch their broadcast to get the latest dirt -- so, yes, I get the irony of my above statement given that it is connected to a news article about her which I clearly read. But at least in this case, no money goes her way directly because I read or commented on the article -- and I paid no money to anyone to read it on-line.
Absolutely right. I don't get why anyone would pay to see or hear or read anything she does and says. It would all be lies, lies, lies, so what would be the point? There's nothing she's going to say that's any different from what she's already been spewing. It's not like she'd be confessing or dropping huge bombshells or anything. NOTHING this monster says is truthful - if Casey said the sky was blue, I'd go out and take another look.
@saddened - you might not buy her book and I wouldn't either, but there are many people who would. Even those that claim to despise her and believe she's guilty. It's the morbid curiosity people have. Any book would contain the same old lies and probably some new ones. She will never reveal what happened to Caylee and we can only assume that the prosecution got it right. Sad, but true.
This lady is so hot.................so close to perfections....every woman should strive for the looks, attitude and sexeness this love goddess has...................I LOve You CAsey.........I love You...............
@Thomas Jefferson-4016853
Sick and twisted much? Seriously, some people in this world just astound me (and not in the good way).
You're really kind of sick.
Thomas, you are so sick!
...and the people giving thumbs up! Where is the thumbs down button?
Thomas, you my friend are my hero. Ha!
Yeh, Tommy Boy, but you'll never have children that live beyond the age of 2...good for you, you shouldn't procreate anyway...
Who said anyone wanted children?
Thomas Jefferson::: You either are one PSYCHOTIC case or your girl friend has made you a member of the NONE club and you'll go for anything that has a pussy. And there is no doubt that bich has a BIG pussy. And BTW-- looks and sexiness don't amount to a hill of beans. What is inside does, and neither you nor she have anything inside you but screwed-up ideas.
Anthony will be harassed and reviled for the rest of her life. GOOD.
This lady is so hot.................so close to perfections....every woman should strive for the looks, attitude and sexeness this love goddess has...................I LOve You CAsey.........I love You...............
She was found not guilty by a jury of her peers. Leave her alone. It is now a moot point. What the country thinks doesn't matter and shouldn't matter. If the press would stay out of her life that would be real justice. (not that I think it's likely)
Agree about the press, but I still think the jury was on some kind of TV drug that made them think they needed to have a film of Casey killing the child in order to convict. Lacy Peterson- no cause of death determined.
Hey Mags, put those peers where the sun don't shine
What kind of life is she gonna have if she has to stay in hidding all the rest of her life? She deserves every crappy thing that happens to her. I hope she can never show her face again. People wont forget what she did easily or any thime soon.
Casey you are so beautiful.....................we love you CAsey...........................
I find it funny when people fall in love with people that have been proven or largely suspected of killing loved ones...O.J. Simpson, men who's last three wives mysteriously died, etc. Oh, but they would NEVER do that to me. Sounds like the Aruba murder may be looking for a new love interest!
I find it funny when people fall for what Thomas Jefferson is saying, when it's obvious he's just pulling everyone's chain.
That said, if hate and anger could be used as a fuel source, this forum's comments could provide a lot of it. Rest assured that Anthony's life is forever changed, and not for the better. She most probably got away with something, just like OJ, but that doesn't mean she's going to have an incredibly happy and successful life from now on. She'll be forever shunned and isolated. And think about that... who would want to be in her shoes?
TJ::: Speak for yourself.
She is bad but lets not forget the lies Jose Bias told about George Anthony in defending her..No wonder people have such a low opinion of lawyers!
It is not fair to paint all lawyers with the same tainted brush. That's like saying some construction workers cut corners to pad their profit margin, so they are all bad. Doesn't make much sense, does it?
You sound like her kind of man!
I read a blog about her and someone said she had a horse face. Now I can see it!
Thomas Jefferson-4016853
Did you love her before or after her child died or better when her lawyer call her a slut and liar?????
Another uncouth and nutty groupie on the internet professing their imaginary love.
Like the book "Clan of the Cave Bear" at the end of the book the clan declares Ayla to be dead and to all of them she is dead. That is what we need to do with Casey Anthony, declare her non-existent and don't let her exist in the media. We need to boycott any program that addresses her as a human or person of interest. She doesn't deserve any media attention, good or bad. She isn't newsworthy nor does she deserve to be mentioned in a casual conversastion. I declare her dead and may she be driven into the sewers with the rest of her souless rat species.
I would go more with the Octo-mom approach. She thought she would be rich and famous but everyone treated her like she had leprosy and she is broke and doing PETA ads to neuter your pet for money!!
cool!
She is going to wait for all these bills to be set and then she will hire a bankruptcy attorney. When that is all finished she will wait the full year that she needs to wait so that the trustee can't claw any money back from her. When all the above is done and the time is past she will then try and make book deals or movie deals etc. Maybe even porn. She would be a fool to do it now before she can set her self up and remove these bills she is facing.
I am sure her legal council is already advising her of that.
I was hoping after the media overkill of her criminal trial, we'd hear the last of her. Apparently not. Some folks just can't seem to get enough of this worthless person.
Grandmother are you sure it was the face & not the other end.
Future earnings are garnished.
Vindictive prosecution in Florida is the status quo, and these other folks -- "cashing in"... says it all.
This case should not be allowed to go to trial...
Vindictive? Those are taxpayer dollars she allowed to be squandered knowing damn well the child was dead. They should garnish he future earnings until every penny is returned to the tax base.