Dog Bites Take a Chomp Out of Owners’ Wallets

Whether you’re on either end of a dog bite lawsuit—either the one who was bitten or the one who sues after an attack—you might take some comfort in knowing that you’re certainly not alone. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that each year, an American has a one in 50 chance of sustaining a dog bite.

Not only is the frequency of dog bites up substantially in the past two decades (one report found a whopping 36% increase in medically attended dog bites that required medical attention in a six-year period), so are the costs from the resulting medical treatment, insurance claims, and lawsuits. The CDC found that the direct medical costs to treat injuries incurred from bowsers with a bad attitude neared $200 million in just one year, and one prominent insurer reports it paid $70 million in claims for such injuries on more than 11,000 claims, with the total annual insurance cost for these instances amounting to a staggering $2 billion. With the frequency of injuries and the costs to treat them continuing to rise, some insurance companies have completely withdrawn from offering this sort of coverage as part of a homeowners policy, or they have taken to restricting coverage for certain breeds of dogs or those over a certain weight limit.

The best defense may be a good offense in this case—understand some common circumstances involving these injuries, so you can be mindful that they don’t happen with you and your furry friend:

  • Hurting, disturbing, or provoking (e.g., teasing or withholding food)
  • Riding, walking, or running past the animal’s territory
  • Playing with a dog (a reminder that it’s important to supervise interaction between your pet and others)

A dog bite lawsuit could cause a real financial setback. Make sure to properly train and socialize your pet, starting while he or she is a puppy, and consult with a professional insurance agent to find out about insurance to cover you from this very real liability.

Jack Osbourne Diagnosed With Multiple Sclerosis, Feels Angry And Frustrated

 

Jack Osbourne, Reality TV star, and the son of Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne, has revealed that he is suffering from the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS). The 26-year-old, and his fiancée Lisa Stelly, became parents in April, welcoming their first child, daughter Pearl.

He told People magazine that he got the diagnosis just two weeks after her birth, leaving him confounded and devastated.

 

“I was just angry and frustrated and kept thinking, ‘Why now?’” Jack shared. “I’ve got a family and that’s what’s supposed to be the most important thing.” MS affects the central nervous system through the brain and spinal cord.  People afflicted with the illness show a general variety of symptoms, including a change in their ability to balance, their vision and thought processes. This results in a range anywhere between mild and severe effects.

 

Family shows their support and hope

 

Jack’s sister Kelly Osbourne, also a Reality star and pop singer, took to Twitter upon learning of her brother’s illness in mid-June to ask her fans to be there for her beloved sibling.

 

“Please support my brother @mrjacko in not only his bravery, but honesty!” she wrote. “I love you so much Jack & I’m so proud of you!”

 

Ozzy Osbourne, former lead singer for the heavy metal rock band, Black Sabbath,  was saddened by the news of his son’s illness. “America’s Got Talent” judge Sharon Osbourne was equally upset at the news.

 

“I keep thinking: ‘What did I do wrong? What did I eat or drink when I was pregnant?’ I feel like it’s somehow my fault,” Sharon tearfully told Britain’s Hello magazine.

 

Family kept Jack’s illness a secret at first

 

Sharon, appearing on Conan in June, stayed positive about her son Jack , who announced his multiple sclerosis diagnosis that same week. “It’s actually been a month and we kept it to ourselves for a month,” Sharon told Conan. “He is actually doing amazing, he is so strong a positive. “My son will conquer!” she said of the 26-year-old.

 

Sharon’s optimism was a far cry from her emotional meltdown on CBS’ The Talk on earlier in the week, during which she tearfully talked about Jack’s diagnosis and thanked fans for their support .

 

“This is not a death sentence at all, he can still live a full life. There’s never a good time to be diagnosed with MS but now is a very hopeful time because of recent huge medical developments,” Barbara Giesser , clinical professor of neurology at the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview.

 

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Illinois clerks get OK to defend gay marriage ban

Two county clerks from downstate Illinois have asked a judge for permission to do what Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan won’t: defend the state’s gay marriage ban.

 

The Thomas More Society, a public interest law firm that opposes same-sex marriage, filed a request on behalf of Effingham County Clerk Kerry Hirtzel and Tazewell County Clerk Christie Webb. They seek to intervene in the lawsuit filed in Cook County by 25 gay and lesbian couples.

 

Alvarez and Madigan have insisted that they won’t defend the 16-year-old ban, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. They believe it violates the state constitution’s equal protection clause.

 

Thomas More Society wants law applied statewide

 

Peter Breen, executive director of The Thomas More Society, said Hirtzel and Webb have an interest in ensuring that the law is applied uniformly across Illinois “because they are the keepers of marriage licenses.”

 

“If the judge lets us in, we believe we have very good arguments to prevail because of the large body of case law that goes our way on it,” said Breen, whose firm sought out clients to intervene in the suit. “We had notified clerks that we believe they have ….a strong interest in intervening.”

 

Webb, a Democrat, said she’s taking no position on gay marriage, but wants to ensure there’s statewide uniformity on the issue., in order to avoid any confusion. She envisions a scenario where one law would apply in Cook County and another in the rest of the state, and wants to know how to respond if someone with a marriage license in another county were to apply for one in hers.

 

“I just need to know from someone what is legal in the state of Illinois, period,” Webb said.

 

The ACLU weighs in

 

The American Civil Liberties Union and New York-based Lambda Legal originally filed separate lawsuits against Cook County Clerk David Orr, a supporter of gay marriage whose office is responsible for issuing marriage licenses in Chicago and the rest of the county. The lawsuits recently were consolidated.

 

The action was taken on behalf of the 25 couples, some of them from outside Cook County, but all of whom had applied for marriage licenses there and all had been denied.

 

Alvarez said it’s her job to represent Orr and they both agreed with the plaintiffs.

The decision has raised eyebrows among some legal experts who believe prosecutors are legally bound to defend Illinois law, though others say the prosecutors were within their rights to refuse to defend the suit.
This sets up a scenario where a judge could quickly strike down the marriage statute.

 

Breen wanted to get into court quickly “to put a halt to any sort of effort to have the case dismissed,” by the plaintiffs and defendants who agree with each other.

 

Breen has also filed a motion to dismiss the complaints brought by Lambda Legal and the ACLU. The judge set a hearing on that motion for Sept. 27.

ACLU attorney John Knight said he believes it’s good to have “an opposing point of view” aired in the courtroom.

“We think their arguments have no merit, but it’s best to face them now rather than face them later on,” Knight said. “It gets us to a point where we can feel confident that we’ve won the freedom to marry statewide.”

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Greek Election Results: New Democracy Wins

Greece held its second national election in six weeks after an inconclusive ballot on May 6 and the subsequent collapse of coalition talks. The conservative New Democracy party came first in a critical election on June 17th amid fears of an imminent Greek exit from Europe’s joint currency. Pro-bailout parties also won enough seats to form a joint government. Central banks stood ready, prepared to intervene in case financial turmoil stuck the region.

 

A Greek exit from the 17-nation group sharing euro currency may have had potentially catastrophic consequences for other ailing European nations, the United States and the entire global economy. With one party advocating ripping up Greece’s multibillion-euro bailout deal, this election was seen as a vote on whether Greece should stay.

 

As a result of the news, Asian stock markets climbed early the following day.

 

Early results showed the New Democracy coming first with 29.6 percent of the vote, holding 129 of the 300 seats in Parliament. The radical left anti-bailout Syriza party had 26.9 percent and 71 seats and the pro-bailout Socialist PASOK party came in third with 12.3 percent of the vote and 33 seats. The extremist far-right Golden Dawn party had steady support, getting 6.9 percent of the vote and 18 seats.

 

The election results “will probably ease fears of an imminent Greek euro exit,” said Martin Koehring of the Economist Intelligence Unit. “There will probably be a relief rally tomorrow in the financial markets. But the key question is how quickly can a government be formed?”

 

Stock analysts, however, warned that any bounce for financial markets could be short-lived.

 

“Treat knee-jerk market rallies with caution,” Neil MacKinnon, a global macro strategist at VTB Capital, advised clients, saying there was still too many questions about Europe’s debt crisis to celebrate the Greek vote.

 

U.S. looks favorably upon election results

 

The United States saw the results as highly favorable. “We hope this election will lead quickly to the formation of a new government that can make timely progress on the economic challenges facing the Greek people,” the White House said in a statement.

The parties, with none winning an outright majority, will have to seek coalition partners to form a viable government. Needing a simple majority of at least 151 seats, New Democracy will get the first stab at brokering a partnership.

 

Negotiations, however, could be tough. PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos has suggested dumping the usual procedure of each party seeking coalition partners. He said a government must be formed quickly, suggesting a four-party coalition between New Democracy, Syriza, PASOK and the small Democratic Left, which was in sixth place with 6.3 percent of the vote and 17 seats.

 

“There is not one day to lose. There is no room for party games. If we want Greece to really remain in the euro and get out of the crisis to the benefit of every Greek family, it must have a government tomorrow,” Venizelos said.

 

PASOK officials said Venizelos would insist on Syriza joining any future coalition, despite its anti-bailout stance – although the move could simply be a negotiating tactic to convince the public that Syriza was unwilling to play a constructive role in pulling Greece out of its crisis.

 

But Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, a 37-year-old former student activist, has ruled out such a possibility. Tsipras phoned New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras on election night to congratulate him on his victory and vowed that his party would remain outside the government. “We will be present in these developments from the position of the main opposition,” he said in a speech in Athens.

 

Samaras has vowed to renegotiate some of the bailout’s harsher terms but insists the top priority is for the country to remain in Europe’s joint currency. “The Greek people today voted for Greece to remain on its European path and in the eurozone,” Samaras said.

 

Germany remains cautious about future of Greek economy

 

Germany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble called New Democracy’s victory a decision to “forge ahead” with implementing far-reaching reforms. Germany’s foreign minister said it was important for Greece to stick to its agreements with creditors, but held out the prospect that Athens might be given more time to comply.

 

Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, has been a major contributor to Greece’s two multibillion-euro rescue packages, but at a cost of demanding tough, highly unpopular austerity and reform measures in exchange.

 

Koehring said that the amount of tolerance Greece’s international lenders show could be key to future developments.

 

Some prominent economists such as Nouriel Roubini of New York University’s Stern School of Business believe that Greece must eventually leave to avoid a disaster for the rest of the eurozone.

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George Zimmerman’s Head Wounds after Trayvon Martin Shooting Likely Bolster Self-defense Claims

George Zimmerman, the Florida resident who faces a second degree murder charge for the Feb. 26 shooting that left Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old high school junior dead, Zimmerman faces a second degree murder charge for the Feb. 26 shooting that left the unarmed 17-year-old high school junior dead, was diagnosed with a “closed fracture” of his nose, a pair of black eyes, two lacerations to the back of his head and a minor back injury the day after he fatally shot Martin during an alleged altercation.

 

Zimmerman has claimed self-defense in what he described as a life and death struggle that Martin initiated by accosting him, punching him in the face, then repeatedly bashing his head into the pavement.

 

Defense Attorneys Plan on using “Stand Your Ground” Defense

 

“This now allows the defense to show up in the courtroom, let George Zimmerman tell his story and bring in a medical expert that says, ‘Black and blue under the eyes, broken nose, cut on the back of the head,’” said CBS News legal analyst Jack Ford on “CBS This Morning”, “and the defense can argue that’s consistent with George Zimmerman being attacked by Trayvon Martin, and then the Stand Your Ground defense comes into play.”

 

The court documents also show that Zimmerman, prior to the shooting, had received prescriptions for Adderall and Temazepam, both shown to cause agitation and mood swings, though in as few as 10 percent of consumers.

 

The report also shows Zimmerman said he felt stressed out and “occasional nausea when thinking about the violence.” Despite his head injuries, Zimmerman wasn’t diagnosed with a concussion. The doctor who examined him recommended that a psychologist evaluate Zimmerman.

 

Zimmerman seeks Treatment in order to Return to Work

 

Zimmerman refused to be admitted to a hospital for treatment on the night of the shooting, according to the report. He also didn’t take his doctor’s advice to schedule a later visit with an ear, nose and throat physician. The doctor noted Zimmerman made the Feb. 27 appointment at Altamonte Family Practice to receive legal clearance for returning to work.

 

Zimmerman’s medical records were among several pieces of evidence on a list the court released in May. Prosecutors have also obtained security camera footage of Martin at a 7-11 convenience store. The confrontation between Martin and Zimmerman happened as Martin was carrying a bag of Skittles and an iced tea from a 7-11 through Zimmerman’s gated community to a family friend’s house.

 

While medical notes may bolster Zimmerman’s claim that he acted in self-defense because he was being attacked, the prosecution contends that Zimmerman instigated the confrontation after profiling the teen. They prosecution contends that Martin was breaking no laws and was not disturbing anyone as he walked back to his father’s girlfriend’s home.

 

Zimmerman, who has been in deep hiding since his April 20 bail hearing, was granted a $150,000 bail.

 

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Egypt’s Mubarak Reported Clinically Dead

Conflicting reports about the state of Hosni El Sayed Mubarak’s health after the ousted Egyptian leader reportedly suffered cardiac arrest and a stroke still remains.

 

Depending on sources, Mubarak was initially said to be either clinically dead, or on life support, in the reports out of Cairo but later, a government official said the deposed president was alive and in critical condition.

 

Mubarak had been declared clinically dead after being transferred to a hospital from prison.  “Hosni Mubarak is clinically dead,” the official MENA news agency in Egypt wrote. “Medical sources told MENA his heart had stopped beating and did not respond to defibrillation.”

 

The 84-year-old Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison on June 2 for suppressing a citizen revolt against him in the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011.

 

Mubarak took part in peace talks with Sadat

 

Mubarak was born May 4, 1928 in the Nile Delta village of Menufiyah. The son of a justice ministry official, Mubarak rose through the ranks of the Egyptian Air Force. He eventually became commander and deputy defense minister of Egypt.

Mubarak was named President Anwar Sadat’s deputy in 1975 and fought in repeated wars with Israel over the Suez Canal before achieving hero status when joining then-leader Anwar Sadat in peace talks with their Israeli rival in 1979.
He was at his side when Islamist militants assassinated Sadat in October 1981. Mubarak assumed the presidency October 14, 1981 after Sadat’s assassination and he retained power by positioning himself as a trusted Western ally, honoring the 1979 peace treaty with Israel despite fierce opposition throughout most of the Middle East.

 

He ruled with an iron fist, imposing Egypt’s infamous emergency law, which gave Mubarak and his security forces sweeping powers to crack down on dissent and curb basic freedoms.

 

Mubarak eventually removed from power; flees Egypt

 

Mubarak’s army killed nearly 1,000 protesters during protests.  Once removed from power, Mubarak suffered a stroke and his health quickly deteriorated from there.  He suffered an emotional breakdown after being moved to an intensive care wing in Cairo’s Tora prison.

 

Mubarak suffered from depression and heart problems, during his stay in Tora, the Interior Ministry officials said. Agence France Presse reported from Cairo that Mubarak’s wife Suzanne and his two daughters-in-law were given special permission to visit him following rumors that he had died while in prison.

 

Mubarak faced the death penalty at one point, being Egypt’s political leader for the past three decades.

 

His almost thirty-year presidency made him Egypt’s longest-serving ruler since Muhammad Ali Pasha.  It made him Egypt’s modern day King Tut.

Mubarak’s government was often the target of domestic opposition from the Muslim Brotherhood to the secular left.

 

He resigned from power on February 11, 2011 after an 18-day popular revolt. The military took power after his resignation. His health problems were part Egyptian conspiracy theory, part tabloid fodder, but having his world torn apart by people whose lives were destroyed during his rule is what eventually did him in.

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Drew Barrymore And Will Kopelman Wed

Drew Barrymore, 37, and Will Kopelman said their wedding vows on the night of June 2nd at the bride’s estate in Montecito, California.

 

The pregnant bride wore a magnificent custom-designed Chanel gown; onlookers said she glowed as she exchanged vows with debonair Will, an art consultant. It was an intimate group of just over a hundred of the couple’s family and closest friends who attended the nuptials.

 

Ceremony features a few, close celebrity friends

 

Barrymore’s Charlie’s Angels costar Cameron Diaz was there, as well as her production company partner Nancy Juvonen and her husband, late night talk show host, Jimmy Fallon. Among Will’s family (his dad is the former CEO of Chanel) in attendance was his best-selling author sister, Jill Kargman.

 

The ceremony took place at the Colonial-style mansion Drew bought two years ago for $5.7 million, before she’d even met Will.  She’s has driven the 90 miles up from L.A., several times to the home in recent months, supervising final renovations to the property.

 

The couple is expected to split their time between Montecito, California and Manhattan, New York.

 

Drew was host to many of her guests for a rehearsal dinner the Friday night before the gala wedding at an exclusive nearby resort, the San Ysidro Ranch. Some of her out-of-town guests were staying there while others were staying at the nearby Four Seasons hotel.

 

The newlyweds have been very discreet about their nuptials and her pregnancy. This will be there first child. This is Barrymore’s third marriage.

 

Drew became a movie star at age seven, went through some substance abuse issues at an early age, but was able to bounce back, becoming a bestselling memoirist at age fourteen. The scion of an acting dynasty, she rose above her early notoriety, and transformed herself into a Hollywood power player as an actor and producer.

Steven Spielberg cast her in his 1982 classic E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and she soon became the youngest person ever to host Saturday Night Live. She has created a very successful production company, Flower Films, and has cultivated some of her most successful films (Charlie’s Angels, Donnie Darko) on her own.

She has had two previous marriages, to bar owner Jeremy Thomas and gross-out comedian Tom Green

 

Drew gets “cold feet” after speaking to former boyfriend

 

According to Star magazine, she recently had a conversation with her ex-boyfriend, Justin Long and purportedly considered canceling the wedding after he warned the her against getting married a third time, an unnamed source revealed.

 

“She got a call from Justin a couple of weeks ago, and it kind of shook her up. She started questioning everything,” says the source. “He wasn’t calling to beg for another chance; he just wanted to gently tell her that he thought she was making a mistake. Her track record with marriages hasn’t been very good, and Justin just wanted to voice his opinion that she should think long and hard before committing herself again.”

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Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, Dies at 63

Donna Summer, whose career coincided with the disco phase of the late 70’s, spawning such worldwide hits such as, “Love to Love You Baby” and “Last Dance,” has died. The singer on May 17th after a battle with lung cancer. She was 63.

 

Summer came to prominence, thanks in large part to the burgeoning disco era, and defined the era with a string of No. 1 hits and her beauty queen looks. Disco was very much defined by her sultry, sexually charged vocals and her bedroom sighs and moans, as much as the relentless, pulsing rhythms of the music itself.

 

Summer’s Career Spans beyond Disco

 

While other stars of disco faded as the music became less popular, Donna Summer was able to grow beyond it and had one of her biggest hits in the 1980s with “She Works Hard For The Money,” which became sort of an anthem for women’s rights.

 

Summer later became a born-again Christian, and faced controversy when she was accused of making anti-gay comments in relation to the AIDS epidemic. Though she denied making any such comments, she was still the target of a boycott against her music.

 

Donna Summer, whose real name was LaDonna Adrian Gaines, was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1948. Raised on gospel music she became the soloist in her church choir by age 10.

 

She was a Multiple Grammy Winner with a slew of Number One Hits

 

“Love to Love You Baby” was her U.S. chart debut and the first of 19 No. 1 dance hits from 1975 to 2008, second only to Madonna. She remains the only artist to have three consecutive double-LPs hit No. 1, “Live and More,” “Bad Girls” and “On the Radio”. She was a five-time Grammy winner who shot to superstardom in the ’70s with iconic hits like “Hot Stuff” and “Bad Girls.”

 

Publicist Michael Levine, president of Levine Communications Office, represented Summer in 2002. He told CBSNews.com, “She had more energy in her early ’50s than most artists have in their ’20s.”

 

Summer also stood out as the first female artist with four No. 1 singles during a 13-month period, according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  She was a nominee to the Hall of Fame earlier this year. Summer’s last album, “Crayons,” came out in 2008. She also performed on “American Idol” that year with its top female contestants. In 2010, Summer appeared on “America’s Got Talent.”

 

Summer married Brooklyn Dreams singer Bruce Sudano back in 1980. They had two daughters together.

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Columnist Clarence Page Spoke at Rally for Iranian Militant Group

Syndicated columnist Clarence Page appeared at a rally in Paris during the month of June in support of the Mujahadin-e Khalq (MEK). Page, a columnist whose work is distributed by Tribune Media Services, is also a member of the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board. The MEK is an Iranian group that has been lobbying Washington to be removed from the U.S. government’s list of designated foreign terrorist organizations.

 

Before a large crowd waving portraits of MEK leaders Maryam and Massoud Rajavi as well as Iranian flags, Page called for the MEK to be removed from the official terrorist organization list, as reported by the Huffington Post.

 

Contacted about the appearance by ProPublica, Page said he will give back his speaking fee for the event, as well as reimburse the cost of travel to and from France, which was paid for by a group called the Organizing Committee for Convention for Democracy in Iran.

 

Page says he was unaware of Group’s ties

 

“I thought they were simply a group of Iranian exiles who were opposed to the regime in Tehran,” Page said. “I later found out they can be construed as a MEK front group, and I don’t think it’s worth it to my reputation to be perceived as a paid spokesman for any political cause.”

 

Page said he was paid a fee of $20,000 and travel expenses and that he attended the June 23 event while on personal vacation. He didn’t have the text of the speech he delivered, but he told ProPublica he spoke in favor of the MEK being removed from the list of terrorist organizations, a move he expects will probably occur  regardless of his speech.

 

The MEK, which fiercely opposes the current regime in Iran, has spent a large sum of money in recent years, lobbying to get off of the terrorist list. The group was placed on the list in 1997 by the Clinton Administration, which cited its record of attacks against Iranian targets.

 

U.S. sees MEK as a former and future threat

 

According to the State Department the group also “assassinated several U.S. military personnel and U.S. civilians working on defense projects in Tehran” in the 1970s when the U.S. was allied with the Shah. The MEK says it has renounced violence. A federal appeals court last month ordered the State Department to decide within four months whether the MEK should remain on the list.

 

Last month, the Tribune called on the Obama administration to “ratchet up the economic pressure” on Iran in the dispute over the country’s nuclear program. Page has not recently written about Iran in his column, but the Tribune editorial board regularly weighs in on foreign policy. A spokeswoman for the Tribune did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

 

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Casey Anthony’s Costa Rican Hideaway Plans

Casey Anthony, the young Florida woman who was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, has recently been making plans to leave Florida as soon as legally possible and is believed to be considering a move to the Central   American paradise of Costa Rica.

 

Anthony, who had been in hiding in Florida since her acquittal last year, has recently been seen out in public, but is virtually unrecognizable due to the amount of weight she has gained.  She is currently on probation for one year after pleading guilty to writing bad checks. One of the constraints of her probation is that she is required to live in Florida. Once probation ends later this summer, she supposedly plans on ditching the sunshine state for Costa Rica, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

 

Casey feels the people of the Region will embrace her

 

“Casey is counting the days until her probation ends. She has been researching countries that she could move to and Costa Rica is at the top of the list,” a source close to the situation told a reporter from the website. “Casey wants to live in a warm tropical setting and the cost of living is extremely low in Costa Rica. She wants to put as much distance as possible from Florida. Costa Rica appeals to her because Americans are warmly embraced by the locals, and she feels this is the best place to start a new life.”

 

Anthony being sued for defamation of character

 

Anthony’s legal woes are far from over however. Zanaida Gonzalez is suing her for defamation after she told police and testified in court that a woman with that name kidnapped Caylee. The defamation trial is scheduled to begin in January. Zanaida’s lawyers will call Anthony as a witness.

 

“We were finally able to successfully serve a subpoena… to Casey Anthony’s lawyers, ordering her to appear at the civil trial which is scheduled to begin in January 2013,” John Dill, Gonzalez’s attorney, previously told RadarOnline.com.

 

According to reports, Casey Anthony is “annoyed” that she has to testify at the upcoming trial but Zenaida’s lawyer minces no words, saying Anthony can only blame herself for the situation at hand.

 

“Too bad! Yes, we heard that Ms. Anthony was annoyed that she was going to have to testify at the trial,” Dill told RadarOnline.com. “This was all brought on by Ms. Anthony herself, she is the one that started down this road and it’s time that she be held to answer for her actions. Zenaida’s life has been absolutely upended by Ms. Anthony’s actions, so, no, I don’t feel bad that she is upset. Again, she brought this all on herself.”

 

“Casey just doesn’t feel safe in Florida. She believes that moving to a new country is her best shot at moving forward with her life without being constantly reminded of Caylee’s death. Casey has always maintained that Caylee was not murdered. Caylee accidentally died according to Casey, she was not murdered,” the insider tells RadarOnline.com.

 

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