Judge delays decision on Casey Anthony 'life story' sale
Attorneys trying to block sale of storyUPDATED 5:21 PM EDT Apr 09, 2013
TAMPA, Fla. —Casey Anthony's lawyers were back in court on Tuesday, trying to block the sale of their client's life story.
A bankruptcy trustee in Anthony's case wants to put her story up for auction.
Anthony owes nearly $800,000 to several creditors, and the trustee believes selling and telling Anthony's story is the only way to pay it back.
Judge K. Rodney May delayed a decision by 30 days, but he did say he is skeptical because the idea has the potential to shackle her from making a fresh financial start.
The lawyer for the bankruptcy attorney revealed there are three people interested in acquiring the rights to Anthony's story.
One of the people, who bid $10,000 for the story, testified in court via phone and issued a statement.
Austin, Texas, attorney Jim Schober said there are three reasons he wants to buy the rights to Anthony's story.
"(First)... to demonstrate that the asset has present value; second, to ensure that the proceeds from the sale of the asset are applied to the payment of her existing debts (which is a basic premise of Chapter 7 bankruptcy); and third, to ensure that the sale of the asset takes place in the clear light of day," he said.
Also, the bankruptcy trustee and his attorney said they are now following the paper trail to see if there were any fraudulent transfers of money and misstatements of Anthony's assets when she testified last month.
Though the bankruptcy judge denied requests from attorneys for Zenaida Gonzalez and Roy Kronk to ask those questions, they said they are glad to know the trustee is issuing a subpoena to Jose Baez to ask about potential hidden assets like payment for some 2011 tabloid photos Anthony said were set up by Baez.
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