Casey Anthony

Casey Anthony has been keeping a journal ever since she was locked up for murder, and there's a possibility it could be used as evidence against her.

Not for killing Caylee, of course - that ship has sailed after a jury acquitted her last July - but in the defamation suit filed by Zenaida Gonzalez.

Gonzalez is suing because the notorious “Tot Mom” told cops that a woman with a similar name to Gonzalez - Zanny the Nanny - kidnapped Caylee.

Whether her journals and the Casey Anthony video diaries stay hidden is an open question, as lawyers believe Zenaida is mentioned in them.

"That is relevant information a jury needs to hear," a source close to the situation said. "Zenaida's lawyers could ask that Casey's journals be admitted."

"It's expected that Casey's attorneys will vehemently oppose that line of questioning and any action to get Casey's journals in front of the jury."

A jury of six must come to a unanimous decision on a verdict under Florida law in the civil trial to establish whether Anthony defamed Gonzalez.

Anthony, who had been in laying low while she serves her probation for check fraud, has since subpoenaed and is out of hiding and on the run.

Casey Anthony had been hiding out in South Florida area, but had to leave at some point last week after being outed and fearing for her safety.

As a result, she is once again on the move, according to reports.

Anthony has been in hiding in Florida, where she must remain due to her probation, since she was acquitted of murdering her daughter last July.

She has recently been more making forays back out in to the public, albeit virtually unrecognizably due to the amount of weight she has gained.

Having been served with a subpoena recently in the defamation suit filed by Zenaida Gonzalez, Anthony has been forced to find new digs.

Gonzalez is suing after Anthony told the cops that a woman with a similar name to Gonzalez's - Zanny the Nanny - had kidnapped Caylee.

The private investigators were attempting to serve her with a subpoena to appear at the trial, which is expected to begin in January 2013.

"Casey had been venturing out at night and the investigators had been tipped off by people that had seen her," said a source close to her.

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Casey Anthony's getting a new look on Lifetime.

A week into the filming of the network's movie Imperfect Justice, the role of the woman acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter has been re-cast.

Holly DeVeaux has dropped out of the project and has been replaced by Virginia Welch, whose resume includes several independent films and commercials.

According to a source close to the production, the decision for Holly DeVeaux to leave the production was mutual as both sides felt it wasn't right.

"Holly moved on; they recast the role," says a source close to the upcoming production. "This is one of those decisions that happens all the time."

"Holly was good and very talented; it just didn't work."

Think Welch (above), will make a better Casey Anthony than DeVeaux (below)? We'll have to wait and see, but the physical resemblance is there.

Casting also includes The Office's Oscar Nunez as defense attorney Jose Baez. Kevin Dunn and Marina Stephenson Kerr will play Anthony's parents.

Rob Lowe will play prosecutor Jeff Ashton. "It's flattering," Ashton recently joked. "They clearly weren't going for someone who looks exactly like me."

Casey Anthony wants to leave Florida as soon as legally possible and is eyeing a move to the central American paradise of Costa Rica, according to reports.

Anthony has been in hiding since she was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, but has recently been making forays back into the public.

Virtually unrecognizable due to the amount of weight she has gained sitting around doing nothing, she is soon planning on leaving the U.S., and for good.

She would have fled already, but Anthony is on probation for one year after pleading guilty to check fraud and is required to live in Florida during that time.

Once Casey's probation ends later this summer, she plans on ditching the sunshine state for Costa Rica. She is "counting the days," according to sources.

"She has been researching countries that she could move to and Costa Rica is at the top of the list," a source close to the situation tells Radar Online.

"Casey wants to live in a tropical setting and the cost of living is extremely low in Costa Rica. She wants to put as much distance as possible from Florida."

"She feels this is the best possibly place to start a new life. Costa Rica also appeals to her because Americans are warmly embraced by the locals."

Not sure that applies to accused child-murderers, but whatever.

There's one additional holdup, of course. She is still being sued by Zanaida Gonzalez for defamation after Casey said a woman with that name kidnapped Caylee.

According to reports, Casey Anthony is “annoyed” and dreading that she has to testify at the upcoming trial, even if she can blame only herself.

Lifetime has found an actress to play Casey Anthony in the upcoming film about her trial. Young, relative unknown Holly Deveaux will portray Tot Mom.

Although Kristen Stewart and other fan hopefuls were rumored as candidates to play the accused child murderer, the network settled on Deveaux.

The film will be titled Imperfect Justice, a Lifetime rep confirmed.

Deveaux, 19, has appeared in TV programs Less Than Kind and Baxter in her native Canada, as well as in a made-for-TV TNT movie, Silent Witness.

Though the actress' role is a crucial one, Anthony won't be the focus. Instead, the story will center on the attorneys behind the controversial trial.

Rob Lowe has been cast as Jeff Ashton, the prosecuting attorney alongside Elizabeth Mitchell (who will play fellow prosecutor Linda Drake Burdick).

The Office's Oscar Nunez will tackle the role of Anthony's defense attorney Jose Baez, who pulled a rabbit out of his hat and got Casey off the hook.

In other news, Casey Anthony got served with a subpoena in the lawsuit filed against her by Zenaida Gonzalez, and is dreading going back to court.

Earlier this week, Casey Anthony's attorneys accepted a subpoena that forces her to testify in a civil lawsuit, and she is not happy about it.

Anthony, 26, is angry that it will affect her plans to leave the U.S. after her probation ends in August, as she must be available to testify.

Says a source close to the accused child killer:

"Casey was really hoping to leave Florida and never look back. She was really ready to move on with her life. This has ruined everything."

Anthony will have to answer tough questions about her statements in the days after her daughter, Caylee Anthony, was reported missing.

She claimed that a babysitter named Zenaida Gonzalez had kidnapped the little girl, an allegation that turned out to be entirely untrue.

Now a woman by the same name is suing Anthony for defamation.

"Casey just wants this case to go away," says the source. "She definitely doesn't want to testify, and she's annoyed that she has to."

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After 10 months in hiding, Casey Anthony may soon resurface after being subpoenaed in a lawsuit by Zenaida Gonzalez, a.k.a. Zanny the Nanny.

Investigators have been waiting outside her residence in Florida for days to serve her with a subpoena in a defamation lawsuit filed by Gonzalez.

"Our investigation team has had her whereabouts pinned down," says Gonzalez's lawyer, Matt Morgan. "Their backs were against the wall."

"Her attorneys said that they would accept service on her behalf."

Gonzalez filed suit over Anthony's comments in 2008 that a babysitter named Zenaida Gonzalez had kidnapped Anthony's 2-year-old daughter Caylee.

The toddler was found dead and Anthony was charged with murder. She was found not guilty after a sensational trial in July and went into seclusion.

There was no babysitter by that name, but Gonzalez - who had nothing to do with Casey - claimed defamation because the two names are the same.

The defamation case has proceeded, with Anthony living in a secret location in Florida (where she must remain due to her probation for check fraud).

A judge finally ordered that Casey Anthony's attorneys must disclose her whereabouts so that she may be served and answer questions under oath.

Anthony had planned to leave the country after her probation was finished in September, but she now will must return to Orlando to face Gonzalez.

Gonzalez, who is seeking unspecified damages, is "happy" to hear that Casey "will be held accountable just like everybody else," says her attorney.

Parks & Recreation star Rob Lowe will portray a lawyer in the upcoming TV movie about last summer's Casey Anthony trial, according to reports.

Lowe, who previously played Drew Peterson in the Lifetime original film Drew Peterson: Untouchable has been cast as prosecutor Jeff Ashton.

The movie, tentatively titled Prosecuting Casey Anthony, will be based on Ashton's book about the case, Improper Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony.

In a case that captivated the country, Anthony, 26, was charged with and later acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee in 2008.

The not guilty verdict set off a firestorm of criticism (and head-scratching, or just plain outrage) across the U.S. Anthony has been in hiding since.

She hasn't won over many since last summer. In fact, the family that hid her after the verdict recently left this scathing voicemail for Casey Anthony.

"We're thrilled to have Rob returning to our network, after his amazing star turn as Drew Peterson," Lifetime executive V.P. Rob Sharenow said.

"He's one of those rare stars who can do it all: comedy, drama, heroes, villains."

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The pastor's family that Casey Anthony hid with after her shocking murder trial acquittal last year left a scathing voicemail for her this January.

Pastor Steve Camp and his wife Cindy run the Cross Church of Palm City where Casey was rumored to be hiding out after her release from jail.

In the voicemail, Cindy voices heartbreaking betrayal and urges Casey Anthony her not to deal with powerhouse attorney Jose Baez any longer.

She also calls her out for being selfish and self-centered.

Cindy Camp lambasts Baez for taking advantage of their family and Casey, then goes OFF on the 26-year-old's recent behavior, with few specifics.

The voicemail was left in January 2012, just days after bizarre the Casey Anthony diary video showing off her "new life" somehow leaked online.

That same week, Baez called it quits, opting to no longer represent the accused child murderer. It's unclear why the two decided to part ways.

Here is the voicemail transcribed and obtained by Radar Online:

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Casey Anthony may not be out of the legal woods just yet.

Her civil defense attorney is doing everything he can to make sure a defamation lawsuit against his client won’t go to trial, and today, a judge will hear the lawyer argue for the dismissal of the lawsuit brought against Anthony by Zenaida Gonzalez.

The 25-year-old might want to say a prayer this afternoon.

Gonzalez, a.k.a. Zanny the Nanny, is suing Anthony for defamation, claims that she was harassed and threatened after Anthony came up with a bogus nanny named Zenaida Gonzalez-Fernandez who she accused of kidnapping her daughter Caylee.

Gonzalez's attorneys will ask that Casey Anthony's video diaries be ordered into evidence in the case. Anthony has been keeping the video journal, which were leaked mysteriously this winter, since her July acquittal on murder charges.

What relevance the diary has is unclear, but it appears below:

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