11-11-2013, 02:06 PM
JUDGE RULES DEFAMATION SUITS AGAINST CASEY ANTHONY WILL MOVE FORWARD
TAMPA — The legal fight over Casey Anthony's bankruptcy will continue, after a judge on Tuesday ruled that a pair of complaints filed by people suing her for defamation can move forward in federal court.
It was a defeat for Anthony, who now faces a deposition by attorneys for Zenaida Gonzalez, though Gonzalez's lawyers said in court that they've agreed not to publish the deposition or reveal its time or location.
Gonzalez and Roy Kronk (the meter reader who discovered Caylee's remains and was painted as a suspect by Casey Anthony's defense) both had defamation lawsuits pending against Anthony in state court when she filed for bankruptcy in January, and have been fighting to salvage their claims against her ever since.
They filed complaints against Anthony's bankruptcy in federal court, arguing that Anthony was "willful and malicious" in damaging their reputations. Anthony's lawyers filed motions to dismiss those complaints.
On Tuesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May declined to dismiss the Gonzalez complaint. Kronk's legal team will have to amend his complaint, but it will be allowed to move forward, May ruled.
And...
In earlier legal news, Texas EquuSearch and Casey Anthony agreed to a settlement. The search organization which assists in locating missing persons spent over $100k searching for Caylee. They filed suit to be reimbursed because Casey knew where her daughter was all along.
In a settlement filed in October, EquuSearch agrees to drop its complaint. Anthony agrees to allow EquuSearch to claim $75,000 as a creditor. However, it appears unlikely EquuSearch will get much, if any, of that money. EquuSearch attorney Marc Wites acknowledged Monday that Chapter 7 creditors "usually receive very little money, if anything."
The group may get a portion of whatever Anthony's bankruptcy trustee can find in her estate, but the rest of the $75,000 debt is now set to be wiped away when her bankruptcy concludes.
Source:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loca...e-anthony/
TAMPA — The legal fight over Casey Anthony's bankruptcy will continue, after a judge on Tuesday ruled that a pair of complaints filed by people suing her for defamation can move forward in federal court.
It was a defeat for Anthony, who now faces a deposition by attorneys for Zenaida Gonzalez, though Gonzalez's lawyers said in court that they've agreed not to publish the deposition or reveal its time or location.
Gonzalez and Roy Kronk (the meter reader who discovered Caylee's remains and was painted as a suspect by Casey Anthony's defense) both had defamation lawsuits pending against Anthony in state court when she filed for bankruptcy in January, and have been fighting to salvage their claims against her ever since.
They filed complaints against Anthony's bankruptcy in federal court, arguing that Anthony was "willful and malicious" in damaging their reputations. Anthony's lawyers filed motions to dismiss those complaints.
On Tuesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May declined to dismiss the Gonzalez complaint. Kronk's legal team will have to amend his complaint, but it will be allowed to move forward, May ruled.
And...
In earlier legal news, Texas EquuSearch and Casey Anthony agreed to a settlement. The search organization which assists in locating missing persons spent over $100k searching for Caylee. They filed suit to be reimbursed because Casey knew where her daughter was all along.
In a settlement filed in October, EquuSearch agrees to drop its complaint. Anthony agrees to allow EquuSearch to claim $75,000 as a creditor. However, it appears unlikely EquuSearch will get much, if any, of that money. EquuSearch attorney Marc Wites acknowledged Monday that Chapter 7 creditors "usually receive very little money, if anything."
The group may get a portion of whatever Anthony's bankruptcy trustee can find in her estate, but the rest of the $75,000 debt is now set to be wiped away when her bankruptcy concludes.
Source:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loca...e-anthony/