Posted on 08/21/2008 10:46:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
Media Mob Prompts 'Black-List' Threat From Attorney
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The mother of a missing Orlando girl said, "I'm innocent" before walking out of jail and encountering a frenzied mob of reporters and photographers in a case that continues to grab national attention
Casey Anthony, 22, left the Orange County Jail Thursday after celebrity bounty hunter Leonard Padilla helped post her $500,000 bail.
Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, said she wanted to walk out of the jail with her head held high before being rushed by the media.
"Just as we were walking out, I covered her up and she stopped me, and you may notice we stopped for a brief moment and she told me in my ear that she wanted me to take the umbrella down and she said to me, 'Jose, I'm innocent and I'm going to walk out of this place with my head held high.' We were about to do that and you all bombarded us. You could have had all of the photographs you wanted."
Baez then threatened to possibly cut off some media channels.
"I discussed certain things with the family and what we've decided that if there are any channels or media outlets that continue that type behavior or violate their privacy by coming on their property -- basically crossing the line and I think you are all adults and you know what crossing the line is and what aggressive reporting is and things like that is," Baez said. "That is not going to happen any more. If you do, we will cut off that channel from any interviews and any statements and that channel can get their news from another channel. If you want to be on that black list or whatever you want to call it, continue that type of behavior. We are just not going to put up with it. We don't have to put up with that."
Baez said someone tried to get underneath an umbrella shielding Anthony.
"I didn't know if they were going attack us or what they were going to do," Baez said. "I don't know any of you from anywhere. No one should be invading anyone's private space that way. I ask you and plead with you all to please respect my privacy and my client's privacy and her family's."
Baez said he was disgusted by the crowd's actions.
"No one has the right to go pushing against me or her just to get a sound bite," Baez said. "To be quite honest with you, I was really disgusted by the whole thing."
Anthony: 'I Want Hot Shower'
Padilla said he heard one request from Anthony after leaving jail and reuniting with her family.
"I want to get a hot shower (she said)," according to Padilla. "She went into her mother's arm. Her mother said, 'Hey,' and (Casey) said, 'I want to get a shower.'"
Padilla said the family gathering was emotional and they were hugging.
Before her release, there was speculation that Anthony would not leave jail.
"I never had a doubt (she would be freed)," Padilla said. "I didn't come 3,000 miles to have some local bullies bluff us. She is out."
Casey Anthony was fitted with an ankle bracelet and will be placed on home confinement at her parents' house.
Her daughter, Caylee, 3, has been missing since mid-June and was reported missing by her mother in mid-July after Casey Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony.
Casey Anthony was arrested and charged with child neglect, filing a false statement and obstructing an investigation.
Earlier, threats against the family if Casey Anthony leaves jail prompted Cindy Anthony to consider the use of a safe house.
"Right here, I don't think is the ideal place for her not because we don't want her in the house and everything, but we may have to hole her up somewhere in a safe house," Cindy Anthony said.
I don’t know .... she just might get away with it.
No body.
No crime.
If she keeps her mouth shut ...
she just might pull this murder off and still look like a
“victim” to others.
Why didn't the police do that?
Checking out financial gain should have been as natural as blinking your eye.
BTW, how much money did he make on the “accident”?
I’d rather fess up on earth than stand before God and have Him punish me for eternity. No where on earth is it as bad as hell for eternity. Prison would be like a holiday for her over hell.
Casey reminds me A LOT of this man. He could look you straight in the eyes and tell you that you were safe with him while he stuck a knife into you - and you'd be believing him while he was killing you!
Neither this man nor Casey have any conscience whatsoever and lie as easily as breathing.
As for the cops - well the only thing that can explain it was they were small town (no offense to small town cops btw) and had never encountered a sociopath before.
His wife was in shock and his entire Christian family backed him up. It was this man's father who told me that he had indeed murdered his son and it took me several decades to finally believe him. It wasn't until I got my hands on the police report and discovered several things that he had never revealed that finally opened my eyes.
It infuriates me beyond words that Casey may very well get away with this.
From the records I found out that he had taken out at least 2 life insurance policies on his wife, daughter, and son (the one he murdered). His wife and daughter never saw a penny of it as he had the checks mailed to his mother.
Casey reminds me A LOT of this man. He could look you straight in the eyes and tell you that you were safe with him while he stuck a knife into you - and you’d be believing him while he was killing you!
Neither this man nor Casey have any conscience whatsoever and lie as easily as breathing.
As for the cops - well the only thing that can explain it was they were small town (no offense to small town cops btw) and had never encountered a sociopath before.
His wife was in shock and his entire Christian family backed him up. It was this man’s father who told me that he had indeed murdered his son and it took me several decades to finally believe him. It wasn’t until I got my hands on the police report and discovered several things that he had never revealed that finally opened my eyes.
It infuriates me beyond words that Casey may very well get away with this.
WOW!
How depressing to see people get away with murder.
In Casey’s situation I don’t think most people believe her. I hope she is hounded. She KNOWS what happened.
This little tramp does not understand that we do not give a rats as about her. All we want from her is to open up and tell us where her kid is.
This Casey makes me ill, if that little girl is dead, she needs the long arm of the law to stick her ass in prison until she rots.
Quite frankly, I am tired of her and her lies. She does not deserve the attention she is getting.
I’ve read somewhere else that when her daughter was pregnant in high school, good ole mom denied it right up until the 7th month when Casey really started to show. This Grandma will lie to the end. Casey’s dad must know she’s lying. He’s a former cop.
If I were a defense attorney in whatever city Casey's Dad used to be a cop in I'd be looking long and hard at any cases he was involved in.
Either he is totally incompetent (and was as a cop) or he knows the system well enough to manipulate it for Casey's sake.
Let's face it. Its possible that he knew what Casey did with Caylee’s body and has made sure that all evidence of her has been destroyed.
All three of them (Casey, Dad, Mom) need to be water boarded!
It infuriates me beyond words that Casey is going to get away with this!
i don’t think the no body = no crime is true in this day and age. correct me if i am wrong but i believe that there are people serving time for murder even though there was never a body found. if you have enough evidence other than a body i good prosecutor will have you found guilty.
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