Casey Anthony: ‘I have something that I can finally call mine’
An online “video diary” created by the most hated woman in the world was leaked online by a hacker, according to Casey Anthony’s defense attorneys.
Anthony’s attorneys confirmed that the pale woman with the short, cropped blond ‘do in the video is indeed Anthony. But an angry J. Chesney Mason told the Orlando Sentinel that the video’s release was “unauthorized” and “inappropriate” and an investigation is under way to find out how it was leaked.
Casey, who is currently holed up somewhere in Orlando where she is serving probation on bad check charges, indicated how lonely she is in her current location. She expressed her joy at having her video camera and an adopted dog to keep her company.
The 24-year-old doesn’t mention her dead daughter, Caylee Anthony, in the creepy 4-minute video, dated Oct. 13, 2011. But she mentions the dog repeatedly.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to call something mine.” says Anthony, who was released from a Florida prison on July 17 after she was found not guilty of murdering her daughter.
She also hinted that more video diaries may be coming: “Now I, in some ways, have someone to talk to even when I am by myself so I am not bothering the poor dog, who I have adopted and I love.”
Watch the video after the break
Crime: Missing Boy’s Mother Told Police She Had No Child
Police are scouring the South for a toddler who hasn’t been seen since Thanksgiving. According to published reports, Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott says they’re still getting very little help from the mother of the missing toddler about that child’s whereabouts.
The boy’s mother, Zinah Jennings, 22, was taken into custody Dec. 24, when Jennings crashed her Dodge Neon into a tree near her home in Columbia, S.C.
Jennings’ mother, Jocelyn Jennings Nelson, called Columbia police on Dec. 8 to report Jennings’ 18-month-old son, Amir, missing. Amir’s grandmother was concerned because her daughter had gotten into a separate car accident several days earlier and made “cryptic phone calls to other family members indicating her ongoing fight with depression is continuing,” police said in a report.
“Zinah was not necessarily reported as missing,” said Jocelyn, “It was the child that I was concerned with because I had actually seen her the night before.”
Amir’s biological father told police he last saw his son during Thanksgiving. That’s when Jennings left Columbia en route to Atlanta with Amir to stay with her sister. Police were able to confirm that Jennings and Amir had indeed arrived in Atlanta. Police are analyzing video surveillance tapes to determine Amir’s last location in Atlanta.
During 3 days of interrogation, Jennings told police, first, that she had no son. Then she told police that she left the boy with her sister in Atlanta.
Lindsay Lohan Hires Bodyguard After Stalker Knocks On Front Door
Are you sure you want to be a celebrity?
Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was home alone in Venice Beach, California on Sunday when a stranger walked up to her front door and knocked. Lohan asked the elderly man what he wanted but she didn’t open her door. According to celebrity website TMZ.com, the man responded that he was friends with another alleged Lohan stalker, David Cocordan, and he wanted to explain a few things to Lindsay.
It isn’t clear who called the police, but they arrived a few minutes later and cuffed the man. He was later identified as Lonnie Short, 64, (pictured below being arrested) and he apparently can’t afford the 10% ($100) of his $1000 bail to get out of jail, which is probably a good thing for Lindsay.
Her frightening encounter with the stranger has set Lindsay’s nerves on edge, and for good reason. As a very high profile actress whose face is recognized around the world, it makes no sense that she doesn’t live in a gated community patrolled by live security 24 hours a day.
TMZ reports that Lohan has hired a bodyguard to stay with her temporarily, and she has ramped up security in her luxury 3-story Venice Beach rental with surveillance cameras in an effort to protect her privacy — and maybe her life.
Suspect Named in Shooting Death of Rapper Over Candy
The late rapper Notorious B.I.G.’s seemingly prophetic song, “You’re Nobody Until Somebody Kills You,” comes to mind as Atlanta’s underground rap scene grieve over the death of rapper Slim Dunkin, 24.
Dunkin, real name Mario Hamilton, was virtually unknown to the rest of us outside of the underground scene, until he was killed.
Police say Hamilton was shot once in the chest — reportedly over a piece of candy at a southeast recording studio on Dec. 16.
Hamilton, who was 6-8, towered over his shorter assailant who produced a gun and shot Hamilton. Friends loaded the mortally wounded rapper into a car and rushed him to Grady hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police say about 20-30 people were present inside the recording studio on Memorial Drive when the gun went off. But no witnesses came forward.
On Thursday, police identified Atlanta rapper Young Vito, 28, as the gunman. Police say Vito, real name Vinson Hardimon, is in danger, and he is being urged to turn himself in.
Floyd “Money” Mayweather gets 90 days in prison
Floyd Mayweather loves to brag about his unlimited supply of cash and his million-dollar collection of flashy jewelry and timepieces. But the boxing champ won’t be able to take any of that with him where he’s going.
Yesterday a judge sentenced Mayweather to 90 days in jail for beating down his baby mama in front of their kids in September 2010. Mayweather, who thought he was untouchable until yesterday, will be given credit for 3 days served, but he will have to do 87 days of hard time behind bars.
When the judge announced Mayweather’s sentence, his knees buckled and his eyes blinked rapidly as if he was fighting back tears. He turned and looked at his high-priced attorneys who can’t save him. Celebrity gossip blog TMZ.com reports that Mayweather was sentenced to 6 months in jail, but 3 months of that sentence was suspended.
The judge was especially perturbed that the cowardly Mayweather threatened to beat his children who begged him to leave their mother alone.
The judge also ordered Mayweather to pay a $2,500 fine, complete 100 hours of community service and enroll in a 12-month domestic violence program.
Floyd has until January 6 to turn himself in to prison — where Bubba awaits.
Take a peek at some of Mayweather’s ostentatious bejeweled watch collection after the break.
CAUGHT: Man charged after binding baby with duct tape and posting the picture on Facebook
The Sun Times reports that 21-year-old Andre Curry was taken into custody yesterday and charged with aggravated domestic battery after he posted a photo on Facebook of his daughter bound with duct tape.
Chicago police have been investigating the incident since being notified of the photo on Dec. 14, spokesman Michael Sullivan said.
DFACS has also confirmed they are investigating the child cruelty aspects of the case. DFACS has had no prior contact with the family.
Curry, of the 6100 block of South Racine Avenue in Chicago, posted the photo on Facebook in July, along with the caption “this is wut happens wen my baby hits me back”. The baby girl, who appears to be about 2, has duct tape on her mouth, and bound tightly around her wrists and ankles.
Eddie Murphy’s ex-wife conned out of $7 million by a former lover
Eddie Murphy’s ex-wife, Nicole Murphy, is a the victim of a suave con artist who walked away with a cool $7 million — half of Nicole’s settlement in her divorce from Murphy. According to published reports, Troy David Stratos, was arrested early Tuesday in Southern California and charged with 11 counts of wire and mail fraud, two counts of money laundering and one count of obstruction of justice.
Stratos, who changed his name from Stafford, is reportedly one of Nicole’s old high school boyfriends. That explains why she put so much trust in him.
The indictment claims Stratos persuaded Nicole to invest the proceeds of her big-money divorce overseas, where she would earn a higher rate of return. He also convinced Nicole to put her Granite Bay, CA house up for sale. Stratos told her he had wealthy Middle Eastern royal families who were interested in buying the house.
He talked her into leasing luxury Rolls-Royce and BMW automobiles to make the property look more attractive. Stratos told Nicole, who wasn’t named in the indictment, that he would include the cars with the sale of the house as a package deal.
But investigators say there were no Middle Eastern investors, and the con artist never put the house up for sale. Instead, Stratos secretly moved into the house and drove the luxury cars as if they were his.
Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, said Stratos has agreed to be returned to Sacramento to face the charges. He is currently being held without bond pending a bail hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
