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Attorneys Want Anthony Family P.I. Held In Contempt

Woman Has Same Name As Alleged Caylee Baby Sitter

POSTED: Tuesday, April 7, 2009
UPDATED: 12:20 pm EDT April 7, 2009

The attorneys for Zenaida Gonzalez have asked the judge in her civil case against Casey Anthony to hold a private investigator in contempt of court.

Gonzalez's attorneys planned to question Dominic Casey, the Anthony family's private investigator, two weeks ago, but he failed to show up for the deposition, saying he wanted to first hire an attorney.

Gonzalez's attorneys said the excuse did not give Casey the right to skip the scheduled deposition.

Gonzalez filed a defamation lawsuit against Anthony, saying she lost her job and her reputation was ruined by being linked to the case involving Anthony's daughter, Caylee.

Anthony, 23, remains jailed on first-degree murder charges in the death of Caylee, whose remains were found in December. Caylee was 2 years old when she was reported missing in July. Anthony has claimed that she left Caylee with a baby sitter who has the same name as Zenaida Gonzalez.

Gonzalez, who has said she has never met Anthony or her daughter, is seeking $15,000 in damages.

Meanwhile, new information -- some of which was mistakenly released -- was made public Monday in Anthony's criminal case.

Prosecutors released audio recordings from corrections officers who discussed Casey Anthony's reaction when she learned that human remains of a toddler were discovered near her family's east Orange County home.

Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, filed a motion weeks ago, asking the judge in the case to block the release of the interviews. The judge has yet to rule on the motion, and in an e-mail sent Monday afternoon, the state attorney's office acknowledged that it inadvertently included the interviews among a mountain of other evidence that was released earlier in the day.

A shift supervisor at the jail said in one of the interviews that Anthony asked jail medical staff for a sedative after learning of the discovery of the remains, which were later identified as Caylee.

Orange County Corrections Lt. Tammy Unser told detectives she was surprised by the request because Anthony hadn't asked for any such medication before.

"It was very, very odd. Throughout that time, she was still breathing rapidly, talking really fast, but nothing about the case. (She was saying) 'This isn't real, I can't cry, I can't break down and cry because this isn't real," Unser said. "And then she started talking about football. She started talking about the (Florida Gators) national championship."

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