Lee Anthony To Face Tough Questions In Deposition

Lee Anthony To Face Tough Questions In Deposition


Posted: 6:05 am EDT July 30, 2009
Updated: 9:12 am EDT July 30, 2009

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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Eyewitness News is following new developments in the case against Casey Anthony. Casey's brother, Lee Anthony, will be questioned under oath Thursday by prosecutors about his sister's murder case.

Lee Anthony's attorney, Tom Luka, said his client will not avoid answering the tough questions, because the line of questioning will be based on facts and
not his opinion about his sister or what she may have done.

Prosecutors want to know what Lee saw or heard during the months before she was arrested and charged with murdering her daughter Caylee.

Luka says his client is not nervous and understands that this is part of the judicial process.

"It's a common legal strategy to want to know what your witnesses are going to say before you actually talk to them," said Luka.

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At one point, there was concern that Lee Anthony may be charged with obstruction of justice because of contradicting statements he had given to sheriff's investigators in the past. Now that Lee Anthony has been granted immunity he does not have to worry about that any longer.

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Casey Anthony's brother, Lee Anthony, will be deposed on Thursday, and will likely be asked questions about the days leading up to Caylee's disappearance.

Local 6 News reported that prosecutors are trying to get a better idea of the kind of witness Lee Anthony will be on the stand and whether his testimony would be more beneficial to the defense or the prosecution.

Prosecutors will also try to see if there will be any inconsistencies in Lee Anthony's statements.

Lee Anthony's attorney, Thomas Luke, said nothing his client says will be used against him because in the days after Caylee was reported missing, Lee Anthony spoke to his sister several times, with many of the conversations recorded on jailhouse video.

"He would have use immunity for this deposition. He's already received his subpoena, so I'm unconcerned that they would prosecute him for any sort of perjury
or anything else like that," Luka said.

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