“I don’t give a s— about what anyone thinks about me, I never will,” Casey Anthony tells the Associated Press. “I’m OK with myself, I sleep pretty good at night.”
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The mother of Caylee Anthony, the little girl supposedly last seen alive on June 16, 2008 despite being reported missing by Casey Anthony’s mother on July 15, would be 12-years-old if she were alive today.
“Caylee would be 12 right now. And would be a total badass,” Casey Anthony said.
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Still claiming to have no real knowledge about Caylee’s true fate, Casey was proven a liar in court in regards to her job at Universal Studios, among other “facts.” However, despite being proved a liar, Anthony was found not guilty of first-degree murder by an Orlando jury in 2011 as no evidence of Anthony’s DNA was found on the duct used to suffocate the child.
“I’m still not even certain as I stand here today about what happened,” she said. Still, Anthony says she understands why the public feels the way it does about, citing “what was in the media” as the reasoning behind their opinions. “I understand the reasons people feel about me. I understand why people have the opinions that they do.”
Anthony was convicted of four counts of lying to police, with two being dropped later, and had served about three years in prison while awaiting trial.
HLN’s Nancy Grace called her “the most hated mom in America,” and “tot mom” as the media circus ensued around the trial and it became can’t-miss TV throughout the country.
“Even if I would’ve told them everything that I told to the psychologist, I hate to say this but I firmly believe I would have been in the same place,” Anthony said. “Because cops believe other cops. Cops tend to victimize the victims. I understand now … I see why I was treated the way I was even had I been completely truthful.”
“Everyone has their theories, I don’t know. As I stand here today I can’t tell you one way or another. The last time I saw my daughter I believed she was alive and was going to be OK, and that’s what was told to me.”
Today, Casey Anthony tries to live a normal life, under the radar, though she is often in fear of seeing her late daughter plastered on tabloids at the check out counters of grocery stores. She keeps her bedroom decorated with photos of Caylee and has tears in her eyes when showing off Caylee’s colorful, finger-painted artwork. From time to time, Casey will go with friends to bars closeby but quickly spreading news fueled by the social media generation spreads like wildfire, often prompting people to whisper and snap photos and causing her to retreat into her newly purchased SUV to return home, alone.
