Casey Anthony stays mum in deposition
Casey Anthony, the Florida mother acquitted of killing her child, refused to answer most questions during a video deposition on Saturday in a civil defamation case filed by a woman who claims Anthony ruined her life.
Zenaida Gonzalez claims in her defamation suit that her life was ruined after Anthony falsely told investigators someone by that name kidnapped her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.
Anthony, 25, was acquitted in July of murdering Caylee but found guilty of lying to investigators. At trial, her attorney said Caylee died in 2008 in an accidental drowning in the family’s backyard pool, and Zenaida Gonzalez was a figment of Anthony’s imagination.
Gonzalez’s lawyers contend Anthony obtained their client’s name and details from a visitor card filled out by Gonzalez at an Orlando apartment complex.
Anthony, wearing a baseball hat and big sunglasses, appeared for Saturday’s deposition via a video-conference arranged for her protection.
She has been living at a secret location while serving a year of probation on check fraud charges, a condition granted by a judge because of threats and public anger after her acquittal.
Orlando attorney John Morgan, who represents Gonzalez, said Anthony appeared to be unhappy and angry during the 45-minute deposition.
“You could see where there’s points where she starts to hyperventilate, nostrils flaring. But there was never an outburst,” he told Reuters…