Testimony: Casey lied about boyfriend, job (Video) - CNN

by mom_in_il Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:26 pm

Testimony: Casey lied about boyfriend, job
By Ashley Hayes, CNN
June 2, 2011 9:58 a.m. EDT

Excerpt:

Tune in to HLN's "Nancy Grace" at 8 ET for live reports from Florida with all the details of the Casey Anthony trial. And follow the action on Nancy's special Casey Anthony trial page.

(CNN) -- Prosecutors set about debunking Casey Anthony's statements Thursday in her capital murder trial, presenting testimony that she never had a wealthy suitor named Jeffrey Michael Hopkins and she had not worked at Universal Studios since 2006, despite years of claims to the contrary.

A man named Jeff Hopkins testified that while he knew her from middle school, her claims of dating him and his introducing her to a nanny named Zenaida Gonzalez were fabrications. Hopkins, 26, said his name wasn't even Jeffrey Michael Hopkins -- the name Anthony had given as a wealthy suitor living in Jacksonville, with a son named Zachary.

Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, previously testified her daughter spoke often about Hopkins, describing him as a former coworker at Universal who had introduced her to Gonzalez, purportedly employed as a nanny for Casey Anthony's 2-year-old daughter Caylee. The two began dating, Casey Anthony had claimed.

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