Casey Anthony’s mom in interview: ‘I think Casey is mentally ill’
ORLANDO, Fla.—Cindy and George Anthony say they believe their daughter, Casey, is mentally unstable in an interview that airs nationally Monday on “Crime Watch Daily,” and they use the chat to send a message.
“Casey, be true to yourself, start being honest with yourself, and own everything. Quit putting blame on everybody else,” Cindy Anthony says.
“I think Casey is mentally ill,” she tells interviewer Chris Hansen.
Cindy says Casey has seizures and doesn’t remember what happens during them.
The Anthony saga, one of Orlando’s most notorious stories, continues to absorb the national media. In 2011, Casey Anthony was acquitted of murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee, who disappeared in 2008. The 2-year-old’s remains were found later in 2008.
In a release, “Crime Watch Daily” calls George and Cindy Anthony “the parents of America’s most hated mother.”
George Anthony tells Casey via the program: “Stay away. Stay away from me. If she wants a relationship again with her mom, she’s got a lot of explaining to do, but I don’t want to hear it no more. I don’t want to see her.”
George Anthony says he has seen Caylee in the family home and compares those experiences to the interview he’s having with Hansen.
“I’ve seen Caylee on a couple of occasions…I’ve seen her. I’ve seen her in the flesh…One time, she woke me up in the morning just tapping on (my head) with her little finger like she used to,” George Anthony tells the show.
George and Cindy Anthony say they will sue Casey if she sells her story or does a reality show. That comment comes in response to a question about the rumor that Casey might do a program with O.J. Simpson.