Casey Anthony, the Florida woman found not guilty in the murder of her two-year-old daughter Caylee in 2011, will not have to sell off her life story after reaching a $25,000 settlement.
Anthony filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in January in Tampa. Stephen L. Meininger, the trustee handling the liquidation of her assets, had filed a motion in March to acquire worldwide rights to her life story, which would be used as an asset. However, he did withdraw that filing in May.
Still, Anthony’s lawyers argued against the idea that her life rights could be called an asset, notes The Orlando Sentinel. They claimed that the story existed only in her “mind” and turning her story into an asset that could be bought and sold would invade her “private thoughts and First Amendment rights.”
According to The Associated Press, the two sides reached a $25,000 agreement to keep the disagreement from developing into an ongoing issue. “The parties also acknowledge that each side has made plausible arguments and that each bears some risk of losing the legal questions raised by the trustee’s motion, “the documents state.
Since being acquitted, Anthony has kept a low profile and remains unemployed. She said in January that she is over $792,000 in debt.
While the settlement means that she won’t be forced to turn her story into a memoir, Lifetime did turn the trial into a TV movie called Imperfect Justice with Rob Lowe and Holly Deveaux.
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