Casey Anthony's attorney wants civil court to put questioning off until criminal case is done.

Sarah Lundy |Sentinel Staff Writer2:07 PM EDT, March 26, 2009

The attorney for Casey Anthony
in her civil case this week filed paperwork, saying the 23-year-old
mother should not have to answer questions while her criminal case is
pending.

Every question proposed is "inextricably intertwined" with her first-degree murder case, wrote Fort Lauderdale-based attorney Jonathan Kasen in the four-page document.

Casey Anthony invoked her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent
through nearly all the 29 written questions posed in the defamation
case.

Lawyers for Zenaida Gonzalez, the Kissimmee
woman suing Casey Anthony, want Orange Circuit Court Judge Jose R.
Rodriguez to force Casey Anthony to answer the questions. They issued
the written questions earlier this year.

Gonzalez is suing Anthony for more than $15,000 in damages. She claims
she lost her job and suffered humiliation and public embarrassment
after Anthony told investigators that a baby sitter by the same name
took her 2-year-old child, Caylee Marie.

The toddler's remains were found six months later in December in a
wooded area near Casey Anthony's family home.
Kasen wrote in the motion filed Wednesday that Casey Anthony told
detectives that Gonzalez – the one suing her – is not the baby sitter.
Detectives showed her a picture of Gonzalez and Casey Anthony reported
that she had never "seen that lady in her life."

Casey Anthony described the baby sitter as being around 24 years old
and having no children. Gonzalez – the one suing her – is a 38-year-old
mother of six.

Gonzalez's attorneys haven't questioned the detectives – a move they
should have done before attempting to question Casey Anthony, Kasen
wrote.

And, Casey Anthony's brother, Lee Anthony, who was questioned by
attorneys under oath, said Gonzalez – the one involved in the lawsuit –
is not the woman described by his sister.

Kasen is asking the judge to stop Gonzalez's attorneys from getting the
questions answered while the criminal case is pending. No hearing date
has been set.
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