I don't think there was a widespread "crusade" amongst bloggers was there? And in any case, they didn't make up new info about her. They were just cycling info about her gotten from Casey combined with the true facts, which was enough to point to that specific woman...Casey's fault.
If I call the police right now and say that someone with your exact name, location, and physical description robbed me, and then AFTER the police interrogate you, people say nasty things to you and the public harasses you, I say it wasn't you, it was someone who has the exact same name, exact same looks and location...but has hair an inch longer than yours...that's just not reasonable. You shouldn't be allowed to claim "Oh oopise, I so innocent, I didn't mean THAT person, heavens no! I just used all personal information relevant to them without any hope that there could be anyone else matching their description more closely...but I wasn't implicating them, I swearsies! Tee hee!" I think Casey should be held accountable for implicating ZFG, and I do think she stole personal information about THAT ZFG in order to frame her. I think she was just hoping the police wouldn't find the ZFG, or there wouldn't be enough evidence to convict anyone so the police would drop it and then she could claim how wronged she was by the system and collect donations the rest of her life...
Again your story supports my argument. She never said that person whom lives in that location in the motel in Kissimmee
she said her nanny lived in Sawgrass, this person only visited there.
Now that aside!!!! As I mentioned earlier in this thread, what thread am I in??? Oh... Anyway, I feel that yes this new evidence does now hold much stronger for ZFG 's case against Casey. MUCH, I still think her lawyers will argue she speccifically cleared her. Is that too late since damages were allready done? Hard to say, she cleared her before there were any negative damages by any media or bloggers even. NOW that aside having hard evidence that she was looking for a cover story,as I previously said proof of would be needed, a Jury may now decide in ZFG's favor.
Would I? I think it shows careless disregard for her actions. I think it shows there is NO ZANNY THE NANNY so her story was in fact a lie when she told it to the police which was very negligent and illegal, and with this new evidence. Now, she may not have known, as I have stated before, that this would get so blown out of the water for ZFG but that also does not allow her to claim ignorrance either. Ignorance of the law is no excuse we all know that.
So is she guilty of defamation to the police? Yes she told them a lie based on information obtained to cover up her guilt in her other actions. Did her defamation of this woman to the police cause her harm? No because the police cleared her. Did the police releasing this information to the public cause her harm? Yes, the media and bloggers created havoc for this woman. Can I blame this on Casey? Yes is Casey guilty of a crime here though? I am still on the fence! I need to see precidence. But I think this is the first time this has happened.
Someone mentioned fictional characters and people suing authors because their fictional characters were causing them undo harm since their names and lives were similar to their own real lives. If you can find those cases you may have some precidence.
But I ask you this:
If I wrote a book about a hockey player named Oswald Junior Straigtwell whom killed his ex-wife and her boyfriend on the front porch of their home with a knife and then was later arrested and found not guilty then later in my story wrote a book that if he did do it he would have done it completly different then he goes and tells all his friends he actually did it then his grown children over hear this and tried to kil him and got thrown in jail because of it and then he later in his old age comes out in the media to say he was sorry for it and wants to come clean.......
Could I be sued by someone in real life who may have a similar story for defamation of character? It is pure fiction.
I know it's a fine line and again this is why it takes a Judge, 12 Jurors, a defense lawyer and a prosecuter to do the job that must be done. Many innocent people go to jail and many guilty people go free, its not black and white. Justice may be blind but she relies on the ability of many people to come to a conclusion.
So.....When I see more evidence I will be able to make a better determination here. We are getting closer though to changing my vote, thanks to this new release of docs! Not that I didn't think that allready but I feel without the hard evidence we cannot prove it in court.