Casey Anthony Reveals New Theory for Caylee’s Death

Jan 112012
 

Red Huber-Pool/Getty Images(ORLANDO, Fla.) — In jailhouse interviews with two psychiatrists, Casey Anthony revealed yet a different theory for how her 2-year-old daughter Caylee may have died.

Anthony, 25, told two doctors in separate interviews that she suspects her father George Anthony took the little girl from the bed mother and daughter shared, had some sort of sexual episode with her, and then drowned her to cover it up.

“She said, ‘I think he held her underwater, maybe he was doing something to her and he tried to cover it up,’” Dr. Jeffery Danziger recalled Anthony saying in his deposition that was released Wednesday.

Anthony told Danziger that she called her mother Cindy Anthony four times, but could not reach her. It was not until several hours later that her mother called back and, at that point, a shocked Anthony “froze.”

“I hoped he’d step up to be my dad and take responsibility,” she told Danziger.

Danziger said Anthony implied that her father’s eventual suicide attempt was “his way out of the grief or guilt and I’m left to take the wrap [sic].”

“This was said with a measure of anger,” the doctor said, and said she added, “I’ll be damned if I take responsibility for this.”

George Anthony’s attorney Mark Lippman issued a statement Wednesday saying that Anthony was “made aware of these statements in the deposition prior to the trial of his daughter in 2011 and no new information has been disclosed today.”

“As he has repeatedly said prior to the trial, during the trial and after the trial he never molested any member of his family including Casey Anthony and he had nothing to do with the death of Caylee Marie Anthony including what happened to her remains after she allegedly drowned,” Lippman wrote.

Anthony conceded to the doctor that she eventually told her mother “everything but the truth,” but couldn’t explain why. She said that she really didn’t know at the time what had ultimately happened to Caylee.

“I was hoping she [Caylee] was somewhere, that she was still okay,” Danziger recalled her saying.

For months after Anthony was confronted with Caylee’s disapearance, Casey Anthony insisted her daughter had been kidnapped by a fictitious babysitter. At the opening of her murder trial, her lawyer admitted the child hadn’t been kidnapped, but had drowned in the family’s pool.

Anthony was acquitted of killing Caylee during a sensational trial last summer.

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More Casey Anthony Videos and Pictures Surface

Jan 072012
 

ABC News(ORLANDO, Florida) — Casey Anthony, the Florida mother who was acquitted last summer of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, has showed up in what appears to be yet another video online.

This time, Anthony is sporting a different look from the videos that emerged earlier this week.

On the latest tape, which was posted on Twitter, she brags about her piercings, but says nothing about Caylee or her family. “I pierced my nose last night…Very excited,” she said in the video.

Earlier this week, Anthony’s video diary was discovered on YouTube, thrusting Anthony back in the spotlight after six months of hiding out.

Photos have since appeared online showing Anthony in several locations including a bar or restaurant. Anthony was famously photographed in bars during the months that her daughter was dead and she hadn’t told anyone.

When confronted about Caylee’s disappearance, Anthony initially claimed that a phantom babysitter had stolen Caylee. At her trial, her lawyer said that Caylee drowned in the family pool.

Anthony sports a restyled short bob, transitioning from a brunette to a blonde in the photos and the video diary.

In her video diary, she spoke about her new pet dog, buying a computer and the optimism she feels about her future.

“The good thing is things are starting to look up and things are starting to change in a good way. Let’s just hope they stay, that things stay good and that they only get better,” she says before adding with a whisper, “They’ll only get better.”

Anthony’s defense attorney Cheney Mason says that Anthony was not responsible for posting the video to YouTube, saying the material was mean to be private and part of counseling.

“Casey has been keeping notes and memoirs, particularly for her personal use for future counseling. This will help her remember her thought processes,” Mason said in a statement. “She did not upload or publish this to YouTube. She does not know who did it. When they did it. Why they did it. It was not authorized; therefore it had to be obtained criminally by an illegal act.”

Anthony’s parents, George and Cindy Anthony, were also taken by surprise with the video’s appearance.

“Cindy and George were made aware of the video diary of their daughter this morning, January 5, 2012,” their attorney Mark Lippman said in a statement.

“They are concerned that the release of this video or any future videos could endanger their daughter,” he wrote. “Cindy and George hope that Casey remains safe wherever she may be.”

Cindy and George Anthony have a famously tense relationship with their daughter, a family drama that played out in public during Casey Anthony’s murder trial.

The parents were divided regarding their daughter and what happened to their granddaughter Caylee.

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Can Casey Anthony Find Redemption?

Jan 062012
 

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Casey Anthony’s sudden reemergence via an online video journal, in which she speaks of the optimism she feels about her future, has sparked controversy across the web and left many wondering if it’s possible for the 25-year-old acquitted of killing her daughter to find redemption.

In the black and white video diary posted to YouTube on Thursday, Anthony, sporting a new blonde bob and thick-framed glasses, spoke about her life in hiding, her new pet dog, buying a computer and her excitement for her future.

Late Thursday, a second clip emerged, reportedly from the same user that posted the first clip, featuring a stream of never-before-seen photographs of Anthony supposedly taken while she has been in hiding.

“Casey Anthony is in hiding.  These are photos that Casey gave to her ‘friends’ online,” the text accompanying the video from user ameliathenbrooks1 states.

“[The first clip] is almost like a therapy session, in a lot of ways.  ‘I am feeling better … got a dog, love my dog.’  This was really her attempt at catharsis,” Howard Bragman, a veteran Hollywood publicist, told ABC News.

The video, in which she states it is Oct. 13, is the first time the public has heard Anthony speak since a Florida jury found her not guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee.  Anthony’s highly publicized trial and July acquittal gripped the nation and left millions of people feeling that the Orlando, Fla. mother got away with murder.

“I’m extremely excited that I’ll be able to keep a video log, take some pictures and have something that I can finally call mine,” Anthony says in the video.  “I know it’s going to be a while since I leave, I’ll be here for many, many months more — even if I’m only here for six months, even if I get off probation early.”

Not once in the clip does Anthony mention her dead daughter Caylee.

The whereabouts of where the video was shot is unclear, although it is known that she is currently serving one year of probation in Florida for a check fraud conviction.

Bragman, who is now vice-chairman of Reputation.com, an online service that helps people downplay harsh things that have been written about them on the Internet, says, “If this was her attempt to tell her own story for public consumption, she did it badly.  If something bad about you is online, there is not statute — it’s like herpes.  It’s something you have to live with for the rest of your life.”

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Restyled Casey Anthony Makes Video Debut

Jan 052012
 

ABC News(NEW YORK) — A restyled Casey Anthony has made a public debut, speaking publicly for the first time since being released from jail in a video diary.

“The good thing is things are starting to look up and things are starting to change in a good way.  Let’s just hope they stay, that things stay good and that they only get better,” she says before adding with a whisper, “They’ll only get better.”

ABC News confirmed from a source close to Anthony that the video was genuine.

In the Oct. 13 video, Anthony, 25, sports a bleached blonde bob that is dramatically different from the long, dark hair she often wore in a ponytail during her sensational murder trial which ended in her acquittal.  She also wears dark-rimmed glasses and a white tank top and sits in what appears to be a leather office chair in a wood-paneled den or office with photos on the wall.

“There really hasn’t been that much going on except now for this and, you know, I’m extremely excited,” Anthony says.  “I’m extremely excited that I’ll be able to Skype and obviously keep a video log, take some pictures and then I have something that I can finally call mine.”

Anthony was acquitted last July of murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee, but was convicted on four counts of lying to law enforcement for claiming that 2-year-old Caylee had been kidnapped by a babysitter.  She is currently serving one year of probation in Florida for a check fraud conviction.

After being released from jail, Anthony went into hiding amid death threats from people who were shocked that she was not convicted of killing her daughter.

In the video, Anthony alternates between seeming relaxed and happy with being pensive and serious.  She expresses excitement with her new video blog.

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“This has just been such a blessing in so many ways and now I, in some ways, have someone to talk to when I’m by myself so I’m not bothering the poor dog who I’ve adopted and I love and he’s as much my dog as any of the other pets I’ve ever had,” she says.

Anthony does not mention her daughter or her parents during the video blog.  She is estranged from her parents who made it clear that she cannot come home after Anthony’s lawyer accused her father of molesting her as a child and helping to dispose of Caylee’s body.

Anthony must stay in Florida as she serves out her year-long probation and checks in monthly with a probation officer.  There is a possibility that she could get off probation early, but she says in the video, “It’s going to be a while [before] I leave.”

After speaking on and off for just over four minutes, Anthony signs off, but not before suggesting that there will be more to come from her.

“So, this is the end of my first video log.  I’ll probably do another one later…maybe I’ll bring the dog, who knows?” Anthony says.  “But this is again the first of many and I’m looking forward to this.  It’s going to be scary because I hate being on camera, but, I don’t know, I need to conquer that fear at some point…this is a good start.  So, here’s hoping.  It’s the end of the first, just the beginning.”

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