Prosecuting Casey Anthony Page #4

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You're stuck with me.

All right, this is Ann finnell,

our death-penalty expert.

He's gonna need you, counselor.

Good to meet you.

You already know Cheney Mason.

Everybody knows Cheney.

I watched your trial

last year with Linda.

[ Laughs ]

Don't remind me.

I lost.

You can't change the facts.

So, now that it's a capital

case, who's first chair?

Well, forget the seating, Jeff.

It's gonna be Jose's case

all the way.

Does judge Perry

know that we're assembled?

Judge Perry:

Yes, he does.

Good afternoon, judge.

What is the problem now,

Mr. baez?

Finnell:
The two

mental-health experts

we're calling as witnesses

can't meet the state's deadline

for discovery, your honor.

We're already out of time,

so, if this is a stall...

we've never stalled.

Ah, ah.

Continue, Ms. finnell.

Finnell:
The doctors are key

to explaining

why Casey didn't report

her daughter's disappearance.

For 31 days and nights.

I don't see why we need

all this mystery here.

Why don't we stop playing games?

Just tell us what happened.

All right.

The truth is...

Caylee was never murdered.

Okay.

She accidentally drowned

in the pool on June 16th.

And Casey trusted someone

she never should have

to take care of it.

Like who?

George Anthony.

You know what.

Bring it.

I cannot wait

to cross-examine your client.

George woke Casey up

that morning

and told her what had happened.

So you're pinning

this whole thing on George.

Casey's accepting no

responsibility whatsoever,

as usual.

It's like you said, Jeff.

You can't change the facts.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Bell jingles ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

You look like

you've spoken to Jose.

The rest of the story

is that George Anthony

has been molesting Casey

ever since

she was a little girl.

Every body part

he could get into.

And the doctors

are gonna testify to this.

And not just George.

Casey also says

that her brother

started sneaking in her room

to feel her up

ever since she grew breasts,

so around 12.

Like father, like son.

Frank:
Okay,

even if that happened...

which it didn't!

I'm saying, so what?

Jose's going to argue

that all of the bad behavior

before the 911 call

was about denial

and suppression.

Casey had to lie for so long

that she figured out

how to believe it.

So when Casey was saying

that caylee

was with zanny the nanny,

she believed it.

Correct.

And when Casey was saying

she worked at universal studios,

she believed it.

When she took the police

all the way across that complex

to the wrong building,

down that long hallway

to an office

she'd never been to,

what the hell, she believed it?

Maybe she's working up

an insanity plea.

She's got enough game

to convince the shrinks.

They're gonna say whatever it is

they're paid to say.

Particularly now that we've

tied the house to the duct tape

and the garbage bag

and the laundry bag.

I mean, adios evil kidnapper.

Casey had to come up

with a different story.

Yes.

Well, how is Jose gonna explain

the duct tape

and the chloroform?

The chloroform is an ingredient

in the air freshener

that Cindy sprayed

all over the car

to kill the smell.

Of the dead body.

He's giving us that.

And the duct tape?

Oh, they happened to

bury their pets

in plastic trash bags

and seal them with duct tape.

So, he's gonna try to say

that the tape didn't

come from her face.

It came from the bag.

We do not have good pictures

of the tape at the scene.

Because the FBI

rushed off with the skull.

Once the medical examiner

says the tape

came from caylee's face,

it becomes a fact

and not a theory.

Let me ask you both something.

You've both worked a ton

of sex crimes.

Do you see any indication

of abuse here?

I don't, no.

No, although George is weird.

I mean,

being in the delivery room

when your daughter gives birth?

Come on, this poor guy...

come on.

Frank:
Doesn't matter.

Even if it's true,

molestation's

noan excuse for murder.

Case doesn't change.

We need to tell George...

George and Cindy.

Jose may call that

witness tampering.

Well, I'll try not to let that

keep me up at night.

Go through

the anthonys' lawyer.

Thanks for the tip.

[ George sighs ]

I... I just want to say

none of this is true.

Casey's a compulsive liar.

It's an established fact.

Cindy:
I don't know

what's wrong with her.

I'm almost wondering

if she didn't develop

postpartum schizophrenia.

Does she have a brain tumor?

She's had seizures before.

She may have a condition

that makes it hard

to sort fact from fiction,

and that's why

she can't tell the truth.

You're speaking professionally,

in your capacity

as a registered nurse?

I'm not making excuses

for her, Linda.

Caylee was our child,

not just Casey's child.

I'm trying to understand.

You can't.

You really got under

Cindy's skin.

Because it's my name

on the intention

to seek the death penalty.

You know, she's going to

have to choose

between Casey and caylee.

And if she can be honest

with the jury...

it's not gonna happen.

You heard her in there.

Well, okay,

then if not for caylee,

then

how about for George?

Dream on.

I-I think that you like him

more than she does.

Because he's always been

on our side.

He's about the truth,

no matter how it cuts.

He's a cop.

I respect that.

George visited Casey

at the jail by himself one time.

Let's watch the video.

Mario, play from here.

Hey, gorgeous.

How are you doing?

I look like hell.

I haven't had a shower

in two days.

Well, you know something?

You really have to

keep your spirit high for this.

I miss you guys.

[ Voice breaking ] I love you.

I know you do.

I love you, too.

[ Sniffles ]

I love you more than anything.

He's like a normal dad

having normal feelings

for his

screwed-up daughter.

I miss your hug.

[ Laughs ]

Your squeeze,

that "papa Joe" hug.

I'm sorry I've been so tough

on you sometimes.

I'm sorry.

Dad, it's not your fault.

We all do things out of love.

Okay, just stop.

I've seen enough.

This is when they know

they're being recorded.

The whole family is strange.

Look, you still

have to call George

as the first witness.

The jury has to know that

he's not some sort of a monster.

On the upside, if Jose wants to

prove the molestation,

he has to put her on the stand,

and that would be like a gift

wrapped up in a bow

because I will rip her apart.

But she is an excellent liar.

The jury could believe her.

We don't even know what Jose

is going to present!

I mean, this could all just be

gamesmanship trying to throw us.

[ Laughs ] Well, it's working.

It's got you second-guessing

our star witness.

I'm more upset because

he's taken away the mystery.

I-I was gonna use

the whole 31 days in my opening,

the 31 days of where?

Where is caylee?

Well, use it.

Because it's 31 days of lies.

Because cazlee's dead

either way,

either his way or our way.

She's not with the nanny,

she's not at the beach,

she's not at the park,

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