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Judge approves delay for Casey Anthony's defamation trial - OS
by mom_in_il Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:17 pm
Judge approves delay for Casey Anthony's defamation trial
3:27 p.m. EST, November 16, 2012
By Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel
Attorneys for Zenaida Gonzalez, the Kissimmee woman suing Casey Anthony for defamation, successfully argued Friday to delay the civil trial.
No new trial date was set, but attorneys and Orange County Circuit Court Judge Lisa Munyon agreed to hold a pretrial conference in the spring.
Gonzalez's lawyers wanted the trial delayed because they don't want Anthony to rely on the Fifth Amendment to avoid their questions because of her ongoing criminal appeal of her lying to law-enforcement convictions.
Anthony, whose whereabouts remain unknown publicly, has avoided answering most questions in the defamation suit, citing her right against self-incrimination because of the criminal case.
Gonzalez claims Anthony ruined her reputation in the summer of 2008, when she told law-enforcement officers a babysitter with the same name kidnapped her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.
Authorities determined no such babysitter existed, the toddler was found dead several months after she was reported missing, and Anthony was charged with murder.
A jury acquitted Anthony of all serious charges but found her guilty of lying to law enforcement.
Anthony is appealing that conviction, and the issue is slated to be heard soon.
During Friday's hearing in the defamation case, Gonzalez attorney John Dill told the court they are not trying to delay the case.
He said if Anthony agreed to testify they would be ready to try the case in January as previously scheduled.
Meanwhile, Anthony attorney Andrew Chmelir opposed the delay in the civil trial.
He said Anthony wants that case resolved.
Chmelir said he does not believe that even if the appeals court issues an opinion in Anthony's criminal case, that it would resolve all the issues.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-11-16/news/os-casey-anthony-zenaida-wants-trial-delay-hearing-20121116_1_zenaida-gonzalez-casey-anthony-caylee
3:27 p.m. EST, November 16, 2012
By Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel
Attorneys for Zenaida Gonzalez, the Kissimmee woman suing Casey Anthony for defamation, successfully argued Friday to delay the civil trial.
No new trial date was set, but attorneys and Orange County Circuit Court Judge Lisa Munyon agreed to hold a pretrial conference in the spring.
Gonzalez's lawyers wanted the trial delayed because they don't want Anthony to rely on the Fifth Amendment to avoid their questions because of her ongoing criminal appeal of her lying to law-enforcement convictions.
Anthony, whose whereabouts remain unknown publicly, has avoided answering most questions in the defamation suit, citing her right against self-incrimination because of the criminal case.
Gonzalez claims Anthony ruined her reputation in the summer of 2008, when she told law-enforcement officers a babysitter with the same name kidnapped her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.
Authorities determined no such babysitter existed, the toddler was found dead several months after she was reported missing, and Anthony was charged with murder.
A jury acquitted Anthony of all serious charges but found her guilty of lying to law enforcement.
Anthony is appealing that conviction, and the issue is slated to be heard soon.
During Friday's hearing in the defamation case, Gonzalez attorney John Dill told the court they are not trying to delay the case.
He said if Anthony agreed to testify they would be ready to try the case in January as previously scheduled.
Meanwhile, Anthony attorney Andrew Chmelir opposed the delay in the civil trial.
He said Anthony wants that case resolved.
Chmelir said he does not believe that even if the appeals court issues an opinion in Anthony's criminal case, that it would resolve all the issues.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-11-16/news/os-casey-anthony-zenaida-wants-trial-delay-hearing-20121116_1_zenaida-gonzalez-casey-anthony-caylee
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