Friday, April 13, 2012

In Close Parallel To Amanda Knox, Casey Anthony Faces Court Action For Falsely Fingering Another

Posted by Peter Quennell



Both recent images. Above the plaintiff Zenaida Gonzalez; below the defendant Casey Anthony


Amanda Knox provisionally got off on the main count (the murder of Meredith) but anyway was sentenced to three years (which she served) for fingering Patrick Lumumba.

Casey Anthony definitively got off on the main count (murdering her infant daughter Caylee, see previous posts) but anyway was sentenced to some time in prison for time-wasting and expensive misleading of the police officers.

She received no sentence for falsely fingering a nanny, Zenaida Gonzalez, for making off with Caylee, and as she had never even met Zenaida Gonzalez it is unclear how she came up with Zenaida’s name.

The Orlando Sentinel reports an issue is whether or not Anthony identified Gonzalez specifically enough when she talked to her parents when they visited her in jail.

Anthony’s attorney said details offered by Anthony did not match Fernandez-Gonzalez and clearly showed Anthony wasn’t talking about her. Gonzalez’s attorneys say she still was damaged as the only person with that name interviewed by investigators.

Fernandez-Gonzalez had never met Anthony. Investigators believe Anthony may have seen the name on an apartment rental application.

During Anthony’s trial last year, her attorney Jose Baez said Anthony made up the story about the babysitter and that Caylee truly drowned in the family pool. Anthony was acquitted of murder and other serious charges.

Nevertheless, yesterday a judge in Orlando, Florida, ruled that Zenaida Gonzalez may sue Casey Anthony for defamation of character, and the case is scheduled for January 2013.

In Amanda Knox’s case she absolutely did know Patrick Lumumba, her kindly employer who gave her a job without a work permit, and she and her mother let him languish in prison for several weeks.

Pretty hard to look worse than Casey Anthony, but in her cruel act of framing Patrick, Amanda Knox certainly does.


Posted by Peter Quennell on 04/13/12 at 06:28 PM in Various hypotheses,  Pondering motive,  The psychology,  The judical timeline,  The legal followups,  The wider contexts,  N America context

Comments

Latest news on Casey Anthony: http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2012/04/where_is_casey_anthony_now_sti.php

Therapy. Hmmm. What could that be for. And it appears she is living in a Florida church (that is what it says) and wants to receive baptism.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/322382/20120401/casey-anthony-staying-clean-drugs-alcohol-still.htm

“Caylee’s Law” is now law in Florida. If a child goes missing the parent MUST report that within a matter of hours. Other states will follow suit.

Posted by Peter Quennell on 04/13/12 at 07:47 PM | #

This happened on the way to Casey Anthony being required to defend herself against Zenaida’s suit.

Posted by Peter Quennell on 04/14/12 at 12:15 AM | #
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