Casey Anthony files for bankruptcy in Fla. – CBS News

TAMPA, Fla. Casey Anthony filed for bankruptcy in Florida on Friday, claiming about $1,100 inassets and $792,000 in liabilities.

Court records show that Anthony, who was acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in2011, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in federal court in Tampa.

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Her listed debts include $500,000 for attorney fees and costs for her criminal defense lawyerduring the trial, Jose Baez; $145,660 for the Orange County Sheriff’s office for a judgmentcovering investigative fees and costs; $68,540 for the Internal Revenue Service for taxes,interest and penalties; and $61,505 for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for courtcosts.

The filling also states that she is a defendant in several civil suits, including one brought byZenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez for defamation in Orange County Circuit Court.

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Fernandez-Gonzalez claims she was damaged by Anthony telling detectives that a baby sitterby the same name kidnapped Caylee. The detectives were investigating the 2008disappearance of the girl, who later was found dead. Anthony’s attorney said details offered byAnthony did not match Fernandez-Gonzalez and clearly showed Anthony wasn’t talking abouther.

Court papers list Anthony as unemployed.

An attorney for Anthony, David Schrader, did not immediately respond to messages from theAssociated Press.

The filing came on the same day that a Florida appellate court set aside two of the fourconvictions she faced for lying to detectives during the investigation into her missing daughter.

Anthony was acquitted of killing Caylee in 2011. Jurors convicted her of four counts of lying todetectives, and her attorneys appealed those convictions. Anthony was sentenced to timeserved for the misdemeanors.

She was sentenced to a year of probation after her release from jail for an unrelated case. Forher protection, her whereabouts have been kept secret since she was released from statesupervision last year.

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