Now that they see these tapes of Casey telling her father he's a wonderful father. She loves him. He's a great grandfather, her buddy -- this really raises questions -- is she such a liar that she's made up the entire story of abuse, because the evidence in the tapes indicates that she has a good relationship with her father. But, would a girl who was abused so beyond the pale that she can't tell the truth about her own daughter's drowning really be speaking this way to her father this way in jailhouse tapes?
Jordan says Anthony doesn't have to testify but, "All the analysts are agreeing that her attorney has put so much out there that she has got to take the stand to explain her position.
To argue that her father sexually abused her, to explain her behavior in the 31 days, to explain her pathological lying. But what she has to do is say, 'Yes, I have lied about everything in the past. But now, for the first time ever, I'm telling the truth.
Please enter email address to continue. Please enter valid email address to continue. For many of the Americans compulsively following the televised murder trial of Casey Anthony, a Florida mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, the verdict handed down on Tuesday was a stunner: Not guilty on all but four counts of lying to the police. Anthony faces up to four years in prison when she's sentenced on Wednesday, though she's already served roughly three years.
Prosecutors had argued that Anthony, 25, drugged, suffocated, and discarded her daughter so she could resume a boisterous social life. The unconvinced jury reached its unanimous decision in a short 11 hours of deliberation.
What can we learn from this high-profile trial, and its verdict? Here, five lessons:. Could Casey Anthony be a pathological liar? Its definitely possible. Crying Without Tears.
Youth Are Our Best Liars. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. The Anthonys asked for privacy "to reflect on this verdict and decide the best way to move forward. Jury selection was moved to Pinellas County because of extensive publicity surrounding the case in the Orlando area, and the jurors have been sequestered in an Orlando hotel for the trial.
The proceedings stretched to more than six weeks and featured allegations of sexual abuse, questions regarding Casey Anthony's competence and various theories on what happened to Caylee. Casey Anthony, 25, was charged with seven counts -- first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer in Caylee's disappearance and death.
Caylee was last seen June 16, , but was not reported missing until July 15, , when Casey Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, tracked her daughter down and demanded answers regarding Caylee's whereabouts. Prosecutors alleged Casey Anthony used chloroform to render her daughter unconscious and then duct-taped her mouth and nose to suffocate her. They alleged that she put the child's body in the trunk of her car for a few days before disposing of it.
Caylee's skeletal remains were discovered December 11, , by former Orange County meter reader Roy Kronk. Casey Anthony's defense attorneys maintained that Caylee was not murdered at all. They said the child drowned in the Anthony's above-ground pool on July 16, and that Casey Anthony and her father, George Anthony, panicked upon finding her there and covered up the death.
George Anthony denied that in his testimony. The defense also attempted to cast suspicion on Kronk, the meter reader. Defense attorneys asserted that he had found Caylee's remains months earlier than he claimed and that he hid them before placing them where they were found. He did that, they claimed, just before notifying authorities in an effort to cash in on the high-profile case.
Kronk denied those allegations, according to his attorney. He testified on the stand that after calling police three times in August to report something suspicious in the woods, a deputy met him at the scene and "chewed me out," telling him he was wasting the county's time.
He said he dropped the matter after that until he revisited the scene in December and found Caylee's skull. Prosecutors pointed to Casey Anthony's behavior during the 31 days before Caylee was reported missing as evidence of her guilt. According to testimony, Casey Anthony was not looking frantically for her missing child as she later told police. Instead, she moved out of her parents' home and stayed with her then-boyfriend, Tony Lazzaro.
She also got a tattoo saying "Bella Vita" -- Italian for "beautiful life" -- and went shopping, witnesses said. She also partied at Orlando nightclubs and participated in a "hot body" contest at one point, according to testimony. Lazzaro and other friends and acquaintances of Casey Anthony's testified that at no time during that month did she tell anyone her daughter was missing or ask for help, and she did not seem anxious or sad.
When asked where Caylee was, she told them the child was with her nanny, a woman named Zenaida Gonzalez. She told her parents other stories, including that she and Caylee were in Jacksonville staying with a wealthy suitor, Jeffrey Hopkins. Authorities never found the nanny. They found a woman named Zenaida Gonzalez, who denied ever meeting the Anthonys and later sued for defamation. A man named Jeffrey Hopkins took the stand and said he was an acquaintance of Anthony but that the two had never dated.
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