Casey Anthony Denies Knowledge of Texas EquuSearch's Efforts To Find Daughter Caylee

Casey Anthony denied that she was aware of search parties investigating her daughter Caylee's disappearance during September and October of 2008.

During a court hearing on Friday, Anthony responded to two questions in a lawsuit brought against her by the volunteer organization Texas EquuSearch, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

EquuSearch director Tim Miller said that, in addition to denying knowledge of the search, Anthony admitted that she did not witness her father call police to report the discovery that 2-year-old Caylee had drowned in a swimming pool.

Judge Lisa Munyon has allowed Anthony to invoke her right against self-incrimination -- and not answer certain questions -- because she is appealing her conviction of lying to police. Just after Caylee went missing she told authorities that the child had been kidnapped. In her criminal trial, her lawyer claimed that the child had drowned in a swimming pool.

Anthony's attorneys have fought against having Anthony answer any questions prior to resolving her appeals, News13 explains.

Miller claims that, despite the denial, Anthony was aware of the EquuSearch efforts to recover her daughter.

EquuSearch is seeking to recover $110,000 spent on two multi-day searches.

"Of course she knew... she got our business card when we walked in the door," Miller told WESH-2.

Anthony's claims about her daughter's disappearance launched one of the biggest searches for a missing person in U.S. history.

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  The bombshell trial of Casey Anthony captivated the nation's attention. The Florida mother, pictured in this photo from her Photobucket.com account, was found not guilty of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee.

• Casey Anthony Personal Photo

  Amidst all of the hoopla surrounding the trial, some of Casey Anthony's personal photographs were released. Several of Anthony's photographs were used as evidence.

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  Prosecutors alleged that Casey Anthony killed her daughter, then misled authorities who were searching for the toddler. But her attorneys insisted that Caylee drowned in the family's swimming pool. The defendant's lawyers claimed that after years of abuse, Casey Anthony felt unable to reveal the truth.

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  Prosecutors attempted to cast Casey Anthony as a party girl -- revealing that she took part in a "Hot Body" contest just four days after she claimed her daughter drowned in her family's pool.

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  Lawyers showed jurors photos of Casey Anthony partying, like this image, which was posted on the defendant's Photobucket.com account.

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  Casey Anthony reportedly told investigators that her daughter had been kidnapped by a nanny, but during the trial her attorneys claimed the child drowned.

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  One question that remains unanswered is the identity of Caylee Anthony's father. Casey Anthony reportedly told friends that the child's father was a "one night thing."

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  But her lawyers have floated a theory involving incest. Casey Anthony's attorneys pressed an FBI witness to tell jurors that the agency conducted a paternity test on the defendant's brother, Lee Anthony. The test came back negative.

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  Investigators also conducted a paternity test on Casey Anthony's father, George Anthony, which also came back negative.

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  Tests also revealed that Jesse Grund, a man Casey Anthony once dated, was not Caylee Anthony's father.

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  Casey Anthony's family said they knew something was amiss when they detected a foul odor coming from the back of the defendant's car in July, 2008.

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  The trunk of the car actually contained a bag of trash, but prosecutors claimed that Caylee Anthony's body decomposed in the rear of the vehicle before it was moved to another location.

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  An insect expert for the defense stated that the body didn't decompose in the car because there wasn't any evidence of bugs that are often attracted to remains.

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  Caylee Anthony's remains were discovered near the family's home in December, 2008.

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  Prosecutors alleged that Casey Anthony killed her daughter by placing duct tape over her mouth. Duct tape was discovered wrapped around the todder's skull when the child's remains were recovered.

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  Casey Anthony was indicted on October 14, 2008, on charges of first-degree murder.

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  The Casey Antony trial became the year's biggest legal event. Spectators lined up every morning to get tickets to the trial. In one case, attendees got into a fistfight over access to the courtroom.

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  The case became one of the most monumental trials in Florida's history.

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  Some photos of Casey Anthony and Caylee Anthony were classified as evidence.

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  Jury selection for the Casey Anthony trial began on May 9, 2011.

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  Alongside capital murder, Casey Anthony was also charged with aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and misleading law enforcement in the case of the death of her daughter, Caylee Anthony.

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  The prosecution sought the death penalty.

Comments

[OHFORCRYINGOUTLOUD]

11:17 PM on 05/23/2012

Wouldn't it be great if a liars pants really caught on fire!

[Karen StovallStringer]

08:37 AM on 05/25/2012

Or, when they lied their noses would grow like Pinocchio's.

[Pondo Sinatra]

08:35 AM on 05/09/2012

Thats a lie, what else is new !!!!

[masontganes]

10:29 PM on 05/08/2012

Call me when she does MAXIM or ends up doing porn. Its so obvious thats where her life is headed... AMY FISHER anyone?

[janetjs0523]

02:55 PM on 05/08/2012

THIS B STILL NEEDS TO FRY.

[Randy Chidester]

12:51 AM on 05/03/2012

Compulsive liar.

[joshymommy]

08:56 PM on 05/02/2012

I am sure she will lie her way through this one and win. Makes me sick.

[MMBR50]

10:27 PM on 04/22/2012

She didn't know about the search...she also said that she didn't know where that sweet baby was, either!

[flygirl10]

08:06 PM on 04/18/2012

This chic is just pushing her luck,isn't she? Why would she try to appeal the charge of lying to police--when she got away with murder----it's like she wants to see how far she can go.....or she believes she didn't lie---which certainly would suggest this chic is not in the real world--PSYCHO!

[SithWillRiseAgain]

04:48 PM on 04/18/2012

Hey, Williamabn, who put you in charge of Casey's defense?? LOL. Don't you have a life??

[emeathead45]

04:46 PM on 04/18/2012

We should all believe whatever she says. She`s never lied before. She`s a `straight shooter.` lol

[pattybabes143]

11:00 PM on 04/16/2012

Not for anything but she is one ugly girl. I thought we were done hearing & seeing anything about her again. The only thing i want to hear about her is that she disappears never to be heard from again. That cannot be soon enough for many people.

[lw1928]

05:14 PM on 04/18/2012

She is ugly....inside and outside....she's gross.

[hcchristh]

03:14 PM on 05/05/2012

We'll have to hear at least one more time - when the Lifetime movie finishes casting and is produced. As far as I know from Friday, only one person has been cast so far: Rob Lowe as Jeff Ashton.

[Fritzi]

03:07 PM on 03/19/2012

Oh, my! Not again!!!

[gracieallen234]

05:42 PM on 03/04/2012

I was glad the authorities were looking for her daughter because Casey, the mother wasn't. She was partying and saying her daughter was kidnapped. She got off because her attorney mudded the water with putting confusion on the stand with all of his defense witness acting confused. The prosecution did not prove it's case. This was a very tragic trial.

[maryvirginia]

12:17 PM on 02/29/2012

There she goes again...lying....her specialty.....The idea she wasn't aware of Equisearch is absurd....She was talking to her attorneys......She knew what was going on....She should have to pay every cent back.......She got away with murder....and she will profit off of that......No justice for Caylee......

[turnerj41]

09:34 AM on 03/01/2012

We can not start expecting criminals to pay for their policing, and it is extrajudicial punishment with twinges of fifth amendment violations. She has maintained her innocence, and though she is guilty of lying to police, these searches would have happened with or without her story. I expect that those restitution judments might be overturned.

[ctportorange6]

11:12 AM on 03/04/2012

they told her about a child that was found so she knew searching was going on and by parents too about who ALL was searching.

[rotinfx16]

11:25 AM on 02/29/2012

Poor Casey. How is a girl to party with all this petty stuff swirling around her. Don't people understand that there are things to do and men to do. Maybe even have another kid.

[desrozenko]

01:53 PM on 03/13/2012

Well said! :) That idea is what scares me the most..her having another kids. Yikes! I was scared to find out she got a dog. :-/ The poor pooch.

[rotinfx16]

04:51 PM on 03/13/2012

This individual has all the signs of a sociopath.She will be in trouble again, Can only hope her next jury is capable of connecting dots and don't watch CSI reruns.

[pattybabes143]

05:10 PM on 05/05/2012

She recently said she would make a wonderful mother. I cannot imagine any man with half a brain who would want a relationship with her or even want to be seen with her.Only someone who wants attention. Any man who would go with that trash would have to have a grudge against his private parts