It seems everyone who gets their hands on the Casey Anthony case ends up either fired or disgraced. Last week, Hollywood spokesman Larry Garrison was fired for taking money from a TV network. Then, bounty hunter Leonard Padilla was asked to take a lie detector test after he set off a false alarm in the search for Caylee’s body.
Then there’s mystery public relations man Todd Black. He slipped up on national TV and acknowledged Caylee is dead
Casey’s lawyer, Jose Baez, has been criticized by other lawyers for making mistakes. High-profile Orlando attorney John Morgan told Eyewitness News on Monday he’s dealing with one of those mistakes now
Eyewitness News broke the story last week when Casey’s defense team filed a civil countersuit against a woman named Zenaida Gonzalez . Casey’s attorney told Eyewitness News he wants money for attorney’s fees.
Legal experts say, if Casey files a countersuit, that means she will have to take the stand and that could be used against her in the criminal case. Morgan says he is surprised by the recent counterclaim Casey Anthony’s attorney filed last week.
Gonzalez filed a defamation lawsuit after Casey Anthony named her as the babysitter who took Caylee. Anthony is now seeking damages, a move that will put Anthony on the stand and could hurt her criminal case down the road.
”I think they are putting their client in a position they may be sorry later,” Morgan told Eyewitness News.
Anthony claims Gonzalez is not the Zenaida Gonzalez she was talking about and says the suit is frivolous.
“When you are fingered as someone who has murdered or kidnapped a child and we can connect the dots, I don’t think anyone in America thinks that’s frivolous,” Morgan said.
In the claim, Anthony’s attorney asks for damages and legal fees. Morgan says there are deficiencies, because the motion does not state a reason why Anthony should get any money.
”Zenaida thinks this is more insult to injury,” Morgan said.
In fact, legal experts told Eyewitness News the motion that Anthony’s attorney filed is not even a countersuit, but really a motion to dismiss.
”I don’t think I ever read anything like it in my 25 years of practice,” Morgan said.
WFTV.com Channel 9 Monday, November 17, 2008 – updated: 5:05 pm EST November 17, 2008
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