Casey Anthony: ‘She certainly seems to have picked up the pieces of her life’ - Hal

Casey Anthony: ‘She certainly seems to have picked up the pieces of her life’
posted by halboedeker on February, 3 2013 2:31 PM

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How about that photo of Casey Anthony at the beach?

“She certainly seems to have picked up the pieces of her life and moved forward,” WFTV-Channel 9 legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said Sunday on “Central Florida Spotlight.” “She has a very strong support group. Surprising to me, by the way, was the fact that there’s been this reconciliation with her father who she accused of sexually molesting her over a long period of time.”

Sheaffer said one of the biggest surprises in Anthony’s bankruptcy filing was that George Anthony seems to be supporting his daughter.

The surprise on “Central Florida Spotlight” was that Sheaffer, a familiar presence for years during WFTV’s Anthony coverage, had some surprisingly upbeat comments about Anthony and her team. He had negative ones, too, but the positive ones stood out.

Sheaffer answered moderator Greg Warmoth’s questions about the bankruptcy and speculated what could happen next. As always, the Anthony saga opens itself to speculation because of the timing of events and because the people in her camp frequently send conflicting signals.

Anthony’s filing for bankruptcy is limited to her assets and obligations, Sheaffer stressed, and has nothing to do with anyone who could be supporting her.

The suits of Zenaida Gonzalez and Roy Kronk against Anthony are “dead in the water” unless the bankruptcy judge throws them a lifeline, Sheaffer said. Bankruptcy stays all pending lawsuits, he noted.

But Sheaffer predicted that attorneys for Kronk and Gonzalez will attend a hearing that the bankruptcy court will hold.

Sheaffer predicted three possible outcomes:

1. The Kronk and Gonzalez attorneys will ask the bankruptcy judge to hear the suits to determine if their clients have been injured.

2. Or the Kronk and Gonzalez lawyers could ask the bankruptcy judge let the state court handle the suits.

3. Or the judge could grant bankruptcy but let the Kronk and Gonzalez suits proceed.

“She’s not home-free,” Sheaffer said. And he dismissed Anthony’s attorneys statement that the bankruptcy filing was just a coincidence after an appeals court let stand two misdemeanor convictions against her for lying to law enforcement during the hunt for her daughter, Caylee.

The bankruptcy looks like an attempt to defeat the Kronk and Gonzalez suits, Sheaffer said, “to keep Casey Anthony from finally being put under oath and having to answer some very pointed questions.”

What’s your take?

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