Anthonys To Mail Letters To Casey Despite Policy

by oviedo45 Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:30 am

Anthonys To Mail Letters To Casey Despite Policy

Bar Clears Baez Of Ethics Claims

POSTED: 4:30 pm EDT September 1, 2009
UPDATED: 6:28 pm EDT September 1, 2009

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Orange County Jail said Tuesday that its re-emphasis on the ban for lawyers bringing personal letters into the jail has nothing to do with Casey Anthony's attorney.

Administrators have posted a sign strongly reminding lawyers visiting the facility that it is a felony to bring in contraband items, including personal letters.

Brad Conway, the attorney for George and Cindy Anthony, confirmed that Baez has a standing policy of controlling letters going between Casey Anthony and her family. Conway said his clients are cut off from their daughter.

Conway said the Anthonys are breaking that agreement and will begin mailing letters directly to their daughter. Conway said that defense team member Andrea Lyon agrees that the Anthonys should be able to have a video visit with Casey Anthony.

Officials deny that it was Baez or his actions that prompted the jail's re-emphasis of the rules.

Casey Anthony is in the Orange County Jail charged with murder in the disappearance of her daughter, Caylee. Caylee's remains were found last December in a wooded area off Suburban Drive near the Anthony family home.

Meanwhile, the Florida Bar said Tuesday that it has cleared Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, of two ethics complaints filed against him earlier this year.

The bar said it can find no grounds to further pursue to complaints made against Baez by the Anthonys' former private investigator, Dominic Casey.

Casey at one time also worked for Baez.

In April, he complained to the bar that Baez had failed to pay for him for services rendered.

Casey also claimed Baez instructed him not to call 911 if he ever found Caylee Anthony's remains.

Baez denied both of those claims and this week a spokeswoman for the bar said they could not find any evidence to support Casey's claims.

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