I was one of the folks hoping Zenaida would get an attorney before she got one and was over the moon that she picked Morgan and Morgan.
I really feel for Zenaida. Here she is in this ****ty Orlando economy with a whole truckload of kids, divorcing her husband (or thinking about it), and trying to get an apartment at Sawgrass (which is not upscale, let me be kind). She's was either working or trying to work. Who knows how Casey cooked up the ZFG alibi (if it was a combination of Myspace/Facebook people, Orlando internet searches, and coupled "Fernandez" to the name to make it seem more authentic and harder for the PoPo and because Caylee's bones were near a house with a Fernandez and another with a Gonzales).
But here's little Zenaida trying to get by, trying to get an apartment, trying to work and then POW she gets a call from LE that someone with her name is a suspect (or needs to be questioned) in a kidnapping of some Orlando child. Zenaida is interviewed and likely says, "Look I have 5 or 6 kids. I don't need another one! I have never seen this Casey and I've never seen this Caylee." Zenaida drives a car like Casey later says ZFG drove, and Zenaida also had New York license plates (like Casey said too in the Blanchard Park Revision). Casey also said Zenaida lived at Sawgrass (where this Zenaida was looking to rent). So, then the Orlando news hits like wildfire with the Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzales as the baby stealer! I mean, newscast after newscast with everyone (including the family) talking about it. Zenaida's myspace gets comments after comments. Apparently she loses a job because of the drama. Let me tell you, I would not have wanted to be Zenaida Gonzales for the world (in Orlando) last year. Can you imagine trying to get a job interview with that name on everyone's lips as a possibly baby stealer? It's hard enough to get a job (I know it!). Plus, she doesn't seem to be the most educated lady on the planet (I could be wrong). It's one thing if you have a similar name and you have your Doctorate degree and another when you maybe just finished high school. Companies will always take the easiest route in hiring.
So poor Zenaida lives out of a friggin' motel. Who knows how she's paying for her rent. When she was interviewed by the local news she was always in a cheap motel and it was pitiful. And interviews smearing her name kept being given up until the point JMorgan took her on as a client. I cheered because at least that was going to SHUT PEOPLE'S TRAPS about THAT Zenaida once she had representation. Had she not gotten representation and not had an airtight alibi she's probably still be getting investigated by certain parties. Of this I have no doubt...
Further, when you file a civil lawsuit, you give a range on the monetary amount. Certain amounts go to small claims court (like less than $5,000.00) and amounts over $15,000.00 go to another section of the court. I think (and I could be wrong) that Zenaida's
minimum is $15,000.00. A jury could award more and then you tag on PUNITIVE damages (meant to punish wrongdoer and insure they don't do it again).
Apparently, Casey was shown a picture of THIS ZENAIDA (or maybe more than one picture) and Casey denied it was her. However, the damage was done. THEN, when Casey met with Cindy at the jail Casey apparently or allegedly told Cindy that she DID NOT CLEAR any Zenaida or THAT ZENAIDA. So, we have the public which had been told, "Zenaida has been cleared". But THEN Cindy marches outside and says, "Casey said she did not see the pictures and did not clear a Kissimmee Zenaida" [paraphrased]. Well, this in my opinion, reopened the suspicion to the Zenaida in question. And in my opinion, this was a BAD MOVE on Cindy's part. The media was putting the mic in Cindy's face and she just blasted out that Casey had not cleared her...which the document dump seems to show that she had.
Then finally, now that the suit has been filed, Casey still has not gone on record to say, "THIS IS NOT THE ZENAIDA I CLAIM BABYSAT MY CHILD." Since Casey has not done that, it does not matter that George and Cindy sit up there and say, "I CLEAR HER" because well, they never saw her in the first place. Comprende? How can you really clear someone you never saw?
So, CASEY needs to clear this Zenaida. Period. And Cindy and George need to answer Morgan and Mitnick's questions. Period. It is Morgan and Mitnick's job to not only show that THIS ZENAIDA was slandered and libeled but if they can prove CASEY DID IT then it proves ZENAIDA did not.