Casey Anthony: Zenaida Gonzalez’s lawyer turns up the heat HAL

Lawyer Keith Mitnik could have a big career in TV if he wants one. His fiery presence certainly enlivens Casey Anthony reports. Mitnik, an attorney for Zenaida Gonzalez in her defamation suit against Anthony, turned up the heat today.

In a report on WFTV-Channel 9, Mitnik fiercely defended Gonzalez: “She has been sucked into it. She’s the one police came to and questioned about kidnapping and murder, for goodness sake.”

Anthony ruined her life, Gonzalez claims, by linking her to the disappearance of Caylee Anthony. Anthony was acquitted in July of murder in the 2008 death of her daughter.

Gonzalez’s lawyers want Anthony to answer questions in the suit before Gonzalez is questioned. That motion was argued briefly this morning in court.

“This morning’s hearing was fairly quick, but those attorneys sure got fired up,” WESH-Channel 2’s Amanda Ober said at noon. “Afterward, each attorney was arguing that it’s the other attorney’s client who is trying to dodge questions.”

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Hearing Held In Civil Suit Against Anthony

Attorneys For Zenaida Gonzalez Want Anthony To Answer More Questions WESH

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An attorney representing Zenaida Gonzalez asked a judge Wednesday to postpone his client's deposition until Casey Anthony answers more questions in a defamation case against her.
A brief hearing was held on the request before Judge Lisa Munyon Wednesday morning. Munyon said she will issue a written decision Wednesday or Thursday.

The motion claims Gonzalez's attorney, John Morgan, has tried to depose Anthony for three years, but Anthony has avoided questioning by raising the Fifth Amendment as a shield.

Anthony was deposed in October, but she repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and pointed to her pending appeal of her conviction on charges in the criminal case as grounds for asserting that right.

After Wednesday's hearing, Anthony's attorney, Charles Greene, accused Gonzalez of being the one who's trying to avoid questions, saying the burden of proof in the case is on her.
"Zenaida Gonzalez supposedly has this grand story to tell, and now three years after filing her complaint, she’s trying to avoid answering the very significant questions that will be placed to her," Greene said.

Keith Mitnik, another attorney representing Gonzalez, said his client is trying to leap frog in front of Anthony and get as much information as possible before she is deposed.
"I'm sick and tired of Casey Anthony getting special treatment. I'm sick and tired of Casey Anthony not having to face up to civil justice like everybody else in America," Mitnik said.

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