Brother, Friend Testify In Anthony Trial - WESH

by mom_in_il Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:28 pm

Brother, Friend Testify In Anthony Trial
Defense Claims Caylee Drowned In Pool

POSTED: 1:25 pm EDT June 1, 2011
UPDATED: 2:03 pm EDT June 1, 2011

Excerpt:

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A former best friend of a Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter was on the witness stand on the seventh day of her murder trial.

Amy Huizenga was cross-examined Wednesday by Casey Anthony's defense attorney about their friendship, which extended from February to July of 2008.

Following Huizenga, Lee Anthony took the stand for the first time. The prosecution asked Lee about July 15, which was the day Caylee's disappearance came to light.

Lee Anthony said he tried to get Casey Anthony to reveal where Caylee was, but she first claimed the toddler was with the nanny, and they could see her the next day.

"When you asked your sister, 'Why won't you allow us to see Caylee,' what do you recall her saying?" Prosecutor Frank George asked.

"I told Detective Edwards that she said, I'm paraphrasing, 'Because maybe I'm a spiteful (expletive),' Lee Anthony responded.

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