"Regardless of exactly how the money was spent, taxpayers will now pay for Casey's experts, investigators, and other costs, which her new lawyer J. Cheney Mason said Thursday could amount to about $200,000. The cost of her lawyers, all of whom appear to currently be working for free, is not covered under this order."
Evidently her lawyers were working for free in at least some capacity. Taxpayer money only covered peripheral expenses. But this article is over a year old. I wonder how it's all gonna turn out.