ABC producer paid for George, Cindy Anthony to stay at the Ritz

[Chilly Willy]

I'm confused...last summer...or Dec.?

LOL...I don't know. I said I didn't understand the question

 

[elementary]

The exact same thing could be said for those of us who believe the opposite. And it sounds a bit contradictory for anyone who speaks so harshly about this family in turn complaining that people are judging them. It sounds a bit like "don't judge me for judging."

I stand in complete judgment of the As. I'm not terribly worried about whether someone thinks I'm horrifying, callous and lacking in empathy. I've based my judgment and therefore my opinion on fact and behaviour. I can live with it.

As for the As running a foundation? Bwahahaha! It's not even worth discussing. Based on their shady, hostile, defiant, obstructive, opportunistic, lying behaviour it's laughable. It's a shame too, because they need to set their lives right, IMO. Away from the dark side. Come to the light, Cindy and George. Cooome to the light. We have cookies.

 

[lin]

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like I said:
And yes tabloids, and TV pay for the legal fees; not everyone can afford legal help,
and if that is what it takes to get help; why is that an issue???
Please do not reply to that question, no answer is the right answer.

YOUR REPLY meeting with TV: that is not the same as having 100 reporters outside
of your house.
and it is not the same as feeling stalked.
It is a solution however to not having money for a legal defense.
For the entire family.

Well, since you asked again, despite the request not to respond also being repeated, I'll answer. The reason it is an issue is because it constitutes a criminal profiting from the crime they committed which is against FL law, once convicted. I realize there is no conviction yet but that just highlights to some of us that the law should be broadened to include these circumstances. The greed and focus on money with this 'family' is in the opinion of many, myself included, not only disgusting but possibly an invitation to other sick individuals in the quest for 'easy' money.

That not everyone can afford legal help is why the state provides an attorney to the criminally accused. Why is an alleged, already guilty in the minds of many, again, me included, child murderer entitled to a better defense than anyone else? Would your child have a dream team of experts if accused of shoplifting? Why should a baby killer be entitled to profit from their murderous ways to the tune of trying to buy an acquittal with money provided by the media?

Can this finally be the wake up call that society needs to put a stop to this both through the media and through the respective legislatures?

 

[RR0004]

I could be wrong, but I thought when Cindy told the report that she wouldn't grant her any more exclusive interviews it was while Casey was being taken in on murder charges following the Grand Jury meeting.

I thought it was while they were trying to elude LE.
Yes, it was after the presser at JB's office. I should have been more specific. She didn't like that the media was following her and Casey. It sure wasn't Casey's finest day.

 

[LinasK]

the pt. is, most folks wouldn't be dinning out anywhere the day they (SUPPOSEDLY) found out their granddaughter was dead and murdered.

As I recall they had been in California, running down yet another supposed sighting of Caylee, as well as going on the LK show and lying thru their teeth to the nation about the facts surrounding the Nanny heist of their granddaughter.

of course, it was ALL lies, which enabled them to dine lavishly at the Ritz, free of shock. Anytime you dine at the ritz, its lavish. And, if they actually believed any of the "stories" they were telling the public, they wouldn't have been able to walk, much less dine out in the fanciest dinning room in town.

But they were lying the whole time, so no problem, yeah lets go eat at the Ritz. the more the merrier.

Well-put Coastal Pilot!:clap::clap::clap:

 

[RR0004]

I stand in complete judgment of the As. I'm not terribly worried about whether someone thinks I'm horrifying, callous and lacking in empathy. I've based my judgment and therefore my opinion on fact and behaviour. I can live with it.

As for the As running a foundation? Bwahahaha! It's not even worth discussing. Based on their shady, hostile, defiant, obstructive, opportunistic, lying behaviour it's laughable. It's a shame too, because they need to set their lives right, IMO. Away from the dark side. Come to the light, Cindy and George. Cooome to the light. We have cookies.

OMG...too funny.

 

[Chilly Willy]

I also think that if I were already suffering from financial difficulties, my granddaughter went missing, my daughter was suspected of murder, I couldn't walk out the door of my home without being attacked by unruly vigilante mobs, and I was about to lose my house, I would gladly and gratefully accept payment for an interview or two, especially when my goal was to get word of my missing granddaughter out to the masses. Imagine if little Caylee had been found alive and had no home to return to. I don't see it as profiting off of Caylee, I see it as surviving FOR Caylee.

Sorry, from your previous post. Was she doing this-meeting with network(s)- so that Caylee could come home to a house? If she was doing all this to bring Caylee home, why was she sending PIs to look for her remains?

If I said that Cindy was doing interviews only so that Caylee would have a house to come home to, that is not what I meant to convey. The A's also needed to survive and were unable to work. I see nothing wrong with them doing interviews in order to keep their home and pay their bills.

Only Cindy knows why she sent someone to the area where the remains were eventually found. That doesn't mean that she felt Caylee would be found there, she could have wanted to prove to herself that Caylee wasn't there. Whatever information she got was not very accurate if it also caused her to send DC (assuming that's who she's referring to) over to the vacant house.

 

[cajun]

Could someone point me in the direction of the D Casey interview with the cops? I can't find it to save my soul and not the audio one..Thanks

 

[lin]

Lin, you're cracking me up. :floorlaugh: I pity the A's, but I cannot stand most of their actions and attitudes, so I do not deserve in any way to be credited with Chilli's boundless compassion for them.

Speaking of Chilly, she has taught me much that is good. She has also given me lots and lots of practice at exercising restraint, rather than firing off incredulous, argumentative replies to many of her posts. Love you, Chilli--disagree with you with you prolly 90% of the time, but love you and respect you. :blowkiss:

I look funny too.

 

[LinasK]

OK. You just got off the worst plane ride of your life. You can't go home, because your home is a crime scene.

Your new friend says she's made arrangements for you to go to a hotel, at no cost to you. Which hotel doesn't matter, it's a place to lay your head down and think.

Raise your hand if you would have refused that offer. I would have been grateful.

Remember, it wasn't George and Cindy who picked the Ritz. That was Kaitlyn Kolner.

Sure it wasn't Michelle Bart who wanted the Ritz????? She made the arrangements.

 

[elfie]

I stand in complete judgment of the As. I'm not terribly worried about whether someone thinks I'm horrifying, callous and lacking in empathy. I've based my judgment and therefore my opinion on fact and behaviour. I can live with it.

As for the As running a foundation? Bwahahaha! It's not even worth discussing. Based on their shady, hostile, defiant, obstructive, opportunistic, lying behaviour it's laughable. It's a shame too, because they need to set their lives right, IMO. Away from the dark side. Come to the light, Cindy and George. Cooome to the light. We have cookies.

I think their alignment with KFN adds to the bulk of displeasure being voiced. Cookies are always good, maybe that will do the trick!

 

[lin]

My statement about her is true and does not suggest any overarching representation of the entire network. She is a member of a national media outlet. I also stated that no one other than attendees knows what was discussed at the dinner. What's wrong with that?

Not supposed to point out the obvious? :waitasec:

 

[Chilly Willy]

In my opinion, what you are suggesting smacks of wanting your cake and eating it too. I don't think it is fair to say that they can use the media to their own ends and purposes then cry, "Aint it awful?" when the media camps out on their front lawn. You can't have it both ways.
MOO

Yeah, actually many people do have it both ways. I've never before seen hordes of media camped outside the home 24/7 of any family of a missing child before, filming their every movement. Other families did interviews, the media didn't crawl up their noses and dig in.

 

[lin]

Now I'm thinking, when did she get there? Or is she from Orlando? Did she fly in from NY to give support to her new friend? That's an awful long way to go to get a meal and show support.

On the company dime. I don't think they can expense condolence calls to just anyone.

 

[lin]

I have a new mantra...no one and I mean no one...should be using the death of a child to make money for ANY reason, especially the defense of the murderer. Yes, it's JMO.

WRONG! It's mine too.

 

[RR0004]

Well, since you asked again, despite the request not to respond also being repeated, I'll answer. The reason it is an issue is because it constitutes a criminal profiting from the crime they committed which is against FL law, once convicted. I realize there is no conviction yet but that just highlights to some of us that the law should be broadened to include these circumstances. The greed and focus on money with this 'family' is in the opinion of many, myself included, not only disgusting but possibly an invitation to other sick individuals in the quest for 'easy' money.

That not everyone can afford legal help is why the state provides an attorney to the criminally accused. Why is an alleged, already guilty in the minds of many, again, me included, child murderer entitled to a better defense than anyone else? Would your child have a dream team of experts if accused of shoplifting? Why should a baby killer be entitled to profit from their murderous ways to the tune of trying to buy an acquittal with money provided by the media?

Can this finally be the wake up call that society needs to put a stop to this both through the media and through the respective legislatures?

Phew...that was awesome! I hope it is a wake-up call. And funny that LE was also interested in finding out what ties JB has to the network. We shouldn't lose sight of that. My G-d, isn't using any and all means to buy a legal defense in fact profiting?! They should NOT profit from the death of this innocent child.


Profiting \Prof"it*ing\, n.
Gain; advantage; profit.

http://dictionary.die.net/profiting

 

[lin]

Like I said: Media pays legal fees, and it is very different that having a lot of reporters on your tail harassing you, camping on your lawn, etc.....
They will have lots of legal bills for each family member. What are they to do?
I have no issue with them talking to the media they select.
I have no issue with them escaping the zoo.
I have no issue with them trying to do the best they possibly can given the card they were dealt.
I am sure that if they can undo all of it they would.
I am sure they too are overwhelmed with it all.
I am sure they wish God would come in their dreams and give them a solution, advise, a course of action.
But they are doing the best they can.
Yes Casey IMHO is mentally ill, dangerous and should not be free.
But we are all being much to hard on the Anthony's.
I said she was sick from the start, I know because I have one of those myself.

My understanding is that BC is donating his services. MN was paid by entity other than the A's. So again, the money is more likely for KC's defense which has repeatedly been reported as not a volunteer army.

 

[debs]

I could be wrong, but I thought when Cindy told the report that she wouldn't grant her any more exclusive interviews it was while Casey was being taken in on murder charges following the Grand Jury meeting.

I'm confused. When they met with LKL, was that not an interview? What about her appearance on the Today show on 10/15 speaking of how prepared they were from "day one" that Casey was going to be indicted (making no plea for Caylee's return; only asserting the truth would come out in court). This interview was conducted in Orlando via video link. Then she and George were back on the Today show on 10/22 describing Casey as a "great daughter".

Maybe you meant a specific reporter who was not going to be granted interviews. Also, I must make note that not even a month later, they had someone searching the woods near their home.

 

[Chilly Willy]

I'm confused. When they met with LKL, was that not an interview? What about her appearance on the Today show on 10/15 speaking of how prepared they were from "day one" that Casey was going to be indicted (making no plea for Caylee's return; only asserting the truth would come out in court). This interview was conducted in Orlando via video link. Then she and George were back on the Today show on 10/22 describing Casey as a "great daughter".

Maybe you meant a specific reporter who was not going to be granted interviews.

Yes, I did mean the specific reporter (a female, see the "her" in my post) that Cindy said that too.

 

[lin]

I don't know why she'd have to lie to ABC, they likely approved the expense beforehand. It's not even a drop in a bucket for them. Did they do it out of the goodness of their hearts? I'm sure they hoped it would pay off for them later, and maybe it will. It was a kind gesture.

You are just so pleasant, Chilly Willy; trying so hard to find good in everyone, in real life too, I'll bet. To me the two points are mutually exclusive: Either it's a kind gesture or there are underlying motives.