Hoover Testifies (VIDEO & TRANSCRIPT) / D Casey Postponed

Anthony Family Private Eye Testifies Under Oath

Posted: 1:43 pm EDT March 25, 2009
Updated: 2:36 pm EDT March 25, 2009

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- One of the Anthony family's two former private investigators testified Wednesday under oath in the civil lawsuit against Casey. Zenaida Gonzalez is suing because she has the same name as the mystery nanny whom Casey blamed for Caylee's disappearance.

Jim Hoover was answering questions in a deposition by attorneys for Zenaida Gonzalez early Wednesday afternoon. He did not back away from Eyewitness News cameras when he went inside John Morgan's office.

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George and Cindy Anthony's former private investigator, Jim Hoover, looked calm and collected.

Wednesday morning when he arrived for his recorded deposition at John Morgan's downtown Orlando law office before 10:00.

John Morgan hopes to get a lot out of him. Morgan's client, Zenaida Gonzalez, is suing Casey Anthony for defamation. Casey claims a woman named Zenaida Gonzalez kidnapped Caylee and was the last one to see her alive.

"What we expect today is kind of continue to connect the dots, and of this relationship with Zenaida Gonzalez, to find out what these investigators knew and when they knew it," Morgan said.

Morgan told Eyewitness News he plans on spending quite a while grilling Hoover in his own courtroom about why he spent so much time at the scene where Caylee's body was eventually found.

"We just don't understand how these people all of the sudden showed up at this scene, knew where to go and knew, kept going back and poking around at this very same place. I mean, of all the places to keep going," Morgan said.

Hoover said he has an answer.

"As a private investigator, you document what you do to validate what you say. it's just that simple," Hoover said.

"One of the ways that we can prove our case is if we can prove who committed this murder. So if we prove who committed this murder, we prove that Zenaida didn't," Morgan said.Private investigator Dominic Casey's deposition was postponed.

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Orlando Sentinel: 3:47 p.m. Attorneys in the civil case against Casey Anthony just released a 152-page transcript of the interview with Jim Hoover.

Attorney John Morgan filed the transcript and video recording in court, making both a public record.

The Sentinel is reading the document and will post updates as they are available.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-casey-anthony-civil-032509,0,7435592.story

http://www.forthepeople.com/JHoover-rough.pdf