It’s been nearly 15 years since Casey Anthony was acquitted in the death of her child, Caylee Anthony. Since then, she’s been largely off the radar, although her bankruptcy attorney, Charles Greene, suggested in 2013 that she’d make a great paralegal thanks to her varied skillset. “She’s better than many paralegals I know. She could be a paralegal or something like that right away,” Greene said. Anthony has now re-emerged, and has seemingly confirmed her legal aspirations.
According to Parade, Anthony was working as a legal assistant as recently as 2022. In a video posted on TikTok over the weekend, she declared that she’s now taking on a role as a “legal advocate,” and starting a new Substack:
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“I am a legal advocate. I am a researcher. I’ve been in the legal field since 2011, and in this capacity I feel that it’s necessary, if I’m going to continue to operate appropriately as a legal advocate, that I start to advocate for myself and also advocate for my daughter. … My goal is to continue to help give a voice to people, to give people tools and resources that they can utilize so they actually know where they can turn to.”
Watch the full video, below:
Anthony is reportedly living in Tennessee. If she has any interest in following in Kim Kardashian’s footsteps, she’ll need to either complete some college or attain a bachelor’s degree and move to a state that allows bar study apprenticeships in order to take the bar exam.
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Best of luck to Casey Anthony in her quest to act as a “legal advocate.”
Casey Anthony joins TikTok to announce new career as ‘legal advocate’ [The Guardian]
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