Casey Anthony

Casey Anthony, largely in hiding since her 2011 acquittal on murder charges, was spotted dining at a Lake Worth, Fla., restaurant, according to the Daily Mail.

A picture shows a woman believed to be "Tot Mom" enjoying a basket of chicken wings and French fries at a Flanigan's Seafood Bar and Grill on Tuesday.

The celebrity gossip site Gossip Extra first obtained the exclusive picture.

They report that Pat McKenna, a private investigator who worked on Anthony's case and also helped clear O.J. Simpson, was seated across from her.

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Has there been a discovery of new evidence in the Caylee Anthony murder case?

A news station in Orlando, Fla., says it has evidence "missed by prosecutors" that could prove Casey Anthony’s guilt in the slaying of her two-year-old daughter.

WKMG-TV reporter Tony Pipitone says, “We've uncovered an astounding failure by investigators that left prosecutors unaware of more than 98 percent of a crucial batch of evidence.”

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Naomi Riches says Casey Anthony wants her dead.

She also wants $3 billion for her troubles.

The Pennsylvania woman sued Casey Anthony for $3 billion, according to reports, claiming the accused child murderer is "an Illuminati actress" who made threats to kill her and who caused her "severe psychological damage."

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Shirley Wygal, whose daughter lost her life inside an Aurora, Colorado movie theater on July 20 and who is now suing the owners of that theater, has hired Jose Baez has her attorney.

Baez is best known as the lead lawyer in the Casey Anthony case. After helping that accused murderer go free, he wrote a book in which he detailed Anthony's perceived mental issues.

Wygal believes the theater, due to its lax security, should be held partially responsible for the alleged actions of James Holes.

In a statement, she tells TMZ:

"When police came that night with official word, Rebecca's baby asked, 'How did he get in?' Dissatisfied with the answer, she asked again. At just 5 years old, she wants to know how it could happen and so do I. If any entity had an obligation to protect the innocent and did not, then every survivor and loved one left behind must hold them accountable. The first step is a timely and thorough investigation.

"I've engaged a firm large enough to help us all. I am confident in their expertise and appreciate their making this a priority. Rebecca would love these attorneys. As a mom, she'd want her girls to have the truth. As a daughter, she'd insist I find that truth for them."

Casey Anthony's former lawyer Jose Baez is certainly dropping some memorable quotes in his new book. Among them? That he felt her car smelled like a corpse.

In Presumed Guilty, Casey Anthony: The Inside Story Baez recalled looking in the car trunk, where prosecutors believed her daughter Caylee’s body was hidden.

“I could smell something rotten," he wrote. "I had been to a morgue before and my first impression was that this smelled like a dead body."

"I smelled something else, a chemical-like substance. If you took a good strong whiff, it almost hurt your nostrils. 'Oh my God,' I thought."

"'I’m going to have to talk to Casey about taking a plea.'"

Casey insists she did not kill Caylee, and a jury found her not guilty one year ago today, despite various witness accounts of her Pontiac Sunfire.

George Anthony, Casey's father, testified that when he went to pick up the car from the impound lot, he smelled “something that you would never forget.”

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Almost a year to the date of her acquittal, Casey Anthony is living life in seclusion, rarely venturing out for fear she'll be recognized, and wearing the ashes of the daughter most people believe she brutally murdered around her neck.

Her mother Cindy made her a special necklace with them.

"Casey told me it was the way the Anthony women would be together forever," a friend says, noting that Cindy Anthony wears them as well.

Since walking out of jail a free woman on July 17, 2011, Casey, who must remain in Florida due to probation, has moved around the state.

Now settling in the West Palm Beach area and spending most of her days online, Anthony has put on about 20 pounds, according to the friend.

In an interview with Piers Morgan in June, Anthony maintained that she did not kill Caylee Anthony, and that she's often been misunderstood.

One person who isn't buying it: Prosecutor Jeff Ashton.

"I'm not going to get all weepy at the thought of Casey not being able to go out partying," he says. "She brought it all upon herself, and now she has to live with it – which is incidentally a luxury that Caylee will never get."

On a related note, even Jose Baez thinks she's crazy.

Casey Anthony faces the very real possibility of being hit with key questions about her daughter Caylee's death, despite her legal maneuvers to avoid doing so.

Zenaida Gonzalez is suing Casey for defamation after the Florida mom told cops that a woman with a similar name (Zanny the Nanny) had kidnapped Caylee.

During Casey's deposition in the proceedings last year, she refused to answer many questions posed by Gonzalez's lawyer, invoking fifth amendment privileges.

Casey is appealing her conviction for lying to police, and that's where it gets interesting, as Gonzalez's lawyers believe this will potentially help their case.

"She [Casey] has just filed her initial brief. If she wins her appeal and the charges are thrown out, there is no fifth amendment privilege," her attorney said.

"If she loses her appeal, she will have to talk as well because there is no criminal charge pending. Resolution of her appeal one way or the other is helpful to us."

The crux of Casey's appeal for lying to cops is that she was never given her Miranda rights when she was arrested on suspicion of murdering Caylee Anthony.

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In his new book, Casey Anthony's defense lawyer Jose Baez says the accused child killer lived in a "fantasy world" and has "serious mental health issues."

Presumed Guilty, Casey Anthony: The Inside Story is Baez's account of last year's sensational trial. In it, he says Casey's lies to police weren't proof of guilt.

Instead, he says they're indicative of her obvious mental problems.

As for why Baez decided to write a book about the trial, he says:

"I wrote the book because there was so much that people didn't know, and still don't know. This book is more than 420 pages of nothing but the inside story."

"My goal wasn't to change anyone's minds. My goal was to tell the story and if people change their minds, it will be because [they learned] more facts."

"I think people's reaction will be surprised at how much they don't know."

For instance, describing in the book why Casey Anthony took police officers to Universal Studios to look for her daughter, Caylee Anthony, Baez writes:

"[Detectives should have realized] right away, 'Wait a minute, we're clearly not dealing with someone who is playing with a full deck.'"

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Casey Anthony has kept a journal ever since he daughter, Caylee, disappeared. Now the rumor is that she will try to incorporate her entries into a bestseller.

Casey, who says she obviously didn't kill Caylee, has "been keeping a journal and she's spending the majority of her days writing," a source tells Radar Online.

"She has also been spending a lot of time going through her past journal entries and including excerpts she wants included in a book she wants to write."

“Make no mistake, Casey will absolutely be releasing a book, it's just a matter of time," the source adds of the infamous 26-year-old "Tot Mom."

"[Casey Anthony] feels that this is the only way that she can get her story out and she feels that the public wants to hear from her."

However, “the big publishing houses fear the backlash from the public and aren't lining up to sign Casey [though] she isn't concerned about it."

"Look, Casey has got bills to pay, she has to pay her lawyers. She has been unable to work for the past year, and she is counting on the book deal."

Meanwhile, Anthony's one-time attorney, Jose Baez, is releasing his new book, Presumed Guilty, next month through Ben Bella, a smaller-time publisher.

They're also publishing Rielle Hunter's book this month, in which she gushes about having sex with John Edwards, how his late wife was nuts, etc.

Ben Bella certainly represents some class folks.

Since her acquittal in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, Casey Anthony has kept a low profile, living in hiding and refusing all interviews.

But Tuesday afternoon via telephone, Anthony surprisingly spoke to CNN's Piers Morgan in a 10-minute discussion that was not played on-air.

Casey, 26, asserted her innocence, but says she's ashamed of who she was, and shed light on her current life as well as the public perception of her.

Casey Anthony on Piers Morgan Tonight

"Obviously I did not kill my daughter," Morgan quoted Anthony as saying last night "There's nothing in this world I've ever been so proud of."

"There's no one I loved more than [Caylee]. She's my greatest accomplishment."

Living in solitary seclusion, Anthony says she has reflected on some of her mistakes. "I didn't trust law enforcement because of my relationship with my father, who is ex law enforcement himself," she said.

"I didn't give them the benefit of the doubt, which is probably why they didn't give me the benefit of the doubt ... the public perception of me is bad. It's absolutely horrible. I was a stupid kid, but I've never been a 'party girl.'"

"I've gone through hell. I'm ashamed in many ways of the person I was."

Casey is now out of hiding and on the run after being served with a subpoena in the defamation case being brought by Zenaida Gonzalez.

Anthony's lawyer, Cheney Mason, appeared on Piers' program and revealed that she spends her days indoors, reading and watching television.

Her current literary fare: The Hunger Games trilogy.