Caylee Anthony Post 25 November

An attorney for Casey Anthony will fight a gag order in his client's case, saying it's in his client's best interest to be able to fight "false leads" being issued by the state and the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Jose Baez said he will fight the gag order at a hearing on Tuesday, and he issued subpoenas to several media members, including Local 6 News reporter Adam Longo, to testify about the publicity in the case.

Casey Anthony, 22, remains jailed on first-degree murder charges in the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter Caylee, who was last seen in mid-June.

Baez said it it his right to respond to any leak.

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"If we're not able to respond to false, misleading leads that are thrown out there, it would hurt our client's case," Baez said. "That's, quite frankly, the reason."

Baez said other motions would be heard on Tuesday and claimed that the state attorney's office has delayed handing over information about the case to him.

He also said that a Jan. 5 start date for the trial may not hold up, and he said he wasn't sure if videotapes of FBI interviews with Casey Anthony's parents -- George and Cindy Anthony -- would be admissible in court.

FBI Videos Irk George, Cindy Anthony

Meanwhile, George and Cindy Anthony spoke for the first time since their interviews with the FBI were released, saying they felt like they have been ambushed.

George and Cindy Anthony spoke after a prayer vigil was held Sunday night for Caylee, saying they did not know they were being videotaped and had no idea the FBI interviews were being released until they watched local TV news.

The Anthonys said this proves that investigators are not searching for Caylee but instead are continuing to build a case against Casey Anthony.

"That distinct odor, that's something you don't forget," George Anthony said in the FBI interview. "I believe something was placed in the back of that trunk. I don't want to believe it was my granddaughter."

George Anthony also said in the interview that his daughter had lied.

"Is my daughter not telling the truth? Yeah," George Anthony said. "She knows a lot more than what's going on. Has she just completely blanked this out or is she just trying to cover up something that might have went wrong? That's possible."

No Leads In Possible Sighting

The Anthonys said no one has come forward since a picture of a girl involved in a possible Caylee sighting was released on Friday.

The photo was taken inside the Florida Mall, but the person who took the picture has not been identified.

"We want to continue to get it out there. If she belongs to someone else, we want to know so we can rule it out," Anthony family spokeswoman Michelle Bart said.

Bounty Hunter Search

Celebrity bounty hunter Leonard Padilla said he will return to Orlando in January to search for Caylee's remains. Padilla said he has been given $50,000 from someone who wants him to continue the search. Padilla said he will continue searching Blanchard Park in Orlando, where he believes Casey Anthony dumped her daughter's body.

If there is going to be a gag order it needs to apply to everyone. The prosecution shouldn't be allowed to leak information either because that information is going to get out to the jury pool. (Even though we know Casey is guilty of something or other.) And there needs to be a gag order because the family and defense is falling apart before the public eye.

And Cindy Anthony is always saying stuff that makes her seem like a b***h. I used to feel so sorry for her because Caylee was like her own daughter. She loved that baby and her daughter took her away. Who wouldn't feel sorry for someone who had gone through that. But she keeps talking and talking. Now it is hard to feel any symphathy for any of them but George. I don't think their marriage will stand the strain in the long run. The family doesn't seem to have a strong foundation.

And who in their right mind would give Leonard Padilla money to search. I want Caylee to be found just as much as the next person, but $50,000 could go a long way to help living children at the holidays. It wouldn't seem like such a waste if there was even a chance that they could find Caylee's body, but I think the gators have eaten her by now. And the only thing that Leonard Padilla is interested in finding is publicity.

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