Casey Anthony: Is next case headed to Tallahassee? Jacksonville? - Hal

Casey Anthony: Is next case headed to Tallahassee? Jacksonville?
posted by halboedeker on October, 30 2012 2:17 PM

Where will Zenaida Gonzalez’s defamation suit against Casey Anthony be heard?

The attorneys for both sides argued the change-of-venue issue Tuesday. Gonzalez says her life was ruined when she was linked to the disappearance of Caylee Anthony. Casey Anthony was acquitted of murder last year in the death of her daughter.

At noon Tuesday, WESH-Channel 2’s Bob Kealing reported that Anthony’s attorneys want the civil trial moved north and listed the order of their preferences: Tallahassee, Jacksonville or Pensacola.

Kealing focused on an irony in the change-of-venue issue. “It’s interesting that Anthony’s defense team, after so hard and so long trying to distance themselves from the criminal case, they said that Judge Belvin Perry’sruling on the venue issue from the criminal trial still holds here,” Kealing said. “He said that Casey Anthony could not get a fair trial from the citizens of Orange County. There’s just been too much publicity.”

And that still was true, Anthony’s attorneys said. Gonzalez’s attorneys raised one issue.

“Gonzalez’s lawyers say if it’s moved, Casey should pick up the tab, not the taxpayers, even if Casey claims to be broke,” WFTV-Channel 9 anchor Vanessa Echols said.

“If she claims poor, poor me, then our position is then it ought to be here. You shouldn’t be able to pass that tab off to other people,” Gonzalez attorney Keith Mitnik said.

Judge Lisa Munyon will issue a written order on the change of venue. The trial is set for Jan. 2.

Where do you predict the case will be heard?

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