Cindy Anthony Facing Possible Perjury Charge
Posted on Jul 12, 2011 @ 01:10PM
By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter
UPDATE: The State Attorney’s office said they will not charge Cindy Anthony with lying on the stand during her testimony. “Our office is not pursuing perjury charges,” said Danielle Tavernier, a spokeswoman for the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office.
Casey Anthony is just days away from being released from jail after being found not guilty of killing her two-year-old daughter Caylee Marie, but her mother may be facing charges of lying during the hearing.
Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings spoke on Tuesday in a press conference next to a large picture of Caylee. “We’ve had discussion with the State Attorney’s Office…they will make a determination about [perjury charges] in the near future,” the sheriff said about Cindy Anthony being charged with perjury for her testimony during her daughter’s trial, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
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Prosecutors in the case against Casey, 25, had expert witnesses testify about the number of times the words chloroform, neck breaking and other violent terms were searched in March of 2008, three months before Caylee died. They claimed that the searches were made during the afternoon by Casey, but Cindy took the stand and said she may have made the searches herself for chloroform accidentally while she was searching for chlorophyll and made the searches for neck breaking while seeking information about a skate boarding accident.
Cindy’s testimony shocked the courtroom, and prosecutor Linda Drane Burdick had two of Cindy’s former supervisors testify that according to computer records she was in fact working at the time she claimed she was home searching for the terms.
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Sheriff Demings said that he supported the newly proposed Caylee’s Law, which will make it a felony to wait more than 24 hours to report a missing child and a felon not to report the death of a child within one hour. “I think it’s a wonderful law,” he said. “No parent should be allowed to not report their child missing under the age of 12 when they know or don’t know the whereabouts of their child. In this case, it seems somewhat unbelievable that ta loving mother or parent would not know where their daughter would be and wouldn’t report the child missing.”
A jury found Casey Anthony not guilty of murdering little Caylee, but guilty of four charges of lying to law enforcement officers.
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Florida is a screwed up state...Anyone who decides to move here needs to be forewarned. It's like living in the wild west. Especially Pinellas County where the jury came from. The courts in Florida don't work.
Posted Thu, 07/14/2011 - 1:01am
Hey "therock", go climb UNDER A ROCK!!!! Liar, Liar Cindy NEEDED to go to jail & her STUPID ASS
daughter NEEDED to go PRISON, but casey WILL be in her own HELL!!!!! Haaaaa!! Haaaaa!!
Posted Tue, 07/12/2011 - 8:50pm
Line up thge folks wishing death upon the Anthony's, the jury, and the attorneys, and open fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S justice my friends! She was found NOT GUILTY by a jury of 12 peers!!! What you're saying is, WOMEN should NOT be on jurys!
Posted Tue, 07/12/2011 - 8:27pm
So murder is ok, as long as you approve (or as long as it is a child??).
Freak. You can't be older than 19 or 20 and clearly quite lonely.
Poor thing.
Posted Wed, 07/13/2011 - 6:06am
I couldn't care less about the jury, but Cindy lied big time. She will forever be known as a liar. Who will ever hire her again. I hope they move to a remote island.
Posted Tue, 07/12/2011 - 11:57pm
The difference between Cindy & Casey is Cindy is the true definition of a Mother. She would do anything to protect her child, her love is unconditional. I don't condone lying for a killer but understand the instinct to do so.
Posted Tue, 07/12/2011 - 7:42pm
I hate to say this, but only black people get charged with perjury in Florida.
Posted Tue, 07/12/2011 - 7:21pm
Why bother to waste taxpayers' money on trials in this state?
Posted Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:51pm
As for charging Cindy - how could they charge her & end up giving her jail time for lying while Casey killed her own child, lied her azz off & walked? They would look ridiculous if they did. Basically it's a no win situation here.
Posted Tue, 07/12/2011 - 6:30pm
They really should pursue charges. Everyone knows she lied under oath. So now they set a new precedent that that's ok and you won't even get in trouble for lying???? Seriously? Another tactic for the sleazy lawyers.
Posted Tue, 07/12/2011 - 5:45pm