Casey Anthony: Former boyfriend said she was ‘having a grand old time’ - Hal

Casey Anthony: Former boyfriend said she was ‘having a grand old time’
posted by halboedeker on May, 25 2011 6:29 PM

Day two in the Casey Anthony murder trial, and the prosecution focused on her behavior after her child was dead.

WESH-Channel 2 anchor Martha Sugalski said, “The state continued in its quest to make Casey out as a party girl.” Former boyfriend Tony Lazzaro and four of his acquaintances testified.

“All four testifed that when they asked Casey about Caylee, she testified that her daughter was with the nanny,” WESH anchor Jim Payne said.

WFTV-Channel 9’s Kathi Belich saw two bombshells in today’s testimony. Lazzaro testified about shopping at Blockbuster with Anthony shortly after prosecutors believe she murdered her child. He described her demeanor as “happy, happy to see me, having a grand old time.”

Another bombshell for Belich: Maria Kissh, an Anthony acquaintance, talked about riding in Anthony’s car “during the time prosecutors believe Caylee’s body was or had been in Casey’s trunk,” the WFTV reporter said.

WKMG-Channel 6’s Tony Pipitone said video of Anthony with Lazzaro at Blockbuster was “perhaps most damaging for the defense” because that showed Anthony just hours after Caylee was seen alive.

On day two, the state “shifted to the life Casey Anthony was living or trying to live,” Pipitone said. “The so-far unspoken motive, the state is suggesting, of course, is she wanted to live that life without Caylee.”

Anthony’s defense team said Tuesday that the toddler drowned in the family pool in June 2008.

Belich highlighted that the defense objected to hot-body photos of her coming into the trial, “even though it goes along with defense theory of abuse causing her bizarre behavior.”

WESH’s Bob Kealing said the jury “took close notice” of the hot-body photos and several jurors took notes.

WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said, “The jury is going to start questioning where is the defense going with this.”

Another memorable bit of commentary: When Baez started questioning Lazzaro about whether Anthony talked about murdering someone, the camera caught Sheaffer rolling his eyes.

WKMG’s Pipitone said Baez’s approach in questioning Lazzaro “doesn’t show consciousness of guilt, as the state claims; but rather it shows a woman who’s traumatized, emotionally crippled, trying to hide her feelings.” The defense cited sexual abuse as the reason for Anthony’s reaction.

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