Baez No Longer Affiliated with Press Corps Media / Todd Black

Casey Anthony's lawyer no longer affiliated with media firm

Amy L. Edwards |Sentinel Staff Writer

'Feb 11, 2009 Updated: 4:53 p.m.
Casey Anthony's lawyer no longer affiliated with media firm.

Casey Anthony's defense attorney has been criticized for his choice of a media firm -- and the recent revelation that a man who served prison time for attempting to extort a journalist has acted as the lawyer's spokesman.

But Jose Baez and that company have parted ways, the Orlando Sentinel learned today.

In a statement e-mailed to the Sentinel, Baez said, "Press Corps Media is no longer affiliated with The Baez Law Firm."

The Kissimmee lawyer did not comment further.

Since September, a spokesman who used the name Todd Black routinely talked to news reporters and issued statements about the Anthony case on behalf of Baez.

But Black never agreed to in-person interviews and refused to reveal his true identity.

Last week, Press Corps Media confirmed that at least one "Todd Black" persona is Gil Cabot, who was sentenced to five years in a California prison after he was convicted of attempting to extort television journalist Jann Carl.

Court records and news reports state Cabot had run-ins with the law before and after the Carl case.

Multiple attempts to reach Cabot or Press Corps Media today were unsuccessful.


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