The Anthony Family: Who Might be the First to Tell the Truth?

[OneLostGrl]

This has always had me baffled. Surely she has to know that the way she's behaved hasn't won her any sympathy, and just the opposite, has made people angry. I'd think she'd be embarrassed, and at some point apologize and stop acting like that.

She honestly doesn't see that her behavior is wrong. WE are wrong. .. everyone else is wrong but never, ever her. We owe her an apology.

imo

 

[Leila]

Blaise, I have strong admirations for you and your daughters, Survivors are what many of us are. Those who have endured much of the same as you and take this stance, you have healed your hurt and those of your daughters. It takes a special person to step up, not make excuses and bring justice to those who deserve it. God Bless....

From the moment ICA was arrested for child neglect, this is when the wheels of CA started to spin. She had to make sure the public knew that ICA was a good mother, this after threatening to take custody of Caylee. This after telling anyone who would listen what a pathological liar/sociopath her darling daughter is...She became hostile and contrary immediately after she caught her breath. Now it's a save Casey coverup instead of a search for the truth. The difference to me is that they already know the truth and are hoping that just one juror will grasp onto their way of thinking. My belief, the hardest hurdle will be those 31 days of not reporting Caylee allegedly missing or abducted, depends on the "tale" one believes. Once a jury hears of all those innocent folk placed in harms way, they will learn to dispise this team...JMHO

Justice for Caylee

If the judge allows Casey's phone call home from jail, Cindy's MySpace comments of July 3, 2008, Casey's MySpace and the Diary of Days, and the photos of Casey partying at Fusion..........all this along with the 31 days and the testimony of Amy, Ricardo, Tony, Jesse, and other friends at that time, is what's going to sink Casey's ship.

 

[Leila]

She honestly doesn't see that her behavior is wrong. WE are wrong. .. everyone else is wrong but never, ever her. We owe her an apology.

imo

It's difficult to imagine someone who is unbending to the the point of not being able to accept the opinion of others, or is unable to understand that they did something wrong.

Humans learn from each other. Websleuths is a good example of how each of us learn from others. Opinions someone else expresses, helps us see things in a different light. We bounce ideas off of each other in an effort to understand what may have happened. Life experiences of others help us see things differently too. If we were unbending and unwilling to accept the viewpoint of someone else, we'd never be able to engage in a dialog about this case.

 

[JSR]

Isn't it a sad indication that more people believe Casey will crack than Cindy????

 

[ziggy]

Nobody in this family will crack and accept the truth. They have twisted the truth to fit their own reality and that's what they live in and they aren't going to change. If they have "family secrets", then they will go to their graves with them before they admit they have any problems. They are convinced their way of thinking IS the truth. You can't reason with people like this.

The truth has no agenda. That's why it will never be important to them.

 

[pip]

George already cracked in the very beginning. Sorry George, ya already let the cat out of the bag. No do-overs.
...he remains the weakest link, IMO.

 

[hornswoggled]

George already cracked in the very beginning. Sorry George, ya already let the cat out of the bag. No do-overs.
...he remains the weakest link, IMO.

Yes, George told the FBI in his interview what he thought the smell in the trunk was and that his daughter knew more than she was willing to tell. He told them Casey would stick with a story right to the very edge and I believe him.

I think that George is the Anthony family's "expert witness". However, he is the weakest link and he cannot think fast enough to withstand cross examination on the witness stand. He will get tongue-tied and flustered and belligerent and probably end up blurting out something he had no intention of saying.

 

[pip]

Yes, George told the FBI in his interview what he thought the smell in the trunk was and that his daughter knew more than she was willing to tell. He told them Casey would stick with a story right to the very edge and I believe him.

I think that George is the Anthony family's "expert witness". However, he is the weakest link and he cannot think fast enough to withstand cross examination on the witness stand. He will get tongue-tied and flustered and belligerent and probably end up blurting out something he had no intention of saying.

Very true. I can see George becoming a hostile witness before Cindy does. He doesn't think very fast on his feet and is not much of a wordsmith. George goes hostile pretty easily when pressured and I think they can choke the truth out of him, eventually, once they push his back against the wall.. Cindy on the other hand is quite a wiley character.. (transparent, but wiley..)

 

[ZsaZsa]

Nobody in this family will crack and accept the truth. They have twisted the truth to fit their own reality and that's what they live in and they aren't going to change. If they have "family secrets", then they will go to their graves with them before they admit they have any problems. They are convinced their way of thinking IS the truth. You can't reason with people like this.

The truth has no agenda. That's why it will never be important to them.

There is already a little crack in this family front- GA is no longer attending court. That's his own little protest.
Then again, he could have found a job and be working for a living.........Nah!

 

[Leila]

There is already a little crack in this family front- GA is no longer attending court. That's his own little protest.
Then again, he could have found a job and be working for a living.........Nah!

Once the trial starts, and after he testifies, if George continues to be a no show, while Cindy continues to attend, I think we'll know that George no longer supports ICA. If George has left the "Casey didn't do it" camp, his testimony might be very interesting! It depends on if can testify truthfully knowing that his testimony could contribute to his daughter's conviction and a possible death sentence.

 

[kaRN]

There is already a little crack in this family front- GA is no longer attending court. That's his own little protest.
Then again, he could have found a job and be working for a living.........Nah!

I read somewhere on another site that someone had seen GA at a fast food restaurant close to the court during the last status hearing. Coincidence maybe because I`m hoping he`s working by now but who knows. CA wrote to ICA in a letter from last October that GA was finally seeing a counsellor with her and then he stopped going to the hearings. Whatever the reason he no longer attends lets hope it`s to send a message to the daughter who ignores him in court and calls him a sexual deviant.

OT for this thread but Grandfathers in the delivery room is a rare occurance. Grandparents present for a hospital birth are a rarity. Nobody would have allowed either GA ior CA in the delivery room without ICA`s permission which begs the question.....What allegedly sexually assualted woman, allows the assailant into the delivery room?

 

[Meemom]

Once the trial starts, and after he testifies, if George continues to be a no show, while Cindy continues to attend, I think we'll know that George no longer supports ICA. If George has left the "Casey didn't do it" camp, his testimony might be very interesting! It depends on if can testify truthfully knowing that his testimony could contribute to his daughter's conviction and a possible death sentence.

The human mind can be very twisty turny.......there's always a possibility that GA will take all that bottled up resentment of being bullied by CA, lied to by ICA, feelings of inadequecy to do anything with his life, guilt over not preventing harm to Caylee, and genuine love of Caylee, and turn it into a vendetta against ICA, and by proxy, CA. Unlikely, but a possibility....JMO

 

[Scamperoo]

I think this particular ship has long since sailed they are in so deep that to "crack" would mean the lot of them would be in "" up to their lying
As much as they want to get their wunderkind off, I think they will draw the line at going to
When one thinks about it, what the heck would they do if she got off anyway. Who wants a sociopath who has committed murder living under the same roof as them...

 

[TotallyObsessed]

I already voted on this a while ago...I don't think any of them are capable of telling the truth. But interestingly, yesterday I was reading some of the very first interviews between LE and GA, LA and the contrast from then and the spin that has taken place over the past two years is simply amazing. How the stories changed....and IMHO you could see back then that GA and LA knew, KNEW what KC had most likely done. But from the very beginning, while CA had her suspicions her mind just would not grasp that concept. Each excuse, each lie, she clung to in desperate hope. I believe it was not until Caylee's remains were found that she stopped hoping she would find her granddaughter. And even then, she has her moments. I am not going soft on CA, but if you go back to the beginning the raw truth was in front of everybody then.

And I also believe CA's personality is such that she is incapable of seeing, believing or speaking the truth.

 

[Scamperoo]

I wonder if anyone has seen this yet, looks like someone was helping himself to duct tape...dishonesty runs in this family really deeply, no chance the truth will be told by these people. no integrity whatsoever. http://www.thehinkymeter.com/2011/02/08/will-duct-tape-be-caseys-sticking-point-95-shurity/

 

[Just Jayla]

Okay, here's a new one from me-Perhaps CA will be the first-if she is the first to testify.

Not on purpose, she'll walk herself right into the truth.

Listening to the 911 call hearing-CA seems to think the point of the hearing is whether or not the actual content of what she said was an aggravating factor-She fails to realize that the point of the hearing is (basically) to determine if the call is admissable under the law.

Nearly every single question she answers for LDB confirms it was an excited utterance-But when LDB and JB ask CA about the content of the last call, she tries to do the Anthony word dance. She throws out the jewel about thinking Caylee is still alive-She appears to have no clue that she basically handed LDB what she needed (to get that call admitted) on a silver platter.

CA herself stated that if the road leads to KC, she will accept that so long as all facts are accounted for-While many of us do not believe her (she'll never accept KC's guilt), she may actually be following that guideline. In that 911 call hearing, she stated just about everything leading up to that call as it actually happened. She had no problem confirming KC was a thief, she stated that she was terrified about Caylee's whereabouts and that she needed LA to talk sense into KC-She admitted she had worked with rotting flesh and did know the smell-even though JB tried to brush that aside-If she goes into the trial just stating the facts as she knows them, the truth will become clear to the jury.

We know a lot of the facts here. Forget our opinions or CA's opinions-The facts don't look good for KC and the facts paint a more truthful picture to the jury.

 

[Snaz]

Okay, here's a new one from me-Perhaps CA will be the first-if she is the first to testify.

Not on purpose, she'll walk herself right into the truth.

Listening to the 911 call hearing-CA seems to think the point of the hearing is whether or not the actual content of what she said was an aggravating factor-She fails to realize that the point of the hearing is (basically) to determine if the call is admissable under the law.

Nearly every single question she answers for LDB confirms it was an excited utterance-But when LDB and JB ask CA about the content of the last call, she tries to do the Anthony word dance. She throws out the jewel about thinking Caylee is still alive-She appears to have no clue that she basically handed LDB what she needed (to get that call admitted) on a silver platter.

CA herself stated that if the road leads to KC, she will accept that so long as all facts are accounted for-While many of us do not believe her (she'll never accept KC's guilt), she may actually be following that guideline. In that 911 call hearing, she stated just about everything leading up to that call as it actually happened. She had no problem confirming KC was a thief, she stated that she was terrified about Caylee's whereabouts and that she needed LA to talk sense into KC-She admitted she had worked with rotting flesh and did know the smell-even though JB tried to brush that aside-If she goes into the trial just stating the facts as she knows them, the truth will become clear to the jury.

We know a lot of the facts here. Forget our opinions or CA's opinions-The facts don't look good for KC and the facts paint a more truthful picture to the jury.

Good post, Jayla. It sure made me think. Until I read your post, I hadn't actually thought of one of the A's telling the truth in terms of being on the stand during the trial. I originally voted that none of them would ever tell the truth. But I always thought of it as one of them admitting the truth of their own free will. (Yeah, like that will ever happen.)

Now that I look at it from another viewpoint, I believe whichever Anthony is on the stand first will be the one to first tell the truth... not by choice, but because the State's Attorneys really know this case inside and out and they will basically "trap" them into telling the truth.... trap them with their own "mistruths".... both of them.

I think when LDB and JA get done with George and Cindy on the stand, neither one of them will even know what hit them!

JMHO. :twocents:

 

[TotallyObsessed]

Good post, Jayla. It sure made me think. Until I read your post, I hadn't actually thought of one of the A's telling the truth in terms of being on the stand during the trial. I originally voted that none of them would ever tell the truth. But I always thought of it as one of them admitting the truth of their own free will. (Yeah, like that will ever happen.)

Now that I look at it from another viewpoint, I believe whichever Anthony is on the stand first will be the one to first tell the truth... not by choice, but because the State's Attorneys really know this case inside and out and they will basically "trap" them into telling the truth.... trap them with their own "mistruths".... both of them.

I think when LDB and JA get done with George and Cindy on the stand, neither one of them will even know what hit them!

JMHO. :twocents:

I don't even think it will be so much "trapping" them into telling the truth. Because if GA and CA and LA simply stick to the facts, the pure facts, that will show the truth. The facts point to nothing less than the truth.

 

[Solace]

I don't even think it will be so much "trapping" them into telling the truth. Because if GA and CA and LA simply stick to the facts, the pure facts, that will show the truth. The facts point to nothing less than the truth.

When George was deposed by John Morgan, Morgan brings up his responses to Yuri and the FBI on several things - and Morgan reads George's testimony, e.g. odor in the trunk and George admits he said it and agrees with the answer STILL.

So, there is much that they can bring up e.g. her not working at all, the fact that she was stealing and trying to pass off made up deposit slips. I know the prosecution said they realize that there are certain things that cannot be brought up; however, they want some latitude with things that show KC's demeanor, etc.

Cindy is extremely smug at times, but this is all going to go away when she realizes the questions the State will throw at her family. She may say, it is going to be crazy, but I do not think she realizes the extent to how crazy it will be in that the truth is going to be glaring.

Although, she may have her denial so wrapped around her brain that she refuses and does the sociopathic thing and says - no one saw her kill and so she didn't.

 

[LolaMoon08]

I don't think the State is going to have any trouble keeping the Anthony's on the straight and narrow when it comes to their testimony at trial... they are not going to allow any of them to go on one of their wild tangents. They may try... but they will be shot down.

My problem is with what the defense is going to allow them to do... and I believe the defense will have no problem trapping them into their earlier lies by bringing up prior statements that contradict what they are testifying to. I think that Cindy will play the sweet, innocent and grieving grandmother for the state... but when it comes to the defense, I believe Cindy's true colors will shine through... and that is exactly what the defense wants and they are going to bait her... and something good.