A YouTube video is circulating on the Net that features Casey Anthony, an Orlando, Florida, woman who in 2011 was acquitted of murdering her daughter, Caylee. The young woman in the video is sporting a short blonde hairstyle and eyeglasses. In it, Anthony says that she is "very excited" to appear on the video.
Attorneys who are suing Anthony hope to use this video in their lawsuit. According to media sources, Anthony is maintaining memoirs and notes for future counseling. Morgan and Morgan, the law firm that is suing Anthony on behalf of Zenaida Gonzalez, is planning to reopen their push to force Anthony to talk without invoking her Fifth Amendment rights. The firm issued this statement: This video is a preview of everything we predicted she would do in court. Speak when it's for profit. She has gamed the system. We will be renewing our motion to have her testify. Justice moves slowly sometimes but we remain vigilant. I guess her objection to filing her deposition with the court for safety concerns due to the disclosure of her appearance was a sham upon the court. I don't think this well respected and thoughtful judge will be happy or amused.
According to Anthony's attorneys, she did not upload the video to YouTube, nor did she authorize anyone to do it. Mason says whoever leaked the video did it illegally or criminally. The 4-minute, 20-second video was posted on January 4 and features a woman who gives the date as Thursday, October 13, 2011.
"So this is my first video diary," Anthony says, but does not mention the criminal case that galvanized television viewers the world over. She does mention she could get off probation as soon as February of this year.
Casey Anthony began serving probation in July for lying to law enforcement, but she was sentenced to one year.
Anthony said she is excited about recording more videos and plans to take pictures:
It's been a long time since I've been able to call something mine, that I have something -- even as silly as saying I have a computer, and a camera and a phone,
Granted, I wouldn't have the phone without [name edited out of video] and I've actually now paid for my computer. The camera was a gift. These are things that are mine, that I don't have to give back.
Anthony does not reveal her location in the video. The last confirmed sighting of Anthony in public was July 17, 2011, the day she walked out of the Orange County Jail.
(2011 photo of Casey Anthony released by Sheriff's department)
Mark Lippman, the attorney who represents George and Cindy Anthony, Casey's parents, issued the following statement: Cindy and George were made aware of the video diary of their daughter this morning, January 5th 2012. They are concerned that the release of this video or any future videos could endanger their daughter. Cindy and George hope that Casey remains safe wherever she may be.
Anthony has been the subject of death threats and overwhelming attention ever since the incidents of 2008, in which her daughter first disappeared and whose body was later found in still unresolved circumstances. Zenaida Gonzalez is suing Anthony for defamation for having been linked to the little girl's tragic disappearance and death.
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