Why Does Casey Anthony Refuse Visits From Her Family?

After a few jail visits which were video recorded and released to the public, Casey Anthony refused to allow any further jail visits from her family or friends.

In the most recent motion requesting private family visits, defense attorney Jose Baez argued releasing the videos of the visits to the press is a violation of his client’s right to privacy.

However, the right to privacy has not always been the reason Mr. Baez gave to the public for his client refusing visits.  In this article, we will examine Mr. Baez’s initial claim for the reason Ms. Anthony does not wish to speak with her parents.

The comments of Mr. Baez may be heard at the following link.

http://www.wftv.com/video/17167874/index.html

Reporter: “Why does she continue to deny her family’s requests for visitation?”

Jose Baez: “You know, it’s funny that that comes up and that’s a big mystery to everyone.  When in all actuality, it shouldn’t be a big mystery.  You all know that I wanted the uhhh… the uhhh… visitations kept private because we feel that whoever has Caylee uhh… may feel if she’s talking… may feel that she’s talking to them and may feel that ummm you know if… if it comes out that they’re close you know it could bring harm to Caylee.  So we’re doing this for Caylee.  It’s specifically for that.  And I don’t know why there’s so many reports out there to the contrary.  I mean this is no big mystery.  If you follow this case from the beginning you can see uhhh… what… what we wanted and why we wanted it that way.  We wanted it that way to protect Caylee and that’s what she’s doing, she’s trying to protect her daughter.  That’s specifically why she’s denying it.  It’s not something she wants.  She wants to see her family.  She wants to talk to her family.  But she’s willing to sacrifice that for… for Caylee.”

“You know” – If she knew, the reporter would not have needed to ask the question.  This is a verbal attempt to convince the listener they already “know” and, therefore, agree with the claims of the speaker.

“it’s funny” – Is the reporter’s question amusing?  No, Mr. Baez seems to be using “funny” in the sense of odd or strange.  Mr. Baez finds “it” strange.

“that that” – The first “that” distances Mr. Baez from it being “funny”.  Most likely, it is not “funny” at all.  The second “that” distances Mr. Baez from his client’s denial of visit requests from her family.

“comes up” – Mr. Baez finds it strange reporters ask why Ms. Anthony refuses to see her family at a time when she is incarcerated on suspicion of child abuse and neglect.  Mr. Baez finds it odd anyone would expect a jailed individual to speak with their non-incarcerated family members.

“and that’s a big mystery to everyone” – What is a “big mystery”?  “That”.  What is “that”?  It is the second distancing reference to Ms. Anthony’s refusal of visits with her family.  Or it refers to this topic coming up and the “comes up” is the big mystery and it distances Mr. Baez from the topic coming up, which he would prefer it did not.  Order is important.  It is more important the topic “comes up” than the fact it is a mystery.  “Everyone” is a lie of exaggeration.  It is not a big mystery to “everyone”.  Apparently, Mr. Baez knows the truth behind the mystery and is about to clue in the audience.

“When in all actuality” – In Mr. Baez’s reality or “actuality”, Ms. Anthony’s motives are not a mystery.  “Actuality” is sensitive as seen by the extra word “all”.  This is a poor attempt to convince the listener Mr. Baez’s words reflect “actuality”.

“it shouldn’t be a big mystery” – “It shouldn’t be”, but it is.  “Mystery” is sensitive to Mr. Baez as this is the second time he has referred to it as “big”.

“You all know” – The second attempt to convince the listeners they already “know” what Mr. Baez says.

“that” – Distances Mr. Baez from the claim he is about to make.

“I wanted the uhhh… the uhhh… visitations kept private” – Makes you wonder what he was going to say instead of “visitations”, doesn’t it?

“because we feel” – Mr. Baez switches from “I” to “we” in the middle of a sentence.  This is a sign of deception.  Mr. Baez is not willing to commit these are his feelings.

“that” – Distances Mr. Baez from the next claim, strengthening the assessment of deception.

“whoever has Caylee” – Mr. Baez states this as fact, forcing all who listen to agree someone “has Caylee” when there has been no proof anyone  “has Caylee” and the only person who Ms. Anthony claimed “has Caylee” has not been able to be verified as real by the police.

“uhh… may feel if she’s talking… may feel that she’s talking to them” – Mr. Baez begins stuttering and tripping over his words.  His thoughts do not flow smoothly through his tongue.  Combined with his use of “we” and “that”, Mr. Baez is most likely relating a deception.  Who is the “them” “she’s talking to”?  Cindy and George Anthony?  Or is “them” the people who have Caylee, indicating more than one person has Caylee?

“and may feel that ummm… you know if…” – Mr. Baez is making stuff up as he speaks.  None of this is what he or anyone else ever felt prior to his statement as he has no words to describe his feelings as he would if he had discussed this even once prior to this interview.  More distancing with “that”, another attempt to persuade the listener they “know” what Mr. Baez is unable to articulate.

“if it comes out that they’re close” – If it “comes out that” who is “close” to what?  Notice another use of the word “that”.  The word “close” could mean close to finding Caylee or her abductor or it could refer to the family dynamic.  “If it comes out that” the family is supportive of each other, Caylee could be harmed.  Theoretically, according to her own testimony, Ms. Anthony knows who took her daughter so there is no “close” to worry about.  She already identified the kidnapper.

“you know it could bring harm to Caylee” – How does “you” know this?  Why do recorded jail visits lead to “harm to Caylee”?  Mr. Baez is attempting to convince the press his statements lead to the conclusion Caylee will be harmed if his wishes are not followed.  Mr. Baez is threatening harm will come to Caylee if he and his client do not get their way.

“So we’re doing this for Caylee” – Mr. Baez and his client want what they want and somehow their demands are “for Caylee”.  Mr. Baez assigns a motive to Ms. Anthony’s actions beyond her own self-interest by invoking the name of her missing child, the same missing child Ms. Anthony refuses to help police locate.  Nothing Mr. Baez has ever done has been for Caylee.  Mr. Baez has no interest, either personal or business, in helping Caylee.  Mr. Baez includes himself in the refusal for visits with “we’re doing this”.

“It’s specifically for that.” – His claim is so ludicrous, Mr. Baez must add an additional sentence again stating his efforts and the actions of his client are “for Caylee”.  “Specifically” acknowledges the existence of other possible reasons which Mr. Baez does not address.  “That” again distances Mr. Baez from one of his statements.

“And I don’t know why there’s so many reports out there to the contrary” – Mr. Baez does not know why there are “so many reports” “to the contrary” of the reasons which Mr. Baez is unable to articulate in a comprehensible manner.  Mr. Baez cannot clearly state why he and Ms. Anthony refuse to allow visits with her parents, but is surprised others are also unable to follow his ramblings and apply their own perceptions to their “reports”, which are not fictional as they are “reports”.

“I mean” – Mr. Baez acknowledges his previous statement is not clear and could be misconstrued by others.  Mr. Baez acknowledges he is a poor communicator.

“this is no big mystery” – Mr. Baez switches from “that” to “this”.  Now, he is close to the refusal to allow visits.  Again, he uses the term “big mystery”.  If it is “no big mystery”, is it a small mystery or no mystery?

“If you follow this case from the beginning you can see uhhh… what… what we wanted and why we wanted it that way.” – Order is important.  What they wanted is more important than why they wanted it.  Protecting Caylee is not as important as Ms. Anthony not speaking to her parents.  Protecting Caylee is not “specifically” the reason for what they wanted.

“We wanted it that way to protect Caylee and that’s what she’s doing, she’s trying to protect her daughter” – Mr. Baez must again explain they wanted what they wanted for the reason of protecting Caylee, showing sensitivity to this being the real reason.  If she is “trying to protect her daughter”, she is not protecting her daughter.  Refusing visits is not protecting Caylee.  Two more “that”s.

“That’s specifically why she’s denying it.” – Another “that”, another re-statement of the sensitive purpose.  Second use of “specifically” indicating sensitivity to this being the specific reason.

“It’s not something she wants” – What does she not want?  To visit with her family?  To protect Caylee?  To deny visits?  We do not know.

“She wants to see her family” – First, Mr. Baez tells us what she does not want, now he tells us what she does want.  She wants to “see her family”.  Does she want to visit with them?  Does she wish to talk with them?  We do not know.

“She wants to talk to her family” – Now we know, she does want “to talk to her family”.  Why does Mr. Baez feel the need to separate “see” and “talk”?

“But she’s willing to sacrifice that for… for Caylee.” – What is she willing to sacrifice?  Talking or seeing?  Both?  Another use of “that”.  Is the reason for the sacrifice really “for Caylee”?

We have learned Mr. Baez initially told the public Ms. Anthony refused visits with her family to protect Caylee from whoever held her captive.

We have learned Mr. Baez and Ms. Anthony wanted to cut off communication with Cindy and George Anthony more than they wanted to protect Caylee.

We have learned Ms. Anthony’s rights to privacy in regards to jail visitations were not violated prior to Caylee Anthony’s body being discovered, but since Caylee is no longer in danger, Mr. Baez now claims the same procedures do violate her rights to privacy.

We have learned Mr. Baez and Ms. Anthony feel getting what they want is more important than the reasons for why they want it and will change the reason to suit their purposes as the opportunity presents.